Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-21

N'lH Ni'N IA 'dlHl, tItdl 1fltaln IS
IN practically the same condition. to-
day, as was the United States few
days before the opening Of the war
with Spain. Beneath the crust Of Dip
tomato reserve the military officials
ar" working night ana day preparing
for the signal To begin hostilities.
whether or not il comes
England il not going to be caught
mapping any more than the Tr@nsvaal.
ME L"rd salisbury IS quiet at nome
III litlHeid mouse, MT. chamberlain Is
buried ~ work at tht colonial Office.
ana double force Al the royal arsenals
ana dock yards are Strainlng every
nerve 10 equip ana transport troops to
the cape.
u may ?" SET down f"r certain that
Great Britain Will % nothing y precip-
ltatc matters ana the colonIal ONCE IS
far from admitting That tn" case Is
hopeless. The report that Great Brit
am mad demanded the dismantlement
Of the forts at Johannesburg. together
with a material reduction IN the arma-
ment OF the burShers' the colonial Of
nee, today would neither cohhim nor
deny, although II IS much doubted.
Meanwhile the MARQUIS 81 Lans-
doWne, secretary OF war. VINO return
ed. TINS morning from Dublln. mas
held long conferences with Gen. LORD
Garnet Wolsely, field marshal and
Gen. Evelyn Wood. adjutant general
OF the forces. ana the ACTIVITY at mead
quarters Is reflected IN the contract,
supply ana transport departments
ne departure 81 the BIltlSh trans
port Jelunga Tor the Mediterranean. TO-
day. with HOO troops was witnessed by
q large and enthusiastic crowd. AZ
Woolwich activity increases daily. es-
peclaliy IN the ordnance department.
where Maxim guns SheiIS' balloon
equipments 90 ie7eI ~ = "aSo i'S' TT
inns hShi apparatus "dteF tt'tS' diii-
puidicts' army wagons anu "'lei pa
phel idiId VI Hl"oeIH "di i"ie are "e
ihS huirleu iot"dId.
v ME runners q the reaSsrhipilllS "a
farHaheht are current the 4dct = r.
caied 1hat III lhe AlSfidh war IN 800
Great britain declared war hrst ana
theh assembled farllament.
rms evening. the Marquis of Lans-
doWne issued strict order 70 the staff
of the war office warning all subordi-
mates to refrain from giving the press
any information without the authority
Of their Supporters, and calling attention
10 previous breaches of duty in this re-
spect which the order says will be no
longer tolerated.
AdVices from Cape Town. this even |
ing, are to the effect that the Afrikand- |
erS declare that the Transvaal will not |
yield further and that if the imperial |
does not recede from its |
present position war is inevitable.
The South African News supports |
the contention of the Transvaal that |
the convention of 1884 abolished the !
According ID other advices the b,rgh
,rs are ranidlv going intn LANCER while
he exodus from Johannesburg vesfcr.
Law. reached 1000 persons. The Stock Ex
,hanse at johannesburg has resolved I'd
lose the moment martial law Is BRO
claimed but all current contracts will be
'arried out until the proclamation sus-
all business. In the meantime
he merchants are erecting barricades in
ront Of their shop windows
At Pretoria the interest seems to be
entered in the meeting of the Orange
cree States Volksraad. tomorrow CThurs
layp. which, ii IL hoped. may somehow
uggest modus vivendf that would save
he situation.
On the other hand advices from Bloom
ontein announce the arrival there Of q