Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-10-05
War MAJ soon BEGIN
sItua ton is South Africa rs Daily
Growing More Ominous.
TOR POSSIBILITIES.

Center OF the storm viii Doubtless
BE Natnl.---4Attncks ON Dundee by
the Beers IL fExpected-BnttIe #
May Occur This Week.
London, Oct.s22. N OF the faintest hins
& is allowed to escape as to what iplo-
matte m communicat tons, if any, are pass
ing between London and South Africa.
so far as the public is concerned, mat
Sters nave not advanced since Friday It.
rs noticeable that not even the Brus-
Bsels agency of the Transvaal govern
I m M n has yet issued Mr. Kruger's latest
note to the press. The silence main
tanned on both sides is regarded as
fominous. st ~
Strength Of the Beers
From South Africa he news is wholly
concerned with feverish prepared lions
for hostilities. Commandment Gen.
3Joubert is rel orted, to have said that he
mas 10000 men on the. Natal border
and that Commandant Cronje has 5000
on on the tlh Bechuana side. The British
camp N n the vicinity of Dundee consists
OF 700 men, with "a guns in strong
position. The Orange Free State is ac-
lively lively command ering. The Transyaal
government NJ has virtually taken over
the Netherlands railway for military
purposes and Natal trains are being
turned back. Telegraph wires between
Natal at; and Johannesburg have been cut
I SIN Friday. According to dispatches
from Pretoria, complete chaos reigns
there. The government has declared a
mora Z. torinm ian emergency act#of leg
sl station authorizing government
s bank to suspend specie payments for
given period, closed all the courts and
suspended the English papers, 1t is
said that there will be nearly 100000
3b1'urghers along the borders by, this
evening.
Potomac OF the Wnr.
1t is evident that Buffalo river, the
northeastern boundary of Natal, is to
pc the Potomac of the war. In view Of
It's strategic 5alue, Joshua Joubert has
taken personal command of the Boer
forces there, establishing strong line
Of pickets along the river, and has or
5dered the natives to drive in all the
stock. While the movement of individ-
sual commands as yet does not show
concerted plans, it is evident that the
narrow, wed G like strip Of Natal, whose
apex is crowned with he ominous name
OF Majuba hill, will be the center of
the coming storm. Late Saturday the
Beers established a camp at scheeper's
Mex, near V1yheid, and they will mo-
Billie great force on the Buffalo river
to-day, which the authorities at Dun
dee expect will move across the border
to that spot, probably at once. Tt is
believed that conflict at this point
viii certainly occur early in the week.
Will Not Start the War.
"a Cape Town dispatch says: Many
well-informed persons in Capt Town
discredit the idea that the Beers will
take the initiative. President Kruger,
1T is said, does not despair ofthe SYM
pathy Of at least portion of the Brit
ish liberals, and he knows that if the
Beers fire the first shot their sympathy
will be absolutely forfeited.
The Cape Argus, of Cape Town, pubs
fishes the following dispatch from
Charlestown: ..Comm;a,ndant Gen.
sJoubert will command the .Boer forces
at Laing''s Mex. This is regarded as
the Transvaal's reply to the movements
Of the British troops. There is consid-
cradle uneasiness here III
k.5. May Attack Dundee.
Adispatch from Dundee, Natal, says:
Five thousand Beers are now concen-
trated in close, proximity to the from
tier, and it is reported that they are
about to attack Dundee. The most COM
8plete precautions have been taken.
Charlestown s deserted. All the wom-
en- and children haveleft, and not more
than ten men are now there. A loco
motive is ready to bring away the rail
way staff.
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