Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-09-21
|BRITAIN WANTS A
LITTLE MORE TIME
Doesn't Care to Have HostiIities
Begin Till Reinforcements
Reach the Cape.
MILITARY ACTIVITY CONTINUES
Tn Both sides Preparations for War
Arc Being Pushed with Fc.
verish Haste--Warning
to Uitlanders.

London, Sept. 21.-Summonses We're
issued late last evening for cabinet
council, which, il is understood. will
he held Friday. This is regarded as
the result of the visit of Lord Sails
bury to London, whittier he came yes
terday afternoon. remaining at the
foreign office for two hours. Mr..
Chamberlain was present i'm the build
ing at the same time. and it is pre-
sumed that the summonses We're the
result of their joint delberation.
The lack of all excitement i'm official
circles bears evidence to the deliber-
ate manner in which the highest Off
Gals are handling the crisis. Nor is it
by any means certain that the cabinet
council will adopt extreme measures,
i'm spite of the uncompromising nature
of the Boer republic. This delibera-
ton on the part of the government is
interpreted not only i'm London. but in
other European capitals, as Il desire to
gain time while the troops are hurry
ing to Cape Colony. Even rumors of
IL movement of the Beers across the
Natal border apparently fail to en-
cite the military authorities here. who
profess at least not to fear such a CON
tingency for the present.
In the meantime he movement OF
troops proceeds. The Royal West Sus-
sex regiment left Yesterday from
Malta, where it will replace the first
border regiment. which goes by the
same steamer to Natal.
1t is announced that the British first
nIn 10
Powerful have both been ordered to
capable of forming Il naval brigade of
will take 500 troops bound for Natal
tomorrow. and she will embark rifle
brigade at the island OF Crete for the
cape.
According to a dispatch from Dur
ban. Natal, the premier of the colony
says that the alarm of the people OF
Natal at the unprotected condition of
the border towns is quite unwarranted.
and that all efforts to incite the Zulus
have failed.
The lull i'm the crisis gives opporttni-
ty for the continuance of unofficial ne
gotiations. The government of the
Netherlands is privately cNerting it's
influence in favor of IA pacific solution
and ii is understood that President
Kruger through DR.. Leyds, plenipc-
Tertiary of the South African republic
to the European governments, has uli.
officially approached three powers
with n view to their intervention.
Sir Alfred Miner has addressed fur
Their inquiries to President Steyn. of
the Orange Free State Whatever the
official attitude of the Orange Free
State may be. the temper of its burgll-
crs. judging from numerous meetings
held in Bloemfontein and elsewhere, is
to assist the Transyaal actively.
a curious rumor is spreading i'm the
lower ranks of the army that Great
Britain will be involved with Afghanis.
tan as we'll as the T'ransvaaa.
The correspondent of the Daily Mail
at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, telegraphs
that the military authorities there
have received warning from Johannes
burgh that the Beers have purchased
considerable quantities of cyanide OF
potassium for the purpose of poisoning
the streams in the Transvaal likely tc
be used by British troops.
Other special dispatches report va.
rious details of preparations for wal
on both sides. Boer troops now control
both the l'eira and New Castle rail.
ways as they enter rransvaal territory.
The British authorities are shipping
troops daily from India TO South AT.