The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-09-22
PREPARATONSRDR WAR
British Officials Hurrying to
Get TrrOps to Africa.
GOING INTO LAAGER
Martial Law May be Proclaimed to-
day by the Boers-President kru-
ger Appeals to Queen Victoria.

London, Sept. 81. Despite all out
ward show of calm, Great Britain is in
practically the same condition to-day
as was the United States few weeks
before the opening of the war with
Spain. Beneath the crust of diplomatic
reserve the military officials are work.
ing night and day, preparing for the
signal to begin hostilities, whether that
comes or not. England is not going to
be caught mapping any more than the
TransvaaL While Lord Salisbury is
quietly at home in Hatfield house, Mr..
Chamberlain is buried in work at the
colonial Office and double forces at the
royal arsenal and doclSyards are strain
ing every nerve to equip and trans
port troop TO the cape.
1t may be set down for certain that
Great Britain will do nothing TO pre-
cipitatc matters and the colonial office
is far from admitting that the case is
hopeless The report that Great Brit
ain has demanded the dismantlement
of the fort at Johannesburg, together
with material reduction in the arma-
ment of the burghers, the colonial
office to-day would neither confirm nor
deny. although it is much doubted.
Adviccs from Cape Town last even
ing were to the effect that the AIR kan
dcrs declare that the Transvla will
not yield further and that if the inn
pcrial government does not rccedc
from its present position war is ineyita-
BILE. The South African News supports
the contention of the Transvaal that
the convention of 1854 abolished the
suZcrainty.
According to other advices the burgh-
ers are rapidly going into lager. while
the exodus from Johannesburg Tues
dav reached 1000 persons. The stock
exchange at Johannesburg has resolved
TO close the moment martial law is pro-
claimed, but all current contracts will
he carried out until the proclamation
suspcndng all business. In the mean
time the merchants are erecting barri-
cadcs in front of their shop windows.
At Pretoria the interest seems to be
centcred i'm the meeting OF the Orange
Free State vollIsraad to-day, which it
is hoped may somehow suggest a mo-
dus vivendi that would save the Sit
uation. On the other hand advices
from Bloemfontein announce the ar
rival there of "A large number of mem
bers of the raad, adding that the re-
suit of to-day's sitting is already agreed
upon, as the Orange Free State will
throw in its lot with the Transvaal, all
the free state burghers being fully
armed and ready TO start at a moments
notice.
MARTIAL LAW MAY BE PROCLAIMED.
London, Sept. 1.-THE Johannesburg
correspondent of the Morning Post
says: "The Boer preparations are as
complete as the government can hope
to make them. 1t is believed that mar
tial law win be proclaimed to-day if no
reply has been received from England
by that time. 1t is understood that the
dispatch of British troops to South
Africa will be regarded as casus
beli. The Boer officers are urging the
government to begin hostilitcs forth
with. 1t is felt that the Orange Free
State can best be forced to action by a
successful military demonstration on
the part of the Transvaal."
KRUGER APPEALS 70 QUEEN VICTORIA
London, Sept. 2l.-The Cape Town
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
President Kruger has cablcd strong
personal appeal To the queen, beseech-
ing her to intervene to prevent blood
she'd 1t is about column in length
and is intended to scarify the con
sciences Of the ''unco guild" when pub
lished