New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-18
PARLIAMENT FOR WAR.
rvc11SH PARTIES UNITE IN
PLANS FOR TRANSlAAL
CAMPAIGN.
o,ns ADOPT REPLY TO QUEENS
s,rrCu-NEWS FROM THE SCENE
OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
SHIP RIGID.

rpv CABLE TO TIE TRIRVNE.l
,,,aon oct. 1S-For the third time during
onsen.s reign Parliament meets in the au-
, tor the definite purpose OF proViding sup
military campaign. The two previous
moro the Ahyssinian expedition and the
o,gr ending in the victorious march on
THO third emergency was quietly de-
,.os,sr3av in the queens Speech as
,.,u ro,niromen, Of law that Parliament should
...-..,,red when the reserves we're called out
10. 9, Africa. Both houses were in
.ooa ana settled down to business
.',.s ESQ Formally than usual Lord Salisbury
80 time IN providing the cue that the object
.,,errroerf had been to make British IN
ou,o,,,, and 70 clvilize and improve
-. condition Of all the races in South Africa
49, po,.oyr with a solemn air asserted that
,-.....,s,e.a and liberty we're the real Issues
49,. oor,es, forced upon England against hNr
rAo ra-, n, kimberley and Sir Henry
<....,hou. Zimmerman both described Kruger's
-. &C an act ~ defiance and unreason
,,.. ..,dsrsd war inevitable and pledged the
...,,o-, ~ the Opposition for any financial
measures John Dillon, Mr. Lahouchere and
,,,.,ae, Dsvitt were heard with inpatience
49,. .bev advocated an amendment TO the ad-
dress
" Chamberlain and Mr. Balfour entered the
,5orsa about the sane time. and were cheered
from both sides
rNAN1MITY OF SENTIMENT.
Tho great heartiness Of temper IN Parliament
mas ynr',stakahle The time had passed for
controversial polemics War had come, and no
-s,reat was rossihlc The War Office must have
~ The money requisite. and the least said about
rsro,a,ions the better al around for everybody
was the prevailing sentiment. The Commons
seemed intensely IN earnest.
Censorship over press dispatches is already so
rigorous that little news comes through. This
gems necessary. since It is suspected that Mr.
lsy6s has arranged for system of secret DIS
,,,cbss by which the British military move
r.,,s NAV he telesraphed back to South Africa
70, the benefit Of the Transvaal Government.
This silence respecting the British mannuVres
.,.,rssts oddly with the frankness with which
tbs details Of the Boer advance through the
,,r,ous passes into Natal have been blurted out.
Al sneo,aI DISPATCHES for the London press are
dslsves and bear marks Of a roughshod re-
vision The war correspondents evidently VIII
be bottled up until there is big battle 10 de-
scribe with a flourish Of trumpets- Sir Redvers
Bure- Is reported 70 have advised the closest
possible revision of the press dispatches before
he sailed. A vagueness oscilatine between
utter vacancy and minute circurnstantial re-
ports that are not officially confirmed IS the
order Of the day
No FEARS ABOUT NATAL.
At the same time the general impression IS
reassuring regarding Natal. The Free States
Inhabitants seem 70 have retired preciptately
on the approach or General Whites flying col
umn, The threatened attack on Glencoe is be-
lieved 10 be mere feint IN the hope Of weak
sning the Ladysmith garrison. Experts say
thai General White quite comprehends this and
trusts tha; an attack on Ladysmth may be
delivered as soon as possible. Meanwhile. the
women and children have been taken beyond
the possible reach - war
From Bechuanaland reports Of Colonel Baden
Powelrs engagement with the Beers grow
definite. L is stated that sortie at Mafekins
resulted IN a repulse Of tho Beers, three hun
ired Of them being killed. and that the British
loss was small Conhrmatory reports from
Transvaal refugees at Loureneo Marques and
'ecen, arrivals at Capetown support these fig
aTes WITH curious similarity. but at late
hour last night the War Office had heard
aoihng.
Ihe same remark applies 10 the reported snarp
'hrnlsh near Kimberley between the Lanca-
'hire Regiment and the Beers. who lost five
killed and many wounded. while the British
Foops Uere unintured
At Hope Town a company of engineers made
ally from Kimberley and blew up the railway
ridge seventy miles south. They were covered
y frr from an arrnored train while destroy
ns the structure. a step deemed necessary FOR
strategic reasons
BAsUTOs OPPOSE FREE STATE.
The most important item Of war news to-day
that the Basutos have risen against the Free
late Should the Zulus follow their example
ne position of the Republic would undoubtedly
q COnsfdera his,
Evidently severe fighting has taken place az
ia'ek!ng and Vryburg but the latest dispatches
0 NOT confirm the truth Of the rumor that three
undred Beers were killed. although the Pre-
'ria advices admit Republican losses and chron-
Ne no success on the part Of the attacking
'rce Inquiries At the War once elicit no In
rna'ion. II should however. not be forgotten
ne' kilograms from South Africa are subject