The record-union., 1899-10-04
There Are No New Developments in
the Situation,
Though Arrangements for the Dispatch Of
War Stores and Men Continues.
M. Arnaud, President Of the Inter
national Arbitration and Peace
League, Sends an Appeal to
Lord Salisbury, Entreating Him
to Choose a Power to Act With
Another Power Chosen by the
Transvaa1, With the Object of
Averting War.

Another Power Chosen by the
Transvaa1, With the Object of
Averting War.
LONDON, Oct. 3.--There are no new
developments in the Transvaal situa-
tion. Arrangements for the dispatch
of war stores and men continue. A
quantity of balloon material has been
sent to South Africa, the War Office
considering that military balooning will
prove of the greatest value in the kind
of warfare expected in South Africa
The chartering of transports is still
going on. Five vessels of the Cunard
line are now engaged
One result of the war scare is an ad-
vance of one shilling to eighteen pence
in the price asked for the wheat Of
fered in the Lynn market to-day.
A telegram from Paris announces that
M. Arnaud, President of the Interna-
tional Arbitration and Peace League,
has sent an appeal to Lord Salisbury
entreating him to choose a power to
act with power chosen by the Trans
vaal, with the object of averting war.
While constant military orders are
being issued here, progress seems very
slow, and it must still be weeks before
Great Britain will be in a position to
strike, although it is believed the
British troops now at the front, or
near it, are sufficient to protect Brit
lsh territory. The Government is GER
tainly not showing any signs of haste
in sending an ultimatum. This is
a
Great Britain is not yet ready to sub
stitute force for negotiation; and the
Cabinet therefore is giving the Trans
val every chance to accept the latest
proposals.
Montague White, Consul General for
the South African Republic in Lon
don, told the Associated Press this morn
ing that he telegraphed President rEru-
ger yesterday urging him to make a
personal appeal toL4ord Salisbury, dwell
ing upon the iniquity of the war and
proposing a. statement as basis of
further negotiations.
He said he was momentarily expect
ing to hear that the Transvaal Govern
ment was sending an ultimatum to
Great Britain declaring the dispatch of
troops a casus belli, in which event he
would be compelled to close his offices.
Mr.. White added a curious statement
to the effect that representative of
one Of the largest capitalists of the
Rand had called upon him this morning
and asserted that it was known in
capitalist circles that Lord Salisbury
had determined that there should not
be war. and had instructed the Secre-
tary of State for the Colonies, Mr.
Chamberlain, to wire to South Africa
further assurances with regard to the
British desire to respect the complete
| independence of the Transvaal No
confirmation of this is obtainable in
official circles.
The dispatch from Newcastle. Natal.
report that telegraphic communication
is interrupted beyond Charlestown.
where the stores have been looted by
the natives since the departure of the
whites. Stories of the movements of
Beers and British, and of the hurried
muster and dispatch of troops on both
sides have come from other points.
A telegram from Ladysmith. Natal.
says that the Orange Free State troops
have occupied and closed Bothas Pass.
on the Free State border, and that
Commandant Allriche, chief of the Free
State Artillery, is proceeding in the di-
rection of Kimberly with a consider
able force of artillery. Another force
of artillery, under Commandant Bon
ing, has gone to Harrismith, while
Commandant Smith commands force
of artillery en- route for Kroonsstadt.
The latest news received from Johan-
nesburg, filed there yesterday. indicates
L IQf f1N ln~f -
leave the town has occurred. They
| crowded the trains like sardines, occu-
pying every possible inch on the trucks
There is considerable anxiety with re-
gard to the few who remain behind
as communication seems to be cut off
The Mining Commissioner stated Off
cially that the proclamation of Sep
tember 18th, relating to the protection
of miners, had been withdrawn. and he
therefore advised all Britishers to leave
as soon as possible.
The British steamer Lalpoora. now in
the transport service, arrived last even
| ing at Durham, Natal, with field artil-
lery, a hospital corps and commissariat
stores from India. The troops were
promptly disembarked and sent by
train up the country.
The Natal authorities have an
nounced that no more mails will be dis
patched to the Transvaal until further
notice. Last Fridays mail was sent
back from the frontier.
A Bloemfontein dispatch saws that
the Orange Free State Government has
gazetted an alien expulsion law. and
also a law forbidding the export of
grain, stock and other necessaries
without a permit. Communicating is
proceeding there at a lively rate
According to a dispatch from Lour-
emo Marquee, Portuguese East Africa.
a crowd of Beers who were assembled
at Machadorp station forced the refu-
gee Burghers to uncover during the
singing of a Boer song, and severely
maltreated several Englishmen, stab
bing one and kicking and trampling
upon others 1t is reported there also
that two ladies were outrageously as
saulted at Paardokop station by Beers.
one being struck in the face by a rifle
showed through the railway carriage
window, and the other struck by her
assailant's fists.
The War Office, 1t is reported. has re-
ceived an offer from 1000 officers and