Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-21
APPEALS TO QUEEN.
Dom Paul Beseeches Her 10 Prevent Blood.
shed-itly Advises Him to Yield.

London. Sept. 2l.-Thc Cape Town cor
respondent IF the Daily Mail says: Presi.
acnt Kruger has cabled a strong personal
appeal To the Queen. beseechng her to I'LL
tcrvene to prevent blopdshed. 1t is about
q column in length and is intended 10
''scarify the conscienccs Of the 'Cnco
Guild when published
Sir Alfred Miner has wired a courteous
message to President Steyn assuring him
thar the northward march Of the British
troops II nnt meant az menace To thu
Orange Free State ana requesting To BE-
informed regarding the lattcr's attitude.
Reliable information has been received
here that large command Of Free state
hUrghtrs BIAS been concentrating near
B1shof. on the Kimberley border Two
hundred burghers were dispatched to that
point from Bloemfontcin during the week
past. If tEe Free State Joins the Trans
yaal. the trs, battle il likely To De fought
at Boshof. The cape cabinet has deter.
mined 10 Indefinitely nrolong the session
"a the Assembly, 50 that it may be sitting
when hostiHties begin.
According ID the cape Town cOrrespoa.
dent of the Daily News. President kruger
in his personal appeal 10 Her Majesty.
addressed th- monarch a. Dear Queen"
a special dispatch from Rome says that
the Italian government, in reply to Mr.
kruSer'S request for Intervention. has al.
viscd him tp yield.
The Johannesburg correspondent 81 tn,
Morning Post says: THE Boer prepare
lions are as complete as the government
can hope 10 make them. 1t is believed
That MARTA! law will be proclaimed.
Thursday. ii no reply has been received
from England By that time
1T is understood that the dfspatchinc
IF the British troops 10 South Africa Will
be regarded as a casus bclli The Boer
officers are urging the government to be-
gin hostilities forthwith. 1t is felt thai
the Orange Free State can best be forced
70 action By q successful military demon
stration on the part IF the Transvaal."
Several Warlike speeches were made.
yesterday, by mmbers of the House of
Commons. Mr.. VIM. Hayes. junior
lord Of the treasury and formerly sec
rotary Of Mr.. Arthur Balfour. the gov
eminent leader, now representing Full
ham III the conservative interests. in
the course on an address, last evening,
at Wentworth, said: The sands have
already run through the glass for |
President Kruger. We must have |
enough troops in Africa when the ulti- |
matum is presented to ensure the |
achievement of our object. Then. per
haps. the Beers will listen to reason |
md not invite an unequal contest nor
invite us to inflict a rushing defeat
ana to take their cherished country
rom them.
Mr.. George Wyndham. parliamentary
Inder secretary of state for war and
member of Parliament for Dover. ad-
tressing his constituents, last evening
ikened himself in official knowledge to
full bottle, but said he must not al
OW the contents to escape. He pro-
'eeded to declare that the govern
nents duty was plain ana that min
sters would not shirk their RESPONSE
,ilty.
Sir Walter Peace, adjutant general
or Natal. addressing the Australian
fficials at Earls court, London also
eferred to the probability of war. He
aid he hoped peace was still possible,
nut that if war came, he prayed the |
word might never be sheathed until
,reat Britain had gone to the root of .
he evil which had caused the present
iniculties.