The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-10-04
BURGHERS READY FOR THE FIELD.
TROOPS DISPATCHED,
Armed Forces Assembled on ihe Natal Bor.
der-Leaders See No Reason Tor
The Impending War.

The communicating orders of the
Beers at Johannesburg are completed
and the burghers are ready for the
field
Business has virtually ceased The
merchants have finished barricading
their premises and the proprietors of
the drinking saloons expect to re-
celve n notification to close their es-
tablishments. a party of 200 Germans
has been notified to leave, and the
Irish corps, commanded by Blake, IA
Irish American, will go early in the
week.
The mines are paying n pound (s5)
daily, with food, to men who will re-
main.
Three trains filed with armed
burghers for the Natal border were
Sunday evening reported as unable to
leave Braemenfortein, owing to
break on the line which has disorganiz-
ed the whole train service.
Two thousand passengers left Mon
day by the morning and afternoon
trains, and nearly a thousand more by
outgoing trains at night.
The government undertakes to pro-
vide for the families Of burghers who go
to the front
The Pretoria correspondent of the
London Daily Chronicle says:
II have seen the leading members Of
the executive of the Transvaal who
desire, through the Daily Chronicle at
the last moment to ask what the two
kindred nations are goinng to fight
about. They point to the fact that a
large number of Outlanders of all
nationalities are arming In defense Of
the republic. They point to the un-
animity of feeling In the Orange Free
state which. they say. should make
England pause. They aim at n union
with England like that of Scotland,
not Ireland, and they urge that 1t will
benefit neither the English nor the
capitalists. The greatest excitement
prevails here. Thirty-six trains with
armed burghers were dispatched amid
terribly pathetic scenes. Thousands
of refugees, white, Malays and Kafiirs
have gone TO the Cape to open trucks
Strict orders have been issued to the
Boer commanders on the frontier to
restrain their men from firing. The
rains have begun to fall and plenty
of forage will soon be obtainable."
There is rumor in circulation that
Queen Victoria has written Queen
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, de-
ploring the turn events have taken In
South Africa and assuring the Dutch
monarch that she has gone to the ut
most limits of her constitutional rights
In the endeavor to secure peace"
Mr.. Chamberlain has submitted n
dispatch to the cabinet council con-
tdlnlnB tne 1OlloWlnS uernanuS On tne
Transvaal
First-Five years franchise quail
fication without hamperlng conditions.
Second Municipal self-government
at johannesburg on a freely-elected
basis.
Third-The separation of the judic-
ature from the executive and its inde-
pendence of the volksraad.
Fourth-The abolition of the dyn-
amlte monopoly.
Fifth-The removal of the fort DOM
mating johannesburg, though the de-
lenses at Pretoria may remain.
SiXth-The teaching Of the English
language i'm the schools.
1t is said from Boer sources that Mr..
Chamberlain's proposals submitted to
the cabinet included an indemnity for
the cost of sending out troops, the
disarmament of the Transvaal forts,
the suppression of DR.. Leyd's legation,
Indicative and legislative independ-
ence for the judges, the equality of
English aud Dutch languages, and full
| and complete admission of the supre-
macy of British interests throughout
South Africa.
The volksraad of the Orange Free
State has unanimously resolved to In
| struct the government to use every
| means to insure peace without violating
| the honor or independence of the Free
| State or the Transvaal.
In a further resolution the volksraad
| declared its opinion that war would be
| criminal, but asserted that come what
| might the Free State would faithfully
| fulfill its obligations to the Transvaal
| in virtue of the existing political al
| lance.
An American named Blake is raising
a corps of 500 Americans in Johannes
| burg to fight with the Beers.
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