Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-27
.PORTENTOUS WORDS,
Indie ating That Somebody Must
Give Way in South Africa,
and That Soon.
FORCE WILL WAIT LITTLE LONGER.
Chamberlain Speaks What Is Practically
an UItimatum to the Boer-Latter's Gov
ernment Denounced and Some Very Sig
nificant Remarks Made About the Situ-
ation-Oueen Victoria Reviews $4,000
Troops at AIdershot.

London. June 27.-The queen, Duke OF
| Cambridge. Prince of Wales. Duke Of
| York. Grand Duke Michael of Russia.
Duke of Connaught, General Lord
Wolseley (commander-in-chie of the
army. Colonel Samuel 6. Sumner. L. s.
a. (military attache of the United
States embassy at LCndon). and many
princes and pTincesses were present on
the famous plains of Aldershot yester-
day to witness a review of over $4,000
Of the best troops in the kingdom. This
review is interpreted in London as a
means of satisfying Queen Victoria that
her troops are ready for any emergency
they may be called upon to meet. in the
Transvaal CT elsewhere. 1t is known now
that the queen returned from Balmoral
castle. Scotland. mostly for the purpose
of attending this review, and in view of
the fact of her majesty's natural reluct-
ance to attend such functions the impor
tance Of this review is manifested.
Troops That Would Answer a Hurry Call.
Not since the queens jubilee has a
more magnificent army corps passed be-
fore European sovereign, and while
6,OO0 additional troops remained in their
barracks the display afforded the queen
ample evidence of her military re-
sources. All the regiments which took
part in the review were those which
would answer the first hurry call to
arms for the Transvaal and elsewhere,
and the first battalion swung past the
royal carriages their fitness evoked the
heartiest applause. Nearly l.. GOO infan-
try, fifty guns and 1900 horses made up
this display. The enthusiasm of the
crowds was intense. and the queen
smiled appreciation as each command
came Immediately under her eye.
ChamberIains Talk Was WarIiI<e.
Whether the review has a warlike
significance or not. another event took
place yesterday which can have no 9TH
er meaning unless the Beers climb
down" or Chamberlain was talking
through his hat" and without authority
from the cabinet. For last night at
Birmingham the secretary for the colo
MES uttered what had all the ring ard
plain-speaking Of an uItimatum to the
South African Republic. He said for one
thing that owing to the enormous mil
itary preparations of the government of
the South African republic Great Brit
ain had been compelled to increase the
British garrison in Cape Colony and
Natal entailing an additional expendi- |
ture of &50OCOO annually. He then went |
on to assert that the British government |
had tried to establish friendly relations |
with President Kruger. but all their ad- |
vances had been received with contempt |
Endorsement for Sir Alfred Miner.
He then proceeded to euloGize Sir AL |
fred Milner. governor of Cape Colony |
and British high commissioner for South |
Africa The government accepted full |
respon sibility for the actions of that off,
cial. As for the counter proposals of /
Kruger they did not constitute even a
fair installment of reform.