The age-herald., 1899-08-25
BRITISH TROOPS BEGIN INVASION England Mill Fight Kruger If Diplomacy
 Fails. SEVERAL REGIMENTS LEAVE Salisbury Visits Queen to Discuss the
 Situation. GERMANS ARE A NEW FEATURE Those Residing in Dom Paul's Territory Have Volunteered to Aid Him Great Britain Is Pushing Her Preparations.
GERMANS ARE A NEW FEATURE

London, August A.-The invasion of South Africa by the British troops began today in earnest. and every indication now points to a war between the Boers and the British.
 The British steamer Arsendal Castle sailed from Southampton today with 30 officers and 77O men of various regiments bound for Capetown.
 The Manchester regiment, numbering 100o men, sailed for Capetown from Gib- raltar today.
 The men belonging to the British first class reserve residing at Dublin, Natal, have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness to rejoin their regiments.
 War if Diplomacy Fails
 The activity in rushing the soldiers to the scene of the possible conflict Is re- garded as evidence that Great Britain will lose no more time in bringing the Trans yaal issue to a close, by war, if diplomacy has failed.
 The Marquis of Salisbury spent the after noon and evening with Queen Victoria. It is known the grave situation of affairs in the Transvaal was responsible for the pre- mier's visit to her majesty.
 One of the most interesting features of the situation is the fact that the Germans in the Transvaal have volunteered to fight with the troops of the Transvaal republic
 special from Johannesburg today says:
 Germans wiu Aid Krager
 Alta meeting here of 200 Germans com- niittee wds appointed to express to the Transvaal government the willingness of the Germans to volunteer for service in case Of war, but requesting that they be enrolled in q separate corps on account of hardships endured by the Germans in the Gagato campaign
 The Capetown correspondent of the Times says:
 The Barbetown News claims to have in formation regarding the intention of France and Germany to interfere with a view of participating in the proposed in- quiry, and that the Transvaal entertained their demands regarding the dynamite con- tracts, hoping to make it an international question. According to this inquiry, when the volksraad commission reported against the cancellation of the contracts the French and German consuls communicated with Paris and Berlin in order to ascertain if their governments would support the re- quest of their subjects and would take steps to secure official representation on the commission of inquiry.
 Equivalent 70 Refusal
 No replies were vouchsafed, which was regarded as equivalent to refusal, and the hoped for countenance of the French and German governments is thus withheld.
 The TBansvaal government, it is asserted by the Barbetown News, desires an oppor- tunity to climb down without offending the amour propre of the Burghers, but if no opportunity is afforded, then war will not be shirked.
 The Capetown correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
 Despite the virtual blockade of war ma terial in Delagoa Bay, the Cape govern- ment is sending enormous eonsignments of munitions of war to Bloemfontein. During the present month over 2,000, 900 cartridges have been sent and 800 rifles were dis patched last night form Port Elizabeth to BlOemfontein