Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-28

been arrested at johannesburg charged
with high treason. lie ~ alleged to have
enlisted csruits for the Imperial light
horav
The burrhors are getting uneasy al
the concentration Of British troops BE-
tween Jndyumith and t.ainga Neck. 60
pcclaily at GLENCOE ana Dundee The
nominal reason for the concentration ~
the protection u the Dundee cuul nclda
but the burghcru Hhrewdly suspect that
the real reason N the formation of a
force which viii advance acrual the
Tfnnavnnl frontier at Nlryhcld as soon
a. war IL declared.
The B0crv do not intend 10 b. caught
mapping and arc now magalng around
Nlryhcid, not however merely aH u
protective measure, but 20 BE- prepared
N the British achievements Cruaa the
border. to make dash ln force through
a portion Of Zululand. crossing the liuf-
fnlo river ut a point below Rurkcs
Drift. and then HclElng the railroad. cut
un the British garrison at Dundee and
Ladysmith from the south. which would
not only seriously interrupt the British
lines OF communication. but would Hrri-
oufly interfere with 70 forward move
mont. in order 60 watch this portion Of
the railroad exposed 10 a HOgr incur
eion, a British poet will b. established
az Rorkrs Drift
A dispatch from Mafokng. In British
Hcchuanalnnd. iuat across the Trans
vaal border. Gays "a Etroum Of destitute
pcoplc - arriving there from johannes
burg.
A British Infantry detachment with
some cn'lns,fa has arrived nj Denar,
southwest OF the orange Free state.
and an important railroad junction. EN-
tcnaivc foftihchtlons viii be- thrown up
there, and the town viii be made the
bnao % operations from that sido
against tho orange Free State or the
Transvaal. More troops will shortly
arrive az pcanr.
FrUm Capetown comes the news that
at a meeting OF the ministerialista
there. Il was unanimously resolved to
petition Queen Victoria. doprecating tho
idea Of war and urging a joint Inquiry
into the eject Of the Transvnnl fran
chise act ne proposed by the imperial
government. August End. and accepted
by President Kruger.
A cable dispatch 10 the Times from
Capotown raysi "Thc Beers would
have taken the Initiative by now but for
the scarcity ~ water. the rains not yet
being sufficient
Probably there will be great dlnlcul-
~ In providing food supplies for the
people remaining at johannesburg after
hostiiitlcs have commenced.
several responsible people here who
have long chung TO the belief In an ulu.
mate poaceful settlement, now regard
war as inevitable"
The birmingham Poet says;
Two cuugoes of arms and nmmuni-
tlon leave Hamburg OF Rotterdam FRI
day for the Transvanl. comprising co.
600 Improved Maunere. 10000 cartridges
and several mortars for dynamite
chnrgcu."
New orleans. sept. 2s.-The British
government chartered two big steam
ships yesterday In Liverpool Of tho Ell
der Dcmpstcr line TO sail for New Or
leans and load mules, supplies. forage
and toamstcrs for South African ports.
London. Sept. 2s.-The second grcnn-
dlcrs embarked on a transport az Glib
raltnr FOR London this afternoon. They
received a hurry call ordering them to
proceed to the Cape, from which place
they start tomorrow.
The secretary Of state for the colo
niles, Joseph Chamberlain, arrived at
the foreign office this afternoon. The
cabinet council viii meet at 30 p. m.
tomorrow. The speaker Of the House
Of Commons. William Court Gullcy, has
returned TO London, and Henry Ban
herman. the liberal leader In the House
and Herbert Gladstone, the chief liberal
whip. will arrive here Monday.