Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-07
WANTING KRUGER
BRITAIN MOVES PORTUGAL TO
HELP HER.
NO REFUGE IN MOZAMBIQUE.
Believe the War Will Ind by October
Troops Are Departing for
Home.

New York, Sept. "a dispatch to the
Tribune from London says: The news
telegraphed from Lisbon yesterday h a
a military expedition a thousand strong
is about to leave the Tagus for LourenzO
Marques has caused much speculation
as to the Portuguese intentions in South
Africa. For some time past it has been
limited that important developments in
the Portuguese policy might shortly be
expected, and many people believe h a
there is a secret agreement between
Great Britain and Portugal which will
enable the former power to exercise a
long cherished right or presumption OF
Delagoa bay. Others connect the Por-
tuguese reinforcementS with an inten-
ton to refuse the Boer fugitives an asy-
lum in Mozambique and the determine
ton of the Lisbon government to no
longer permit the Dutch forces to draw
supplies from Delagoa bay.
AS long as the Transvaal was an in
dependent state. Portugal had no right
to prevent goods, other han CONTRA
bands of war, reaching the frontier. nor
could she prevent unarmed burghers
from entering the territory: but. if Por-
tugal recognizes the British annexation
of the Transvaal as valid, she will be en-
titled to treat the Beers as rebels
against a friendly state, and could re-
fuse to grant Kruger or other leaders
or escaped Boer combatants permission
to seek refuge within the domains of
King Carlos.
The English government is anxious
that the president should not slip
through their fingers. n Portugal
would certainly be doing the British a
very good turn if she denied the old
man an asylum and so compelled him to
surrender to Lord Roberts. It is still
more important that supplies from Mo-
zambique should be cut off from the
various guerrilla bands, which are quite
likely to remain in the field even after
the final collapse of Botha's army.
There are many signs that the military
authorities regard the end of the war as
close at hand. Lord Roberts is making
provisions to return to England and has
already sent four of his charges down
to Capetown. The general belief is that
Lord Roberts is coming home to take
up the post of commander-in-chief of
the British army, which Lord Wolseley
will vacate in October.
Other Indications of the same kind are
that the personnel Of the army trans
port in the Orange river colony has been
paid off and ~disbanded. n the impe-
rial yeomanry and scouts employed in
that country have arrived at C~apetown,
also with the object of receiving their
final pay prior to em~barkation. It is
hoped the war may be declared officially
over before the general election, which
is almost certain to be in October.
The greater portion Of Lord Roberts
army will have to remain In South AZ
RIGA. probably under the supreme COM
mand of Sir Redvers Butler, several
months longer, but they will be consid-
cred as engaged in police operations on
an extensive scale rather than as occu-
pied in a regular campaign.
There is nc truth in the statement
that Sir Charles Warren has beer ap-
pointed to succeed Lord William Sey-
mour in command of the British troops
in China, and nothing whatever is known
of any such appointment. either by the
officials in Pail Mall or by General War
rem himself.