Show WAR IN THE TRANSVAAL J > JS NOW A CERTAINTY S 1 Boer Commanders Ordered to Me the Field and > > Mcli Are Responding Readily to Gall v r president Krtig Declares That Martial law Will Be ProC > Pro-C claimed l Joday Or Monday 5 + + f + i + + + + f + + 1 + + + + + + + + + + + + + f + + + = t t London SC 130The correspondent of the Morning Post at Johannesburg 1 + Johan-nesburg sends the following A government official who has Just returned + S + re-turned fromiPr toriai where he saw President Kruger assuresi mo that + otmrrrtial law wilt bo procialiried1 l 1 tomorrow Saturday or Monday next + f Rumora ares current tnia morning in Johannesburg that the Boers + S + willijake tho > Initfefive Monday ons the border east and West of Charles + 1 + townThe S + S 4 The Daily Mall publISh the following dispatch from Charlestawn + + S iNjbtal J Commandant General Joubert and hfs staff hale arrived at 4 + Walikerstront Nek where laO Boers are already assembled withartillery + K I S + Johannesburg Sept 2Jf There fss great eccItement ire consequence of + + orders to the commanders to take the field Part of the Johannesburg + + corps will assemble today Dispatch riders have gone to the front 4 + 41 + Durban Natal Sept 29 The summoning of the volunteers has + + caused widespread excitement The men responded readily and gOO + + trOopS with numerou guns will entrain tomorrow + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + c + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + H4 London Sept Dispatches from the Cape continue the story of military activity in the Transvaal Natal and Cape Colpny The Boers are concentrating concen-trating in the country contiguous to Natal where the first outbreak of hostilities hos-tilities is likely to occur Large contingents con-tingents of burghers are converging from various parts on this probable battlefield S The excitement continues at fever heat The commandant general has issued a notice calling the Commanders Command-ers to assemble at a specified soot on the Natal border The commanders from Krugersdorf whose burghers checkmated the Jameson raiders will embark on trains for the frontier tonight to-night < S There is great activity at the war office at Pretoria The artillery reserves I re-serves have been calleiout the arrangements ar-rangements to defend the frontier are flaw complete and the work ot equipment equip-ment is proceeding rapidly The burghers bur-ghers are congregating in the toVwn ready to join theirrc mmands which I however have strctordera ncjrto approach i ap-proach too near th < frontier and to avoid a collision with the British forces The Boer forc s tlrq gathering at thpfr bases of4 action1 Jshort distance frqm the border such as Harrismlth r vOiksFus yrybid and Bremersdorp 1 urgM srs OrHeredMxj eturji i i From fBYQ rein ohtelnt Orii1nge 1 > Free State 1C isSaid1 i dntreifabldatitnprlty that at a secrettsessibn the rand has 1 passed a stringent commando law Biirghers who have left tjie Orange Free State recently have1 been ordered to return in default of 5500 finEr fiver five-r years Imprisonment and the confiscatIon confisca-tIon of their property From the British side come a few further particulars of military movements move-ments of a minor character but all pointing to preparations to safeguard the l frontier line in the event df war until a sufficient force is assembled to take the offensive A dispatch to the Times from Pretoria trays It is generally expected that a state of war will be proclaimed at any moment mo-ment President Kruger granted mean me-an interview today and declared he had done all possible for the sake of peace He had accepted Mr Chamberlains Chamber-lains own offer of a common Inquiry but Mr Chamberlain deliberately broke the thread of negotiations troops were massed on aU sides and war was forced upon him It was impossible to accede to the dispatch of the 12th Kruger Blames Chamberlain Such a course would have given the land and people into the hands of stringers As It was his seven years proposal wouldsbe accorded to the field cornets books enfranchise 50000 persons per-sons which was more than theWhole number of the old burghers yet not one1 has come forward to take it The Qutlandersi never really Wanted I the franchise From the first they refused to go on the commandos and registered register-ed I themselves aliens Afterwards Lord Loch secured exemption for them lon the same terms as Portuguese He wishedto indignantly deny Mr Chamberlains charge that he had broken his promise made during the discussfoni preceding the Pretoria con vehtlon of 18S1 that he would treat new immigrants equally with the old I burghers He had aiwirs been ready to treat them so and they had always ref used < I S In conclusion I asked If there was still a possibility of peace S No Chance of Eeacej < No he replied ridding after a pause unless the other side will do something to make peace possible The rrespondent adds that perhaps it is worth pointing out that the commando com-mando in question did not arise until 1S34 after the franchise had been restricted by the law of 1891S which makes It difficult to see why the former should account for the latter Indications this evening lead to the belief that in view of the cabinet message mes-sage the Boers will probably commit an overt act which will bring on hostilities hos-tilities before the assembling of parliament parlia-ment All the latest dispatches from the Transvaal show the liveliest activity ac-tivity on the part of the burghers Telegrams from Pretoriaj announce that artillery Is being rapidly loaded at the station for the front and that military mili-tary trains have preference on all lines The Cape mail is i > delayed inconsequence in-consequence of the large amount of rolling stock reaervedSfor tIre forces A large number of burghers left yesterday yes-terday fdrthe Natal border and another an-other for Middieburgi Ietachmeni Cyclists S Detachmenta of cyclists are being distributed among the different commanders com-manders Itfs understood the first contingent of the Pretorias force will leave for the eastern border tomorrow tomor-row General Joubert yesterday addressed a crowd of burghers at the Pretoria station HIs remarks were loudly cheered The officers off the German corps left for the front today and the Hollanders corps paradedf In tfie principal princi-pal square of Pretoria and saluted President Kruger A sQuadron of British cruisers is gathered at Cape Town Advices from the Interior of South Africa indicate that thus far the nativesarei quiet and there is not sign of trouble This is reassuring re-assuring as It was feared that some Od the tribes in Zululand and elsewhere were becoming restless The arrivals at Durban Natal from the rand are diminishing Tents have been pitched on the beach tO accommodate accommo-date the refuge It is announced from Kimberly that a former mayor r has called a meeting off Irishmen to protest against the actiora of their countrymen at home who lie says are under a complete misapprehension in supporting the cause of tyranny in the Transvaal Refugees Prom the Hand The British colonists fro Rhodesia are organizing a volunteer corps have formed a cycle detachment and have constructed an armored train with an engine plated with steel rails Refugees from the and continue to arrive at New Castle Natal where earthworks are being raised Light rains are reported In the north of Natal Farmers within the probable fighting zone are sending their stock south In Allwal la the northern district a violent appeal from the well known Boer field comet Villfoir has been distributed dis-tributed A telegram receded today says two batterles of field artillery and 500 burghers have started for Volks rust and that another > wilt go there today The streets at Pretoria present a scene of great military animation Armed burghers and artillerymen are + + + t + + f 1 + t 4 + + + + + + + + t + tt + 444 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + S + + + + + + + + + < + + + + + 4 t S t < S + 4 1 r S t t S + I t I + t < + A + + + J + + 1 + + + + + + + + Tt L + + + + + I 4 I L 1 41 + S 5 6 S I + 1 55 ki m t L j + t I 512 + + + + + + 4q41 + + n 4 4r + + + S S 1 P Ji4JIfi F + + z I + + + p5 I + ES + + 5 + t S I 5 < + + 4 + + t 5 S + + S I + 4 S I + 5 x + S tt S + + 5 S 5 5 5 C 4 t + S II + + S + 1 St S S L S + + j + t PRESIDENT KRUGER AND HIS COURT tij l + + + + + + + + + + ± + + + + + + + + + t + + + + + + + + + + t + titi + + + + + S f r r S i1f i jF S S S h 5 S j r rifling about die field cornets being < en 4jazedin warning the burghers to be In readiness at a moments notice O 1 A quantity of ammunition for Maxim guns is reported to have arrhed at Barrlstckh and the burghers at Bre mersdorp received rifles and ammuni ton yesterday The men are practicing practic-ing with the Maxim gun Young Men Preparing A number of young Boers who have been studying at Cape Town have I started for home The volksraad in secret session has passed a high treason trea-son bill providing for hecannscMion otrfhfe property ot burgh rs who refuse jsivvice The proposal wan submitted to make the confiscation retroactive BOar BO-ar to include certain millionaires but i vas rejected < A dispatch from Johannesburg reports re-ports a meeting of the wholesale and retail merchants there to consider the Hfl > 3 to be taken for the protection of 1 the town Thfr chaIrm said he had been informed that government Cld not intend to expel The British subjects in th < event of war A icsolution was passed in favor of forming a guard composed or merchants property owners and others and em propry an otes powsrlng a committee TO procure funds to carry on the municipal government The Cape Town correspondent of the Times cables A Free State proclamation proclama-tion has been gazetted prohibiting the export of livestock grain and provisions provis-ions rollbiTg and other places In Cape Coloney near the Free State are known ae to be extremely dissatisfied English are Threatened The English are daily threatened and some of them are going coastwards for safety I have a accumulated evidence evi-dence that I is not mere street tlk but that there Is 3 bona fide belief the Dutch that the Boers amonir Bber canT can-T eat England A prominent Free Stater says We are sorry for your soldiers Our burghers burgh-ers will walk over them like heep over the veldt Another Free Stater said You may have an even chance with us if you send 100000 men not less A Dutch lady of the southwest portion por-tion of the colony writes to a friend When Paul Kruger has beaten the English and taken the colony I wonder will he conquer England too7 Jt is the existence of this temper which makes those here knowing the condition of life in he Transvaal believe that the time has passed when a nominal acceptance of the British terms would avail for the English people peo-ple to live in peace In South Africa |