| Show CONFLCT MAYBE MAY-BE AVOIREft t t 0 Transvaal Affair Take On aMore a-More Peaceful Aspect t KRUGER ENGAGED I MAKING EXPLANATIONS 4 AcJ Last Dispatch Was Intended as Acceptance Ac-ceptance of Joint Inquiry I Cabinet Meeting Held Yesterday and It Was Decided That Ultimatum snouia Not Be Sent At Present Time More Hopeful Feeling P i vails and Both Sides Are Declaring Declar-ing I Favor of Peace B Ut r pare For Eventualities + Pretoria Sept 8 midnight The government ernment has issued a formal announcement announce-ment that its last dispatch w intended In-tended as an acceptance of the joint inquiry The mistaken interpretation arose through a confusion of ideas Both President Kruger and Vice President Presi-dent Joubert declare ihat they are determined de-termined to work for a peaceful settlement set-tlement I London Sept 9 The AngloTrans vaal situation wears today a more peaceful aspect The Associated Press account of the decisions taken at the cabinet council Friday are confirmed I from the best sour es of information In addition to the troops from India a brigade of four battalions of infantry is under orders to start for South Africa Af-rica immediately one from h rneand 1k Mr Joseph Chamberlain three from Mediterranean stations The sailing of the Castle liner Harlech Castle > Cas-tle has been canceled and the steamer British will probably be employed to transport Briis troops A semiofficial statement comes from I Pretoria through Cape Town to the effect ef-fect that the Transvaal government has explained to the British diplomatic agent Mr Conyngham Green that its last dispatch was meant as an acceptance ac-ceptance of the proposed joint inquiry into the franchise question Transvaal Was Confused It appears that the negotiations had become s involved that the Transvaal government Itself had become confused or perhaps for its own purposes wished to appear s The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says I was the Transvaals attitude regarding the suzerainty su-zerainty question that caused the Af rikander leaders in Cape Colony and the Orange Free State to cool off promptly The Transvaal has now resumed re-sumed a practical tone and the Afri kanders are exerting a supreme effort to expedite a settlement The Dally Chronicle avers that Lord Salisburys moderating influence was felt throughout the council This is exceedingly ex-ceedingly probable but In any case the cabinet was unanimously in favor of Mr Chamberlain sending a strong dispatch dis-patch demanding a categorical answer to the proposals Sir Alfred > Milner submitted sub-mitted to the Bloemfontein conference The Times thinks something more than this might have been demanded but the cabinets decisiQn meets with universal approval and pending developments 1 de-velopments done nothing further will be 1 |
