Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-09-26 | Page 6 | Pertaining to the Transvaal

PERTAINING TO THE TRANSVAAL The moment for a serious invasion of Natal If such an Idea has been In Commandant L Com-mandant Bothas mind has passed The Chamber of Commerce Capetown has discussed the advisability of placing tho entire Cape peninsula under martial law r J Dewets reappearance 1n mme unexpected unex-pected quarter Is looked for hourly elnco tho recrudescence of Boer activity after a long period of stagnation wan evidently ot preconcerted action among the com nmndoes Tho recent British reverses In South Africa have afforded to the French Journalists Jour-nalists an opportunity which they havo hastened to seize to point out the follv of Lord Kitcheners assumption lhat iho I war fh over It Is thought probable that Bothas plan of seeming to threaten Natal was In order to keep the mlndn of the burghers occupied and so divert thi > Ir attention from the expiration ex-piration of the term of grace allowed by Lord Kitcheners latest proclamation