Show alil A the food bought up johannesburg monday dee dec 30 0 S a m the situation Is glow glowing ilig more gra grav v and there la is intense excitement cit eft ement heie the exodus 0 of women and children continues in view of the threatened hostilities and consequent n danged to life there have been a considerable sid mid erable run on the tha banks large quantities of 0 arms and ammunition are secretly being introduced into all baits of the rand and the local stock of arms and food stuffs are being bought up the enrollment of the town guard is 1 also proceeding with all these marl warlike ike preparations and the spirit of appie henston which la is everywhere present the tension Is such much that a casual fracas may result in an ou outbreak at any ally minute th the e tactics of the leaders of the N national atio nal union are still undefined and I 1 local cat sympathies are div divided I 1 ded thus adding greatly t to t the e uneas I 1 ness over the possible reg result it ot of an 0 outbreak u influent influential jai deput deputations at tons ate aie visiting Pies president ident krueger today to discuss conciliatory measures men by chinh to avel aveia t a irl there has bas been a meeting of 2000 australians who considered vailous plop plopped oed protective mea sules find and resolved not to take pait in any ally revolution v act there was also a meeting ot of geiman and french re resl si dents and the le ie solved to instruct their consuls to urge their governments to make nations with a a view to the of their interests in the trans vana mal |