The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVTH YEAR, No. 145, Ed. 1, Sunday, August 27, 1899 Page: 1 of 26
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CAN NOT CONTINUE
Crisis fn the Transvaal Not Passed
Said Mr Chamberlain
THE SITUATION IS DANGEROUS
The Knot Is too Strained and Must
Be Loosened
IF NECESSARY FORCE WILL BE USED
Having Taken This Mailer in Hand We Will
Not Let It Go
OUR SUBJECTS MUST HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS
Grcnt Britain Will IJc IXnlllilicd
n the lliriunnitnt Power In
South Africa
yrlghtcd 1S93 by Associated Tress
ndon August 20 Though no actual
Tdcvolopmcnts have apparently taken plnco
Blnco the Transvaal situation was pre-
viously reviewed In theso dispatches pub-
lic Interest In the crisis has been wonder-
fully quickened This Is duo to the dawn-
ing realization that Great Britain is mak-
ing the most methodical preparations for
war Tho titter lack of official news and
the serious outlook have mndo tho week
one of tension Contradictory reports
from home and abroad have flourished
and on tho strength of these tho newspa-
pers have seeeawed from peace to war
and vice versa hopelessly at sea
Endless supposition has been Indulged
In regarding President Krtigors countor
propoeltlon but from a broad position of
view such details are not Important as
compnred with tho fact that President
Kruger has refused some say evaded tho
Irreducible minimum of Sir Alfred Mtl
ner tho govornor of Capo Colony and
British high commissioner of South Africa
It is now nearly a week since tho British
government has been In possession of
President Krugers reply Whether or not
a decisive ultimatum is already on tho
way to the Transvaal is a subject for con-
jecture
Tho jnosU conservative opinion Isthat
tho Boers will ultimately back down There
are no signs judging from tho military
activity at the British war office and tho
saruo activity in tho South Atricau repub
lic that such Is likely to be the case
though both sides may be using the move
ments of troops as a bluff That Mr
Chamberlain Is not in a pacific mood is
evidenced by the publication subsequent
to tho reception of Krugers reply of > tho
differences between the Transvaal and Sir
Alfred Mllner According to the Sppaker
this action has immeasurcably Increased
tho difficulty of keeping the peace
Commenting on this fact tho Speaker
says Unfortunately neither in Downing
street nor at Pretoria is the value of mod-
eration and good temper Bufliclontly ap-
preciated Tho consequenco is that every-
day the situation becomes more dangerous
and may yet see those two races locked In
a sanguinary struggle simply because tho
leading men on both sides havo failed to
keep sufficient command over their own
tempers and those of their immediate sup-
porters
Definito prognostications as to the out-
come ot tho Transvaal crisis hedged In
as it is with secrecy and countless loop-
holes through which either sldo Tiray
crawl aro thus debarred All that can be
said is that in a very short period prob-
ably less than a week the world will know
definitely whether President Kruger flnaj
ly acknowledges British supremacy aud-
its potentialities or whether ho really in-
tends to resori to arms in order to defend
his contention It Is palpable that the
British will now accept any evasion ot
their claims whatever other concessions
President Kruger might make
The Tranavaal correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian a wellknown writer
on economics says that ho finds wide-
spread willingness among tho Johannes-
burg Uitlnnders to take the franchise In-
sisted upon by Mr Chamberlain but no
eagerness He says tho Ultlanders griev-
ances aro genuine but greatly exaggerated
and keenly felt except by tho hotheadeil
politlclans
WILL KIOIIT TO THIS DEATH
The IIurRlicr Will JVot Tamely H11I1
111 It to the IlrltlHh
JoliiuiiiznliurKi AiiKimt 21 Com
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hiilil they ivoulil never ccuao to
utrlTC for pence hut Hint the Truim
viinl If forced to tulce up nriim to
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tho honor and tnterosts
Snceliil 1pnci CoimiiiUhIiiii IropoHCiI
London August 27 A dispatch from
Johannesburg bayR word has been re-
ceived there from Pretoria that President
Kruger and General Joubert favor rend-
ing a special peace mission to England
composed of members of the volkBraad and
headed by V W Beltz stnto secretary
NOT A HOUS II3KT STANDING
IltiiHiuit Fining Arl LHerimy
Wined Out of KlNtence
Little Itock Ark August 20 A Bipedal
to the Gazetio from Newport Ark says
News reached boro today that tho llttlo
village of Pleasant Plains situated In the
hills of tbo southern part of independence
county about twentyflvo mllo3 west ot
Newport was struck by a atorm last night
and literally wiped out of existence Not
a houso was left standing
As tbo town has neither telegraph nor
tolcphono connection with tha outsldo
world tho details ot tho storms ravages
can not be learned at this hour
A dark cloud was last night seen hover-
ing over that locality Pleasant Plains
was formerly called Falrvlevv
A IIUllItlOANi FORMING
> Vciither Iliireiui Iven out Wnrnlnir
of the Next JlUturliiiiicc
Washington August 28 Tho weather
bureau had warning of an Incipient West
Indian hurrlcue similar to that which was
conveyed in Associated Pres3 dispatch
from Kingston to tho erwt that tho Island
of Martinique reports a tornado forming
south and moving toward Dominica and
Guadalupe It was said that tho disturb-
ances so far is local to Port au Spain and
the vicinity It probably will bo three or
four days boforc it develops
Itehuullltutloii of Porto Itlco
Washington August 20 Secretary Root
gave attention today to the subject of re-
habilitation of Portu Itlco He conferred
with Assistant Secretary Melklejohn and
officers of tho Insular division and whllo
no determination lias been reached thero
Is n general plan outlined which nay bo
adopted There In being considered the
establishment of the enterprises In Porto
Bico which will furnish employment and
cause the expenditure of money among the
people
HOUSTON DAILY POST
XVTH YEARNO 145
THOSE
HOUSTON TEXAS SUNDAY AUGUST 27 1800
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UNCLE SAM The Price of Your Meat Is Too High Ill go to Another Shop
THE MEAT TRUST I Own the Other Shop
BRITAIN PREPARING TO FIGHT
GOIXO A1IOUT IT IV A VUHY ME
THODICAL MAXK13II
I < Ui SliInH Milj IloiveVer lie Unlnir
tile Molilllitlloll of Troo in i
III11II Xo Oftleinl Ae
BirminghamEng August 2C In throw-
ing open his gardens hern this afternoon
to momhers ot the St Bartholomew Ward
liberal unionists Joseph Chamberlain sec-
retary ot state for the colonies was drawn
Into tho most Important speech on tho
Transvaal situation he has mado slnco
tho adjournment of parliament
But what am 1 to talk about asked
the secretary
Tho Transvaal
Yes he replied I know thero is one
subje i which Is very deep in all your
hearts and about which I can not talk or
say much lest I do harm That Is tho re-
lation of our race with tho Transvaal gov-
ernment 1 wish that I could tell you to-
day that tho differences oxlstlng for bo
many years between her majestys govern-
ment and tho oligarchy in Pretoria which
has assumed such an acute form during
tho last fow years were happily settled
But unfortunately that is not yet in my
power As you know for three months wo
have been negotiating President Kruger
ba3 mado perhaps somo little progress
but I can not truly say that the crisis U
passed President Kruger procrastinates
in his reply He dribbles each reply llko
water from a squeezed sponge His offers
aro accompanied with conditions which he
knows to bo Impossible or ho refuses to
allow us t nwto a satisfactory investiga-
tion of their nature
I dont think It will be denied that wo
havo exhibited unparalleled patlencu In
tbo relations between a paramount and a
subordinate state The situation is too
fraught with dangor It Is too strained for
Indefinite postponement The knot must
bo loosened to use Mr Balfours words or
else wo shall havo to find other ways of
untying It If we aro forced to do that
I would not bo repeating now words usol
by Lord Salisbury in tho bouse ot lords
I say that If forced to mako further prep-
arations if this delay continues much
longer we shall not hold ourselves liable
by what we havo already offered but hav-
ing taken thU matter in hand we will not
lot go until we havo secured conditions
which onco tor all will establish us as
tho paramount power In South Africa and
secure for our subjects there those equal
rigbtH and privileges proralted by Presi-
dent Kruger when the Transvaals inde-
pendence was granted
Jf it comes to this It the rupture which
when wo have done everything In our
power to avojd is forced upon us I am
confident that we shall havo tbo support
hot only ot tbo vast majority ot Britons
but of tho whole empire
In all this bad business there is one
thing upon which wo may congratulate
ourselves and that is the unity of the em-
pire No British nubjeet can suffer In-
justice anywhere without awakening a
responsive chord in our most distant col
onics which stand shoulder to shoulder
Evidence
Favorable
to Dreyfus
His friends are jubilant
over the results of the
hearing of Saturday
See page
St Louis Republic
AN INDEX
Finsr
Britain Is preparing for war
Transvaals lighting strength
SECOND
Foreign nows
General telegraphic
TimiD
Sportine news
Georgia race trouble
rl
Itcllglous news
KOirillTll
Dreyfus cane
IMITII
Political ncrwa and KOsMp
SIXTH
Ftnlo capital noivB
Island City Nows Iera
Labor Day proclamation
Tcxns news
sisvnvTii
HudECt from Beaumont
Dentlis nnd marriages
Texas new
niciiTii
Tho courts
Local nows
NINTH
Hallroart nows
TUXTH
Addrcts on Sunday Bchools
City Brevities
Tcreonal Mention
KMSVKNTH i
Harris county bonds not approved
Local news
TWHUTII
Editorials
Shli channels effect on Houston
J
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Mlscellnny
tiiiuthisnth
Tho Letter Box
Separation of tho Itaces
Lincolns Darkest Hour
Tho Tides of tho Wind
Literary miscellany
iroUUTUIJNTll
Want ads
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SIXTISISVJH
Commercial Pago
suvintii3vtii
A planter on the cotton crop
Miscellany
KltJIITKKNTH
llcmlnlsccnccs of tbo Confederacy
NlVKTlJlLVm
Theatrical gossip
TWUNTIHTII
The Fashion Pago
TWKNTVFmST
Local society
Daughters o tho Confederacy
TW13NTVSI3CDND
Tho Land nf Stevenson
Tbo Now Navy
TWnNTVIIIIHD
Forecasts by Foster
How foreigners recard the war on tho Fili-
pinos
TWI3NTYFOUIIT1I
The Drummers Pago
TWISNTYFIFTH
Boys and GirUi Pago
TWI5NTYSIXTII
Summary of Sermons
Local Cburch Notices
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Telephone No vdclayrn rccelvlnc toiytn l t
delivering lha message Th reply ceflwi arf
once Telephone the managerto C < llMdex
plain details
Southwestern f ele r pii ft TeftfittM Ci
ANHERCULEANTASK
Britain Will Have No Picnic in Con
quering the Transvaal
IT WOULD BE A REAL WAR
Dutch In South Africa Understand How
to Fight
A QUARTER OF A MILLION MEPi
Can Be Raised to Do Battle Against the
Hosts of Great Britain
THE ENGLISH WOULD NEED A LARGE FORCE
And rhc Arnllnlilc Number nf Sol
illern I Noiv Ie Thnn One
Hundred Tlio iniiiul
Special to Tbo Post
Now York August 26 Tho Herald saya
Suppose n conlllct between Great Britain
nnd tho Transvaal uhould ilovelop Into a
nico war between tho British and the
Dutch of South Africa as somo think pos-
sible nnd many not at nil Improbable
what fighting force can each sldo marshal
from tho Inhabitants thercV That is tha
question that Mr II A Brydeu writing
from a personal knowlcdgo ot South Africa
extending over twentythree years and
as an imperially nnd conservative un-
dertakes to answer In tho Fortnightly Re-
view It Is vitally Important bo sny3
to bear In mind that the Dutch Afrikanders
greatly outnumber tho British that thu
Boers of tho Trnnsvnal Orange Free Stato
and Cnpo Colony aro very closely alllod by
bonds ot blood and sympathy aud that
thoy aro exceptionally good marksmen
Tbo Dutch population ot the Transvaal Is
between 0000 and 85000 Ot theso thoro
aro about 22000 Boers burghers ready
nnd capable of taking tho Hold at nn hours
notice Tho total British population chief-
ly coutored at Johannesburg does not ox
cecd 90000 Including men women and
children From this number Bays Mr
Dridcu not more ttiau SOOO effective boI
dlcra could bo drawn in caso of a gen
eral racial war tho ablebodied lighting
rnon from which the forcea on cither dido
might bo recruited are thus estimated
British
Capo Colony 37000
Orange Free Stnto 1000
Traiuvanl 3000
Natal 00000
British Buchuanalnnd
Rhodesia i
Imperial troopsIn SouthVs
Africa
t
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2000
10000
Total 33000
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Dutch
fiOOOO
180000
22000
1500
T
500
300
254300
1 It Is apparent from these figures ears
Mr Brydcn that the British would bo In
an extromoly awkward position in tho
possible event of tho Dutch being wrought
up to such a pitch of national feeling aa
to Join hands nil round nnd tako up arms
The British could hold tho towns and in
some localities take tho open field but as-
a general rule the Dutch would bo masters
of tho inland country
Mr Bryden docs not doubt tho power
of Great Britain to crush the Boors nnd
conquer South Africa But It will require
bn says In addition to the force now there
an army corps ot at least 10000 men suit-
ably equipped and the most skilled and
tried gcncrnls nnd then It will bo a
struggle such as wo have not undergone
Blnco tho Indian mutiny or tho Crimean
war
Arrcdln llnve Been Mnde
Lourcnzo Marquis Dclngoa Bay August
2C Several persons suspected of being
emissaries ot tho Transvaal government
havo been arrested here Excitement pre-
vails and contemplating a Transvaal raid
tho Portuguese troops are kept in readi-
ness for nn emergency
ADMIHAL WATSON VERY ILL
Scrloiit Henri Trouble Snld to llnre
Developed
Washington August 23 The Army and
Navy Register In Its issue tomorrow will
tny
Recent letters from Manila mention tho
liners of Admiral Watson ns the source of
great anxiety of bis officers
Serious heart trouble has developed
nnd In consequenco ho was regarded a
extremely 111 up to the date of tho letters
ot tho 17th No ono but bis physician Is
allowed accces to him and all business of
the fleet Is forbidden him It Is hoped
howover that the enforced quiet may re-
store blra to his previous health
The Illness Is tho eifect of an accident
which occurred to hlrJnunch while bo wag-
on board on tho 11th of July Tho Balti-
more his flagship has been tor somo tlrao
at Cavlto leaving Manila so as to escape
the full forco ot tbo typhoons Desiring
to make a trip up tho rlvor the adralra
started in his launch the Undine wjnt
under the bridge over tho rlvw known <
the Bridge of Spain a strong current aid-
ed by the wind set against tho little boat
and sho was taken out of her courso and
thrown against n hawser frpm a Balling
vessel This ropo carried away tho awn-
ing and striking tbo smokestack took that
also Admiral Watson Bitting In the for-
ward part of tho launch and witnessing the
full danger ot the accident showed no
conscious appearance of belpg tartled ex-
cessively by tho occurrence or In any-
way of having suffered by U Later how-
ever in fact before his return to the flss
ehlp heart trouble made Ub ppearanc y
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