... Transvaal. In the event of war the burgher force of the Transvaal would num- ber about 15,000 to 20,000 men, and if war were to take place the battles would be fought on Transvaal territory. I do not believe that there will be war, as I think that better ...

... neck. If the necessary cihanges, he adds, can only be effected by war,], for one, should ?? there be war.' Here we have frther proof of the determination of the Englishmen of South Africa to provoke a quarrel: unles the Boars agree to barter away their ...

... artillery is largely maune3 wq by foreigners in the Transvital, and much ex- k ceeds in force the British artillery in South j, Africa. iI __ ?? IMPERIAL SOUTH AFRICAN cc ASSOCIATION. I.- London, Wednesday. ge The annual meeting of the Imperial South ha Afriran ...

... in yesterday's London| papers, that the calmer minds of the Cabinet intervened. Lord Salisbury is not prepared' for war in South Africa just yet, f and so the Republic is to be allowed to rest in peace till the mail brinua tbe fl toest of Sir Alfred Milner's ...

... The other stipulations are simi- lar to those made by the President at Bloet- fontein. WA.R OFFICE PLAN OF- ATTACK. London, Monday. The Central News learns that the War Ofiaee bu ready a definite plan of attack and defence for the Transaval border which ...

... BELL-BANNERMAN. I NO NEED FOR WAR. ts If it Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, speaking at a .d gardea party on last Saturday afternoon given by te the Eford Liberal and Radical Council, referred to the condition of affairs in South Africa and to - the relations ...

... firmness. MORE TROOPS ORDERED TO SOUTH AFRICA. London, Thursday. Another railway compauy of the Royal En- gineers, the 10th Company, stationed at Wool- wich, has received orders to prepare to embark for South Africa. It is expected that the offi- cers and ...

... B00K ISSUED AT PRETORIA. Thetentral News is in a position to state that the Government has not entertained the probability of war as the inevitable solution of the existing deadlock in the negotiations with the Transvaal. It has not, therefore, considered ...

... Chamberlain's dtpatch, i, so unfair and inflammatory that its publication is interpreted as a direct bid for war. If war he is determined to have, war he will have. For the sturdy old descendant of the men who flooded the dykes of Holland rather tbhai submit ...

... knew that well, and that is why they imposed the alterna- tive of peace or war upon France. Major Mar- chand then declared that he would later resume his explorations in Africa. THE COBUIRG SUCCESSION. ,GOTHA, Friday. The Minister of State in the Diet ...

... Free State notabilitiea. London, Thursday. It is officially stated that thle Britishl War Office has given nO directions for e mobilisa.- tion of its troops in South Africa. The Com. ?? in that region could make the ordinary dispesitions of his men, but it ...

... Chambertain could have taken. It looks uncommonly like war, but war would not pay Kruger any better than it would pay ourselves, and that seems to be the best guarantee of peace we can have. No one desires war. Major Rasch, another Conservative, re- marked- ...