The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 9, 1899, Page 1

kU*bh',,,/ \_)I.‘C\i to be take £ ¢ rom 4 the lemry. paion tes VOLUME LXXXVI-NO . 101, SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS, GREAT BRITAIN WILL SEND MURE TROOPS TO SOUTH AFRICA But the Prospect of a Peaceable Settlement of the Con- froversy With Boers Now Seems Much Brighter, [ e e aie o e o e oo S SO SO M D S B R I s - -+ 1al border. ansv 4 -0 - [ RSN Sept. ONDON, and the E: Wols army; ., the General Sir Re the Lord Sal signal f , and the High Ch arl of Secretary, were t: ng the officlals followed by Field Marshal commander in chief dvers Bull- fleld with Bl s showing the g of the Coun m of the Department z erick of the i ign Office were med to at arm in arm, contrasting y went i ived an uncil q no im te T dispatch of and Inc t in the from gland lony THIS DISPATCH GIVES MOST tive the advic Joubert de: 2 lare that they ed to v S itk 1 they poison all poo! arrangements to \\!lh among the suspected, water. Natal natives is dm\ to Hn force BRITISH CABINET CONSIDERS CRISIS | d this, SlGNIFICANT MOV‘:S LONDON, Ser 8.—The Cabinet | the invading is fluences.” n ova- was marked by 'Hv\‘ lute ¥, and rform ch corrobe 1ation is s ss strained ximrl- no signs of 2 any intention to convene v WARLIKE NEWS LONDON, Sept. 8—A speci haten : to-day from Lady Smith that the British troops mber They it and reported | it cil Giatiad et OF THE BRITISH TROOPS 2 any meeting of i s pasi. A well-| BOMBAY, Sept. 8—The Nineteenth | 2000 to 3000 people im- | Hussars and the Twenty-first Ficld | nged the precincts of the | Battery of Artillery have ordered | OCOG Coocooco0Oo0OC0O0QER0OCD 000000000000 O | S UNCLE SATT WILL © 3 \T TTST T . .L o REMAIN NEUTRAL o o o I m#,rm";\n'rr:us. WELLINGTON HOTEL, WASHING- © ¢ f—Bocause of the large number of Americans employed in (] the authoritfe: e closely watching developments in o nt between the London Government and Presi- [+ nsiderable effori is being made to secure the Interfer- P ! this Government, but beyond an intention to be strictly neutral the same time fully protect Americans and thelr interests, the < e do not pr opose to go. It is true there are about 2000 Ameri- [ 1 the Transy, but practically all are in the employ of British [#] wners. Few Americans have any interest in mines. As has been [«] administration naturelly sympathizes with the effcrts of @ o just’,d for the Outlanders, but it has no inten- o ary especlally as the British Government v ermined to oith m“.pm the Transvaal to comply with its & demands or to annex territory, 7The report that American Consuls in & Germany had reported that the Boers had purchosed large quantities © of arms In that country is denied by State Department officials. 8000600000000000000000000000000000 | neutral or shall assist the Transvaal. 4] 4 TOWN OF LADY SMITH, NATAL. . | ment, | Transvaal, strength of the expeditionary force to be sent from England to South Afflca‘ in case of hostilities is said to be be- | B R R g SAYS QUEEN WILL NOT PERMIT WAR LONDON, Sept. 8.—Mon- tague White, the Consul Gen- eral of the South African Re- public in London, said to a representative of the Associ- ated Press this evening: “I assure you on the au-" thority of a Cabinet Minister that there will be no war with the Transvaal. In fact the Queen will not permit war. I received a telegram from Pre- toria to-day assuring me that the Transvaal Government quite understands the position regarding the peace party in England and is in no wise misled by speeches or demon- strations.” B R R TR out the Orange Free State to decide whether the Government shall remain R R R R R SR R SR SR R S S S A P U U R R R R R R R e S R R T T T Pt According to a dispatch to the Dalily Mail from Brussels, Dr. W. J. Levdes, | the plenipotentiary of the South Afri- | can Republic to the European Govern- does not believe there will be bet--een Great Britain and the but the Boers will fight to the end, he says, if an attempt is made on their lndepeudonv@ war STRENGTH OF ENGLAND’S EXPEDITIONARY FORCE | 8. — The LONDOD Sent. total IT IS NOW PREDICTED THAT DREYFUS WILL BE GONVICTED s e But the Officer Accused nf@ Treason Is Confident of : Being Found Innocent, : )¢ pS + Demange Makes a Telling Plea. | \ \ | e P RENNES, Sept. 8.—Dreyfus u.nd‘"> his wife are confident that the verdict | Jt will be acquittal. Acquittal is to| . them a matter of course. They are 5 already discussing plans for their de- & parture. As for Mme. Dreyfus, she | came from the prison earlier than usual this afternoon, calmly talking o to her brother-in-law Mathieu. No traces of tears were on her face nor emotion in her manner. ENNES, September 8 — That | Captain Dreyfus will be con- | demned is the almost universal opinion heard in Rennes to- night. Hitherto there had al- ways been a divergence, but now both camps, the Dreyfusards and the anti- Dreyfusards, seem unanimous in the conviction that the verdict will go against him. Upon just what this is based and the precise reason for the conclusion are a | myste: y, but there is no disguising the | R S S P | @+t 0T 4000060606 (\\‘0‘91) (w,;]flfl ),-“,.1 .wmrr‘ n‘\on, a }arz; | fact that from M. Labori down to the ‘ 3 | portion of whom would be 'employe : st | protecting the lines of communication | PUmerous Dreyfusards who crowd the | j nd guarding isolated attacks along the | hotels and cafes and who last night | frentier. were still hopeful that Dreyfus would | | R be saved, all seem now to agree that | [ |APPEAL TO VICTORIA his last chance is gone. B i TO PRESERVE PEACEi The one source of hope is M. Labori | [ E | himself, who. said this evening to the | T | e correspondent of the Associated Press: | [ : 7 =% g | AMSTERDAM, Sept. 8.—The mem- “We fear Captain Dreyfus will be | [ Most eloquent was the plea made by this notec of Imi‘ "Ts?: @ ® 2 “ste V. ori, ¢ counsel fo lery ptain, | bers of the Dutch Transvaal Commit- | condemend, but we do not intend to LB ('."r-:i“lmnzlvlr(:‘:; ‘m‘(‘_f‘!\;;\{\:‘in k r Yy car . & | tee have cabled to Queen Victoria im- | throw up the sponge. We shall go on [ o SoEa T ¢ D o o the neme orshumanity|l fghting for hin:: | Bttt s0404060-004 0t G-0-0+0s0s0s0s000+0 ' ; peace.” | M. Jaures, the Socialist leader, and | . . . of my conscience and pursued | will now take up the circumstantial evi- of British infantry is stationed — = {other prominent Dreyfusards expressed | an'undeviating tourse, free from anger | dence E i B 7 concentration and maneu- ar opinion. Excitement is at a | and passion. not heeding hatred or preju- | A briet adjournment of the court was : SPANIARDS NOT SAFE Rl el discussed but | dice. I have done my duty.. You will do | her junce < ; . ‘fp\el heat and nothing sse yours, which is to mete out justice. | was warmly applauded he o r 00000 | IN C|TY OF HAVANA | the verdict of to-morrow. | ¥'Continuing, M. Demange said he wished oo et : A | | The military precautions are of the | fine the prisoner’s pc the res _of the sess .\"[’“I"Hd;'mhm‘ for the Trans- | g vere Charges Agamst the Local |most elaborate character and mo at- |- the case of the revision began He said t Lot o | v 0 and serious pre- | DON, tempt at disorder is likely to have the | Dreyfus was a convict ax LONDON, Sept. S—Sir William | G"Wmmeh“‘é’y f‘t"l"“"ml nt | siightest success. Orders have been is. | SUmptions of his innocence were neces o with produci Butle o wa 3 ¢ re- the Capital. 5 = sary before the case could be en in the ds o c Butler, who was recently re-| o = P me Diarlo de 1lo|Sud to repress the first symptom of | by the Court of Cassation. To-day it is Tolonel Du Paty de ¢ Sommande o Brlyish e Galtorially o eme @ A% ouble with an iron hand. for the public prosecutor to prove his t and M. Gribelin were Africa by Sir General | Mariana editorially Nl S bl esttag was Let no one blama us. (hulrrnr\[ od betorehand of his guilt, arrived in | '‘Matters are goir to worse. | | > have not proved the innocence o ilt of his evidence, which they : He ,,;[,U,‘ed at the | Untl] recently only in the interior was the | held here this evening and the complete | our client, 5 ’l‘hor( =k' v\zh not in vx[mh};u ered unimp x]\ that ‘._\ ¢ | P ¢ s upon us. It is for the Government com- | wiched Dreyr biow out his brains, “ar Office and was consulted in regard | lif* of a niard unsafe. Now Havana | calm that attended it is an indication | UBon us. [Tt s for the Goverfmery Corte IR AR L to the situation in South Africa. The Times in its special edition to- day published a dispat>h from Mafe- kKing which said: Colonel Baden-Powell | will review the troops at Ramathla- | bama to-morrow. Large numbers of | Boers are moving about the border near there. There is uneasiness over the | number of Tr Dutch here. It is feared they might join the invaders in case of a raid. 'he correspondent nf the Times at Newecastle N, S : “There would be little surprise here if the Boers as- sumed the aggressive immediatel a matter of astonishment that s British troops are in the country, espe- cially on the western hord NOT AN ULTIMATUM, | BUT VERY NEAR IT NDON, \‘PN 8.—The Pall Mall AyS: NG uffi( ial account has issued of to-da Cabinet meet- ing, and it is highly improbable tk one will be permitted to app r. From authoritative sources we are in a po- sition to state with what we believe to be suk A\Vll\l\dl accuracy the H“ulv of their T There . Chamber- s found [u u-nl’nn p\‘ been is vith & point:blank refusall to enterts the Boer proposal that England sh relinquish suzerainty r the al 1d a pertinent nder that the f a joint inquiry into the fran- “hise proposals cannot remain open in- definitely. Though not an ultimatum in form the dispatch will be one in effect. it may be expected to contain a strong hint that cepted which is ev in any essential condi PRUDENCE URGED BY THE VOLKSRAAD PRETORIA, 8.—In the First Raad this morning debate was resum- ed on the interpellation of the Govern- ment ting the concentration of British troops on the border and the stoppage of ammunition con the Transvaal. The House adjourned shortly before noon, after adopting unanimously the owing resolution: The Volks 3 ing considered that friendly correspondence is still passing be- veen the Governments, that the concen- »ops in great numbers near a detrimental and restless inhabitants of the State and vaal has lived in friend- ov Sept. fe ship and pe with all nations and de- sires 1o continue to live in such friendship and peace, now declares its regret at the fact of concentration and expresses the spinion that in the case of eventualities h ¢ lead to enmity or war be ‘n two Governmenis the cause with the republic. ge of ammunitiol would lie gards the stopp: } agoa Bay, the V. aad trusts that the Government will act according to circum- | stances. The Raad further res [} (] o © o o [ © (] [ o [} [>] 3 8 © © (] (] (] © | formation | mation obtained is vns: 'h4 | There is no doubt that Mr. | ers’ o matter of the concent the horder for the present until ment shall sunoly fu to the d. .ql(hlmgh thy theless and with a sults of negotiations which are pending, ad_declares itself determined In the antime to maintain the rights and in- dependence of the republic, In_the course of the debate several speakers advocated a policy of prud- ence and moderation. ORANGE FREE STAT TO DECIDE BY VOTE LONDON, Sept. 8—The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Mail says: Schreiner (the Cape Premier) and the Afrikand- leaders have thrown in their lot with Sir Alfred Milner and this fact excites the irritation displayed in the Volksraad debate on the interpellations. igned to | It is reported from Dloemfontein that | & ballot will be taken thereand through- is becoming I({ht‘ seat of outrages against | Spaniards. ently a squad of Cubans | {ip oniforms used recently in the rebellion | agilyf o0 hide in the house of a friend, in the heart of Havana, the fugitive man. againg to hide in the house of a friend, whence he was lodged in the consulate before being sent to Spain.” The paper then quoted the case of Gen- | eral Camecho, the Spaniard who was res- cued from lynching by the custom-house guard and_taken hospital, covered with wounds. and asks why the police are | never at hand. adding: such outrages ur when people are protected by the bavonets of the Intervening «.mornmmn what would happen if these should | A commission has sailed for the 'nhetl‘ States to engage masons and laborers to | | take the place of the native workmen who | are now on strike, INHUMANLY TREATED. | Charges Made by the Crew of & British Ship. TACOMA s ur seamen of the British ship teviot. which recently ar- | rived from the West Coast of Africa, have harged Captain Gilmour with inhuman | treatment while on the high seas and ave libeled the vessel for wages. The ship is now in the hands of the United States Marsh | -— Andjelic Commits Suicide. BELGRADE, Sept. 8.—It is announced the Prefect Andjelic, one of those ac- of attempting to assassinate King Milan, hanged himself in his prison celj to-da i MAJO 3-GENERAL LORD METHUEN, ‘Who will be chief of staff of the British forces in South Africa in case of war of a quiet day to-morrow. A strong force of gendarmes guarded the ap- | proaches to the bullding where the According to the latest report, the | verdict may be delivered between 3 and 4 o'clock to-morrow afternoon, the court adjoining after M. Demange's | speech until 3 o'clock. There is some eriticism of M. Labori's a all decision not to speak, the friends of M. to Demange thinking it his object ducted to a seat by General Chamoin and | the abominable crime imputed tc M. suggestion that it had been put Esterhazy on trial mouthpiece. the words Demange, | presence restrained emotion, Ah defend guilt blers than sincere.” Other letters of the prisoner e his honor disclos was broken been deceived by b nocent. M. Dema lowness of tr attempt to COITV Demange then protested a h fus’ Colonel S dence of M ‘I wish to live.” fer's ‘.». Duly “and it traitor. It is that . gentl men an nmn(u\t man \\hn is too were read, | & ime desire, to liv d, though the wi in alth and spirit. breathing the down | leader. who has heen the most promine meeting was held and their orders were | all the defense d o at n;» u}nn-‘ the late Lieutenant Colonel Hen o raise: | cence of Dreyfus should appear, dazzling | atrical denunciation of Dreyfus as a g A atne fl:t oies guh o0 | and complete, and that the court-mar I ad s omartial. of 159 and the seditious cry. Nothing, however, oC- | should proclaim_it. -ports of the detectives. He pointed out curred. Indeed, the inhabitants of the | fied that the ju how the p ution had advanced as ot A e e AR e | O the present But if ¢ | proot the alleged statements of i divid- i : 1~ | mer had seen ¥’'s handwriting | uals who were not in ar Office, bu borhood of the Lycee and the prison is | they would have pronounced a different | whom they ined from pro- deserted, save for a few gendarmes. | verdict. M. Demange dilated upon the | ducing for e : pecially in the : 5 prisoner’s increasing protestations of in- | welling up on Henry's statement in ¥ | The news of the publication of Count | jgcence and his touching let to his | which has since been admitted to be von Bulow’s speech in the Reich- | family, exclaiming: “In them that a certain War Office sanzeiger reached Rennes to-day and | his soul.” which speal , Alone férmed him that Dreyfus was the et A :: tomb he communes with himse emange then showec is considered very important on the eve | cherished the hope of seeing his mnu.u - gambling and _libe of a verdict, which, in some quarters, | cence acknowledged inst the prisor nd said the simple sr {1t is thought, will be regarded as a | ARONE the letters of act "r,'."‘, e il e slight by Germany if it be a condemna- | asserting his innocence imouted as a crime. “Could a Spy tion, as being tantamount to a public | always ser e maintained the h iemeanor ion and honor, the s showed 1 his com- refusal to take the word of Emperor | ijat he et e O e Demange 3 William, as his Minister is merely his | an ordinary convict. It t of theevi- escape his share of the responsibility | One letter, written in 1887, appeals to Gen. o |in the event of a verdict of condemna- f-r«‘wl_ de l(:vl_,wh‘z‘;rv l(;v lend his generous o o ”r‘q\“”, % aid in securing for the writer restoratio S Rase 4 tion. M. Demange, having once seen |, the liberty of which he ey jucn | titled to e Dreyfus conde-ned under his ad- | robbed. strength of such r~t"*v;“;"n‘m\; ,”';\n o vocacy, would naturally like M. Labori | ,, WIItng to his brother the prisoner said: | 8 1 be on R\‘,n ket Sa “While one or more scoundre e walk- | to_obtain to share the criticism this time, espe- | ing free it would be & happy ralease fop | Since th been clally as M. Labori has assumed such [ me to die. but it would be a disgrace 1o | Vil SUZE il ;f o a prominent part in the proceedings. | l-ucille and my children.’ | of the bord and 5 A In this letter the - writer urged his | Y\\\H~ >k" 4 = brother to find the culprits, while care. vidence it DEMANGE’S POWERFUL {lrlll\ protecting the interests of the coun- of M. Dem o PLEA FOR DREYFUS | pyei-"0h, 5% B i ROk o man?" asked M Demange thou announcement was m his - 5 flre received the letter, | noon that the verdict of the court- RENNES, Sept. 8- The hall of the Ly ard it to Mathieu Drey- | cred fo-morrow. - M cee crowded this morning at the | Five Ministers of War.” said M. De- g so he irritate the judges and opening of the fifth day of the fifth weck | mange. “‘pronounced Dreyfus guilty whilc stroy gnod effect .hoped for by the of the second trial by court-martial of | admitting it was impossible to produce speech of M. Demangze. ! g i i e 5 Captain Alfred Dreytus of the artiilery, | Proofs. General de effre, General | The court therefore w e on charged with treason. There was a Gonse and Gener also affirmed | the conclusion of M. Dem s speech PR S their belief in h But, happily, | and judgment will probably be delivered o S Bap, they stated reasons d of proofs | before noon ers, “f 0 ;m lup all :1:. t"ul .-.1.1( rl to se- | only accumulated pr . | —— - cure front places. an early hour a| Concluding his e | lL:lng line was fn;lmml of nmpllr awaiting | secret dosster, M, remarked | FRIENDS OF DREYFUS admission. Standing room at the back of | that he felt compelled to refer to th ! and the demand is increasing as the trial ‘W"‘“r‘flh‘ Mvr;‘lil” rrvlll;‘d S ”!f‘r n to sup- ‘ ez approaches its end. POt S tR0 - Dueysus. . 3 ine NEW YORK. Sept. 8.—A Sun cahle Among the privileged spectators to-day | T o reintions witn Toreorey a# they | rrom Rennes say strange panic seems was Baron Russell of Kiloween, Lord | confirmed by the statement of the Min. | to have sel party this Chief Justice of England, who was con- | ister in the Reichstag, who could not have | afternoon s, the Socialist nt M. Paleologue of the French Foreign Office. | L have finished.” said M. Demange, | champion of Dreyfns at Rennes. now The Lord Chief Justice was seated at the | My _eXamina g"‘f' the secnet oniit s there is no hope for the prisoner’s back of the Judges' table, He came here | Al France knows the worthics ttal from Paris, where he wa# attending the | Lo, COntents. et It i< owh Chanoine. who s here s the cus. sesslon of the Anglo-Venezuelan bound- | months, and it has been thought that | UL he. MIntster o ary arbitration commission, in order to | there were documents and proofs in it that he belleved the ver see something of the trial. | which might bring France to blows with e fos cone Maitre Demange at once opened his | & neighboring power. " You are now ac- | tion of the ner and that the ¢ speech for the defense. In eloquer % | auainted with it. secret_dossier has | would prob disregard the G A At eaaaLT e 'l:r“:;g‘H béen px"lild(;" You will pardon me the | ment_requ nder a verdict be- out strong evidence against Esterhaz. loss of time I have imposed upon you. I| fore Monda M. Chanoine tele- During the course of his remarks he | cried ‘0000000000000 C00000C0CO000000C00000 “Do you think if Dreyfus and Ester- | hazy had been before the court-martial of | 184 that the court, would have Lundknll’]kd question counsel [\lnnl- to the prisoner sitting by him and added “No!" | “However solemn the occasion may be, " | said Demange, ‘I must at the outset prc test with all my soul against the allega- tion which one of the witnesses did not | shrink from uttering. This witn aid | not hesitate to declure that whoever ad- | vocated the revision of this case—that is | to say, whoever believed in the innocence of Dreyfus—was working against the army and against the country. I here de- clare that he does not know me and that he does not know Maitre Labori. Neither M. Labori nor myself would be here if these statements were true. Let me tell | you simply this: The day on which, amid the shock of furious poiitical passions, I saw let loose over our country this tem- est of madness. when I saw’ everything had learned to revere and love since childhood imperiled, I, a Frenchman, the son .of a soldfer, endured every torture. When 1 turn my eves toward Devils Island, where was buried alive one who from the bottom of my heart I believed to be a martyr, I began to wonder if di- | vine justice had not abandoned him. Since then T have recovered. 1 have hearkened OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAOOO o GERMANY DECLARES BERLIN, Sept. 8.—The Reichsanzeiger this evening, in the official portion of the paper, publishes the following statement “We are authorized to repeat herewith the declaration which the Imperial Government, while loyally observing the reserve demanded in regard to the internal matters of another ccuntry, has made concerning the French captain, Dreyfus. For the preservation of his own dignity and the fulfillment of a duty to humanity, Prince Munster, after obtain- ing the orders of the Emperor, repeatedly made in December, 1894, and in January, 1895, to M. Hanotaux, M. Dupuy and M. Casimir-Perier, dec- larations to the effect that the Imperial Emb: in France never maintained either directly cr indirectiy any relations with Dreyfus. “Secretary «f State von Buelow, in the Reichstag, Jxmu&n 28, 1898, made the following statement: “I declare in the most positive manner that no relations or connections of any kind ever existed between the French ex-captain, Dreyfus, now cn Devils Island, and any German agent.”” ©0000000C000000000000000C0000000 9000000000000000000000