The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 12, 1899, Page 1

»~ = Call WAR SAID TO HAVE BEEN BEGUN BY VOLUME LXXXVI-N 0. 1899 PRICE FIVE CENTS, THE BOERS IN NATAL. 000000000600000000000C00000000 @+s 459040+ s ssetrsoootrteted iy ey Le) NITATT . B 1! WUGER SENDS MESSAGE 4k f : uuy A vonaul o 3 THAT WAR IS CERTAIN ¢ () ot O sz . ol g ° ol? d = ance 2 > } 4 1 21s ‘ o e = of O s ° ¢ O o IR o ol : (] o? | bl ¢ o ol o D¢ o o} | AR [ BIPS | ° oll | o old 000CCCCOO0C00000C0000C00000000C0000000 | 2.—. to t an e - t ) an o - . 5 . . PR = EPARATIONS FOR BULLER'S DEPARTURE LONDON, Oct. 1L—Great preparations >oeQ NEW SOUTH WALES LANCERS WHO HAVE SOUTH AFRICA. tion by First Lc st out to- d of the | h, former ke in vari r Michaal | is suffering from s and was unable | Asquith, d the Governm t st n, which it to cultivate in all of desire ake up. majority PO DOV EDOIEDIDOP IO OPIOIPIDIDIOODIDIdedededoePoe upon them, they would see ight Hon. Willi ecretary of State for F announced in a spee he Government had to the Tra not prepared to AMERICANS EXPRESS SYMPATHY WITH BOERS NEW YORK, Oct. 1L.—A great mass- | meeting was held in Carnegie Hall to-| night to express sympathy with the Boers in their controversy with Great Britain. The flag of the Transvaal republic hung side by side with the stars and stripes. The colors of the Orange Free State were also displayed. On the platform and in the ampitheater were gathered men of all 4 peace are . now that war with all , all its loss of lif T property, ail its v , We can say we have never g but justice, never desired freedom, all we longed for under the Transvaal re- | rd men of our race and speeoh, | we freely gave to the men of the | h in the neighboring | think it worth while BRITISH STATESMEN PUT BLAME ON THE BOERS oratory tween Ladysmith and Newcastle. Eigg_arsberg Nek, Hé]fWWay Be | were present. | that I would not undertake to formulate lm MR e e e e e o o e o e T e e e e ) 00 000000V 0000000V00O00NO0O0N0N0000OVO000000000GO00000 JUST SAILED FOR |} shades of political faith. Many women | Augustus Van Wyck, who was the Dem- | ocratic candidate for Governor in oppo- | sition to Roosevelt, presided. A number | of societies were represented, including the Daughters of the American Revolu-{ n. Soms of the Revolution, Soclety of | onial Dames, Order of the Loyal Le- | Holland Society, Holland Dames and | the United Irish Socleties. present were General James R. O'Beirne, | who rece ator Platt of New -York and | of Coloradoe. n-Wyck made a speech in which he racterized the p 1ggle as one he strong against the weak. en took the platform | was received with a tremendous ova- He spoke for an hour, and while the applause . was cyclonic at times, there were a good many interruptions on the part of several hundred English symp: thizers who occupied seats in the rear| 4 uall and in the galleries. Mr. Cockran went into d on the relations | between the two nations, | spoke of Engl S rights in the making of treaties with the B. and added: - United States has as much right ervene aggression and land has for the| gratification of greed and the spoliation | of territory. President Kruger was with- Bourke Cockran and to in his rights, and I believe stepped ou s ide his duty when he consented to dr ion of citizenship with hould couple it with a| threat. The ostensible reasons assigned for Mr. Chamberlain’s policy are so inad- equate that we are compelled to look for the real reasons elsewhere. Why is it | that the peace of the world is endangered | on such a flimsy pretense? | “The answer is on the tongue of every | Englishman, but it suggests such reck- | lessness, such heedless moral depravity, it. Let an Engiishman answer it and it | proclaims the Infamy of their Govern- ent. “In all the history of the human race,” is place is near Dundee, and where the advanced British forces, 400 strong, are stationed. It may be the scene of the first heavy fighting, when hostilities beg in in earnest. D9 Among those | ¢ D R R RIS SCRR SO SR S 3 | fined by the convention of 1881 and 1884, is | public either by treaty or by international 00000000000 00200000200000020000000 AMERICAN OFFICIALS HOPE THAT WAR MAY BE AVERTED CALL HEADQUARTERS. WELL 11.—While prepared to ¢ c as far as consistent with i on is ful that war this wi GTON HOTEL, INGTON, Oct. d is 4. t how cognizant of war and of not of a go how reque: is objectis Great tates and en he Govern Q0000000000000 00000 00000000000V 0000000000000000000000° 200000020 .0000200C 000050000000000008 shouted Mr. Cockran, “I defy any man to find an instance where war has been based upon reasons as atrocious as this.” force a confliot Mr. Cockran eulogized President Kru- ica, but either to accept the ger, who was cheered. g ms or leave the whole mat- “It Bes been sald.” he coutinued, “ihat | ter to a court of arbitrat while the President of the United States | ‘“‘Resolved, That 2 copy of these reso- sympathizes with the Transvaal, yet he |lutions be transmitted to the Govern- loves England too well to remonstrate. ed States, to the Gov- If this be so then he is ready to connive t of Great Britain and to the sonable privi- t is the duty ‘o & This warship is on duty in Delagoa Bay several merchant vessels loaded with war muni Qv e et e et 00 +o s edeieteisseceseld at oppression. But this is not so.” He declared his b goes to W D R SCSY SRS S B S A A A o AL S g he South African repub- d the hall s < 2 > k up in a United S advance her claims reg: n boundary pec burning a = cted by the hese Te = 3- S m would reign. ng a man In the h a few followers as Iv of the opinion that Great Britain does not | possess any right of intervention in the | internal affairs of the South African re- | MANY RACES MAY FIGHT BRITONS telegram from erday evening ituation is becoming hourly more Numerous Americans, Germans, French, Swedes, Belgians, Nor- wegians, Danes, Italians, Dutchmen, Swiss and Cape Afrikanders have gone to the border to fight for the Transvaal, al- though they are not burghers, while many British residents also have taken the oath of allegiance. The hope is expressed by many that war will yet be averted. e |LORD ROSEBERY .0W I EXPRESSES HIS VIEWS LONDON, Oct. 11.—Lord Rosebery, the | former Premier and Liberal leader, has finally declared his position relative to the South African question. In a letter under to-day’s date he says: “I have maintained silence because I am oth to re-enter politics. To-day, how- { ever, I can speak without touching poli- | tics, for a situation has been created which is beyond party polemics. I think there is much in the last three years of our returns th the Government of the Tra aal to criticize if not condemn, but that is all ov for the It is needless to di how we could best have attained our simple and reasonable object of rescuing our fellow countrymen in the Transvaal from intolerable condi- tiors of subjection and injustice and of securing equal rights for the white races in South Africa: for an ul latum has been addressed to Great Britain by the South African republic which is itself a declaration of war. “In the face of this attack upon the na- tion the people will undoubtedly close their ranks and relegate party controver- sies to a more convenient season. Thers is one more word to be Without at- tempting to judge the policy which con- cluded a peace after the reverse at Ma- { juba Hill, I am bound to state my pro- found ceonviction that there is no con- ceivable Government in this country which could repeat it."” law. “Resolved, That this meeting is also of the opinlon that the South African re- public, although not bound to comply with any" of the demands of Great Brit- ain, has shown a proper and commend- able willingness to consider the alleged B R e 2 R 2 S S I S SRCa S 2 PP O D¢ @-0P-0-e > el