War Expected To-day.

Bush Advocate, Volume XII, Issue 1755, 3 October 1899, Page 2

War Expected To-day.

(Received Oct. 3, 9.2 a.m.) London, Oct. 2. Mr Leyds predicts that ttie Boer Executive will declare war to-mor-row. The telegraph lino between Natal and Johannesburg is interrupted. Capetown reports that Joshua Jou- ) bert, a son of the Boer commandant, has been placed in command of the. I troops at Laing'B Nek, and Piet Cronge, a member of the Executive, who playod a prominent part in defeating Jameson, commands 2000 men near Malmuni, on the Bechuanaland border. If an army corps is sent from Eng- j land the British forces in South Africa will number 60,000. Pretoria, Oct. 2. The Transvaal Government assumes control of the Netherlands Railway Company's line. All trains are actively conveying Boer troops, especially towards the N.vtal frontier. It is feared that the Boer forces will be uncontrollable. The jurisdiction of the Civil Courts in the Transvaal has been suspended. Krugar declares that the troops will act strictly on the defensive. The Boers at Volksrust have sent back incoming passengers by the railway from Natal over the border to Charleston. The Johannesburg down mail train was also stopp«d. Capetown, Oct. 2. ! The European and Cape mails now go to Natal by sea instead of overland from Capetown.