the possessions of the
British Government shall be undertaken by the Republic during the
further negotiations within the time which shall be agreed upon by
the Government--our Government shall, in accordance with this, be
ready to call back the armed burghers of the Republic from the
frontiers; (_c_) that Her Majesty's troops, which are now on the
high sea, shall not be landed in any of the harbours of South
Africa.

Our Government has to insist on an immediate and favourable answer
on the above four points, and urgently requests Her Majesty's
Government to give an answer in this spirit before, or on,
Wednesday, October 11th, 1889, before 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
They wish to add further, that in case, against their expectations,
no satisfactory answer within this time should be received by them,
that they, to their great sorrow, would be obliged to look upon the
actions of Her Majesty's Government as a formal declaration of war,
for the consequences of which they do not consider themselves
responsible; and, in case further movements of troops should take
place within the above-mentioned time in the direction of our
borders, that our Government will be compelled to look upon this
also as a formal declaration of war.

I have the honour to be, etc.,
F.W. REITZ,
_State-Secretary._

MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S TELEGRAMS:--

FROM MR. CHAMBERLAIN TO THE HIGH COMMISSIONER, SIR ALFRED
MILNER.

(Sent 7.30 p.m. _10th October, 1899_)

"10th _October_, No. 7. The British Agent has, in answering the
demands of the Government of the South African Republic, to say
that, as the Government of the South African Republic have declared
in their dispatch, that they will look upon a refusal to consent to
their demands as a formal declaration of war, he has received
orders to demand his passport."

FROM MR. CHAMBERLAIN TO THE HIGH COMMISSIONER, SIR ALFRED
MILNER.

(Sent 10.45 p.m. _10th October, 1899_)

"10th _October_, No. 8. The Government of Her Majesty has received
with great sorrow the determined demands of the Government of the
South African Republic contained in your telegram of the 9th of
October, No. 3. You will, as an answer to the Government of the
South African Republic, communicate to them that the conditions put
forward by the Government