Evening journal., 1896-01-03
Rerorta omeIaIly connrmed.

LONDON, Jan. 3--A dispatch has been
received at the colonial Office stating that
DR.. Jameson and the party that invaded
the South African republic have surren-
dered to the Boers after a conflict in which
a number of men were killed and many
wounded
The colonial Office publishes the follow
ing kilograms from Sir Hercules Robin
son, governor Of Cape Colony, to Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain:
"A messenger overlook DIR. Jameson
ten miles the other side of Elans river
He has brought back verbal message to
the effect that the dispatches have been
received and will be attended to. The
force was then sadding up, and immedl-
ately proceeded eastward into the Trans
vaal. DIR. Jameson thus received and dis
regarded my message. Sir Jacobus de
Wet, British agent in Transyaal, tele-
graphs that the fighting commenced at
O'Clock yesterday. He was unable to OBJ
tain details from General Joubert, COM
mander of the Transyaal forces, and had
heard nothing beyond rumor.
'Tho Cape Times has a telegram from
Pretoria, the capital Of Transyaa received
there from Krugersdorf, that there had
been hard fighting the forces Of the
Chartered South Africa company suffer
ing heavily"
DIR. Jameson a Prisoner.
A second cablegram has been received
from Sir Hercules Robinson, which says:
"The British agent at Pretoria tele-
graphs I have just seen General Jou-
bert, and he says that as far as he knows
DIR. Jameson has been driven out Of sew
eral positions. The burghers have 20 Of
their wounded as prisoners, including
three officers, and five oorpses have been
buried by the burghers. The fighting is
still proceeding No force has yet left
Johannesburg to assist DR.. Jameson The
government has received information that
further forces Of tho Chartered South
Africa company are mobilizing to enter
the Transvaal, and the Kaflir commander
within the Transvaal, on the Bechuana-
land border Of the Free State, is ready TO
assist the Transvaal if required DR.
Jameson is surrounded by large force
near Krugersdorf The railway between
Krugersdorf and Johannesburg has been
broken up. The acting president of the
Free State telegraphs me that }, 600 bur
ghers have been commanded to take up a
position l6 miles this side of the Vaal
river.
A third cablegram from Sir Hercules
Robinson forwards dispatch from the
British agent at Pretoria stating that Dr.
Jameson's force has surrendered
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, in re-
ply, has oabled TO Governor Robinson his
regret that DIR. Jnmesons disobedience
has led to this deplorablo loss Of life and
to do his best to secure generous treat
ment Of the prisoners. and care Of the
wounded and to telegraph the names OF
the killed and wounded.
Europe Shonld Intervene.
The Berlin correspondent Of The Stand
ard quotes The National Zeitung as fol-
lows in commenting upon Englands no.
tion in stirring up strife in Armenia,
Africa and elsewhere, "This procedure
requires to be put a stop to by Europe,
with which the United States will not
unwillingly cooperate"
The other German newspapers stornly
condemn DR.. Jameson's S action.
The Times, in a special article, assumes
that the fighting was an accidental skir-
mish, and that DR.. Jameson'H surrender
was entirely voluntary. 1t is difficult to
believe, f" says The Times, that he could
not have made q better stand bad he
wished to do otherwise than preserve his
men in the character Of police force.
The Daily News SAYS ~ an editorial,
"It is serious questisn whether tho
Chartered South Africa company should
not be deprived Of its charter.
in an Interview Montague White, con
sui general Of tho TFansvaal in England,
declares that the Uitlandors in Johannes
berg never raised q finger to help Dr.
Jameson. The Beers, he said, would treat
DIR. Janleson's s followers with generosity,
but DR.. Jameson himself wonld receive
fair trial and the punishment his crime
merited.