The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-10
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GREAT BRlTAlN,S PERIL.
The Situation I'm the Transvaal Does Not
Seem to Improve.

The Situation In the Transvaai Does Not
Seem to Improve.
LONDON, Jan THE New York
Worlds correspondent cables his paper
from here: "South Africa so completely
occupies the attention of tho English that
the controversy with the United States,
for the day at least, is forgotten. If it
Games up again in its serious form Of
three weeks ago it will be because Lord
Salisbury Is too stubborn to learn the
lesson of the German emperor's message.
That the Kaisers telegram TO the presi-
dent of the Transvaal means avowed
hostility tn England Ia universally ac-
copied He flouts at Great Britain's
suzerainty over the Transvaal To sur
render that claim would DO the most
shameful concession in England's his
tory for two centuries The possibility of
1t Is scornfully rejected by the entire
English press, Tory and Liberal alike"
The report of the resignation of Premier
Rhodes is confirmed and 1t has been &C
cepted instead of rejected Sir j. Gordon
Spriggs has been appointed in his place.
Further details of the fight in which
Jameson was worsted show that he with
700 men fought and ''stood off, A, 800 Beers
until his ammunition was exhausted. A
dispatch to The Times dated Capetown,
Jan. 9, says: president Kruger has
stopped tho food supplies into Johannes
burg. The whole of the national reform
committee has been arrested. Nobody Is
allowed to enter the Transvaal territory
without passport vised by Kruger. 1t
is stated that DIR. Leyds, the secretary Of
state for the Transvaal with secret fund
at his disposal, has floated German col
onization company to introduce 5000 Ger
man military settlers into tho Transvaal.
A dispatch from Johannesburg dated
Jan. 2. midnight says: "The central COM
mittee of the National Union is bitterly
indignant at the terms which President
Kruger has imposed and they declare that
the position the Uitlanders are placed in
is solely due to the imperial proclamation
fol bidding the British subjects to aid Dr.
Jameson. The defense committee in Jo-
hannesburg is serving out arms. A pro-
visional government has been declared
with force of 10000 men. Thousands
of Beers are outside of the town. Offers
of help from all parts of Cape Colony have
been received by the defense committee
and men are enrolling rapidly. The
Transvaal flag has been hoisted over the
committee rooms to indicate that 1t does
not intend to destroy the republic"
The Berlin correspondent of The Times
says: 'The violence of the press against
England is abating, and the idea of u
German protectorate over the Transvaal
is warmly repudiated and denounced as a
malicious and detestable invention. The
purpose of the emperor's telegram to Pres
ident Kruger was two-fold: To secure
popularity at home, and to warn England
that her safety lies in closer contact with
Germany and the Triple Alliance.
The Times in an editorial this morning
again reminds the United States that
whether we have troubles In Europe and
Africa or not we will not yield on the
Venezuelan question. We have insulted
nobody, but If we are compelled to fight
we shall be ready to guard what is worth
fighting for"