The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-06
JAMESON FIRES THE LIMOGES.
,-u,, CARDIFF WESTERN MAIL RED
HOT AGAINST GERMANY.

.,,,uudcd-kruEer Likely to he
1.,ieut with His British Prison
.rs-A Conspiracy Against the
rr,nSynaI Suspected.
london. Jan. 5.-James Mackenzie Mac
71sn. member of parliament, for the Car
-I,f district. and proprietor of the Cardfff
western Mail. has written an article for
+bat paper. in which he says
..-mDeror williams message TO Paul
1--urer. president of the South African
PepUblic. is as deadly and as unprovoked
AN insult as was ever offered to the head
of Il great European power and to a ma
,ion of equal rank. In the face of these
r4Deated insults from foreign powers the
time has come to use more effective
means Of retaliation than protests that
are conspicuous for prudence and mod
Grafton. The temper of the English peo-
nle is rising The murmurs among Lord
saHsbury's friends in both houses of par
lament are becoming louder and deeper
daily. Emperor William, in proclaiming
the right of the Transvaal to receive as
sistance from Germany, has trampled up
on International law and violated the con-
vention of 1884.
cit is the clear duty of Lord Salisbury
TO demand the withdrawal of the often
sive telegram.
"If it is not cancelled he should at once
recall the British ambassador from Ber-
lin"
The People, which is the weekly edition
of the Globe, which is in touch with the
government, says there is reason to
believe that Prime Minister Salisbury and
his colleagues, owing to the hostile atti-
tude Of Germany, will consider the eX-
pediency of Immediately strengthening
The British forces in those parts of the
empire that are exposed to attacks. Field
Marshal Lord WolSeley, cOmmander-in-
chief of the forces, has given it as his
firm opinion that If forces are sent abroad
troops at home. 1t is likely the mill
tary and army reserve, therefore, will
be called out to such an extent as to
place at least an army corps at the dis
p0sal of the war office for foreign ser
vice.
The Central News says that the gov
eminent is determined not to permit Ger
many to give military assistance to the
Late news from the Transvaal is most
anxously awaited here. but none has
been received to-day that causes any APP
preciable lessening of the feeling of
anxiety prevailing. 1t may be that some
information viii he received later, but the
outlook is not very bright, as the telegraph
lines are still controlled by the government
for its own business, and if any private
news filters through there Is no way TO
positively confirm or deny 1t.
The dispatch below from President Kru-
ger. while stating that he had not ordered
the captured invaders TO be shot, still
leaves their future fate in doubt. His
statement that they would be treated in
sharp contrast to their own acts affords
the hope that eventually most, If not all
of them will be set free after undergoing
punishment that dispassionate obserV-
ers here believe that they richly merit
1t is believed in some quarters, however,
that the anger of the Beers against the
Of nave
more or less influence on the tribunal be-
fore which the English will be tried and
that nothing will suffice TO aliay the eX-
element, EXCEPT sentence OF deaIh. IN
this event all the influence OF the BRUSH
government will undouJJedly be eXerteq
TO secure a commutation, ana Presl,aent
Kruger pacific message leads to the nope
that in the event of Dr.. jameson ana
the other leaders being condemned to be
Shot or hanged under military law, the
intercession of the British government
will lead President Kruger to commute
the death penalty to Imprisonment.
The government has made pupllc the
following cable dispatches relative TO the
invasion of the Transvaal and the cap
ture by the Beers of the invaders:
On Jan 3, Secretary Chamberlain ca
bled to President Kruger of the South
African republic as follows: 1T is rumor-
ed here that you have ordered the prison.
ers to be shot. | do not believe the ruInors:
rely on your generosity IN your hour OIL
To-day, the Hon. Cecil Rhodes; prime
minister of Cape Colony and the heau IN
Africa of the British South Africa Com
pany, sent a dispatch reading: The ru-
NOR that force is collecting at Bulu-
WayO is absolutely false"
President Kruger, replying to MI Chah-
berains dispatch, cabled: Il have not or
dered the freeboOters who are prisoners
TO be shot. Their cases will be decided
strictly in accord with the TRADITIONS
Of the republic and in sharp contrast to
lhe unheard of acts of these freebooters.
50 many lies and false reports are pup
Ished in even the official newspapers n n
england that / deem it advisable TO bdd
tnat the freebooter prisoners nave Deeh
treated with the greatest consideration
by our purghers, despite the faet that
Inc latter have been more than once com
PEELED to take up arms in defense OF the
dearly bought independence of our re
n0nIG. hope you will kindly parqoil
lhe liberty | am taking when l say shaI
our confidence in Rhodes has received
such rude shock that his reputation
9l the proceedings at Buluwayo ought 10
2e received with the greatest caution;
Even now we have news that an armed
ioIce is collecting on our borders. II TINS
r. rue l trust that not the word OF
s1iuues but the influence OF the govern
ment win suffice to prevent further incur
ssuHS w i'll you, with a view to checKlnS
'"t1 1her lying reports, publish thlsE
= cable dispatch from johannesburg,
uSted Dec. 30, has been received at the
eemce in this city of the Johannesburg
d5Ldhuard stating that in reply to an ad-
Tttss presented to him by a deputatlon
PRESIDENT Kruger said that the govern
He9l ui',l would remove the duties on food
st4Is He also promised that equal sub
Slues would be given to all schools, what
e.et language might be taught in them,
sn4 mat the franchise would be made
more liberal. Nevertheless, in the quar-
m ci OF the capitalists scheming is gong
~ ior active hostilites against the gov
U0liiheht. Respectable merchants OF all
nauons are combining to circumvent the
SSdinS Of Cecil Rhodes The merchants are
UHihg brigade to protect life ana
aoptrty. Secret enlisting is proceeding
s nl lectures on their political grievances
P3e pelng given to the miners. Col.
1io4eS, brother of Cecil Rhodes, Lio-
l Inliips and Charles Leonard, three
toHlnent capitalists, were asked to say
bret be1 they disapprOved of a revolution
fa. lhey made no reply. The community
- the worst, but Is prepared to de-
~ lhe conspiracy. In the meantime the
all government behaves admirably and
TaMs the freest speech Loafers al
ib@'y admit that they are in the pay OF
c capitalists. 1t is undoubtedly clear
gr q an attempt to pick quarrel and
Taai 'he golden treasures of the Trans
s. sar spatch from Capetown dated Dec. 81
"A res mat MIR. Rhodes had rendered his
81 az Is nation of the Office of prime minister
"a ~ "pe Colony to Sir Hercules Robinson