The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-03
BOERS WIN THE FIRST BATTLE.
JAMESON'S FORCE DEFEATED
WITH SEVERE Loss OF LIFE.

Some Reports Say the Doctor Was
Forced to Surrender-The Doctor
Refused TO obey a British Order
10 Turn hack Before He Entered
the Dutch TerritOry-The British
Colonial Omce Condemns the Ex-
position.
Cape Town, Jan. 2.-The Cape Times has
a dispatch from Pretoria, dated yesterday,
saying that the latest news from Krug-
ersdorf was to the effect that there had
been fighting between the Beers and the
! force led by DIR. jameson and that the lat
ter had suffered heavily.
The British agent at Pretoria, telegraph
ing under date of yesterday, says that he
had seen Gen. Joubert, commanding gen.
eral of the Beers forces, who reported that
DR.. Jameson had been driven from sew
eral positions. Twenty-Five burghers were
wounded and twepty-three prisoners were
taken. At that time no force had moved
/ out Of johannesburg to assist DIR. jane
/ son.
1t is reported that further British
South Africa Company force is being
modified for the purpose Of entering the
| Transvaal. A Kafir command" is form
/ ll4E On the bGEnududlu lIOnlltI VI Lil6
| Orange Free State with the object of
/ assisting the Beers should such assis-
/ tance be needed.
a later dispatch from Pretoria says that
| Dr. Jameson was surrounded by a large
force of Beers near krugersdorf and was
/ obliged to surrender
| Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state
| for the colonies, has sent dispatch to
| Gov. Robinson saying: Il regret that DR..
| Jameson's disobedience has led to de-
| plorabie loss of life. Do your best TO Sc
cure generous treatment for the prison
ers and the wounded"
London, Jan. 2.-It was affirmed on the
| stock exchange at noon to-day that
| cablegram had been received from johann
nesburg stating that DR.. jameson had ar
| rived there with his followers, and all
| was quiet there.
The Globe publishes a news agency dis
| patch from Berlin saying it is stated there
! that DR.. jameson has arrived at johann
! nesburg, and has had friendly and pacific
! communication with President Kruger or
| the South African republic.
| Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of
state for the colonies has issued a state
ment announcing that Gov. Robinson OF
! Cape Colony viii start for Pretoria this
! afternoon to assist in a peaceful settle
| ment of the Transvaal difficulty. Mr..
! Chamberlain had a satisfactory interview
! this morning with the directors of the
| British South Africa Company, among
| whom was the Duke of Fife.
| The Westminster says that It
! is reported that DIR. Jameson, the admin
| istrator of the British South Africa Com
/
into the Transvaal, has been made a
| prisoner.
! office stating that Or. jameson has had
! a battle with the Beers before Johannes
| burg, resulting in his surrender. A num-
Der of his followers were killed and
| wounded. No details are given.
| The dispatch received at the foreign Of
! hce announcing that an engagement had
taken place between DR.. Jameson's force
| and the Beers and that the former had
| been compelled TO surrender was sent
! by Sir Jacobus de Wet, the British
| agent at Pretoria.
| The following dispatch was received late
| this evening from Sir Hercules Robinson,
| governor of Cape Colony: "Capetown,
| Jan. 2, S:25 D. ma messenger overlook
! DR.. Jameson ten miles the other side OF
| the Elans river. The messenger brought
! back a verbal message that the dispatch
! received by DR.. Jameson would be at
| tended to. The force was saddling up,
| and at once proceeded eastward. DR..
| Jameson thus received and disregarded
| both my messages.
"Sir Jacobus de Wet. the British agent
! at Pretoria, telegraphs this morning that
| it would have been impossible for him
| to have gone to DR.. jameson. If it had
! been possible his mission would have been
| futile, as the fighting commenced at 4
| o'clock yesterday afternoon"
| The messenger referred to by Sir Her
! cules Robinson was one who was sent
| 10 DR.. Jameson with orders instructing
| the latter TO return TO British territory,
! and to abandon his aggressive move
| ment against the Beers.
A dispatch from johannesburg, South
Africa, dated Dec. 80, says the people
| there are greatly eXdited. Numbers of
| Beers are to be seen riding through tho
| streets, which adds greatly to the public
! excitement. A performance of Othello
| was given on Dec. 30 at the Standard
| theater in Johannesburg which was
| crowded with people of all classes. The
| orchestra plaved the ''Volkslied :" the ma
| tional air of the Transvaal, whereat the
! audience drowned the music with groans
and Kisses. The orchestra then played
| God Save the Queen" when the people
| A mass meeting of Australian residents
| of Johannesburg has been held at which
| the chairman proposed that infantry and
mounted companies be raised to resist the
| Beers.
The Pail Mall Gazette asserts that 1000
armed men, who have been in readiness
at Buluwayo, to march into the Trans
vaal, are probably now en- route for that
The directors of the British South Af-
rica Company held meeting at noon to-
day to consider the dispatch sent by Mr..
| Chamberlain ordering the immediate dis
avowal by the company of any knowledge
or responsibility for DR.. Jameson's act
in leading. an armed body of men into
the Transvaal. The directors themselves
profess to be entirely without knowledge
of DIR. Jameson's movement.
The Star advises Mr.. Chamberlain, sec
retary of state for the colonies. to cancel
the charter of the British South Africa
company. The Queen has ordered the
Duke of Fife, husband of her granddaugh-
| ter to withdraw from the directory of
| the British South Africa Company
The Chronicle, in its issue tomorrow,
viii claim on high authority that rebel
lion has been smouldering in Brehuana-
| land for six months. and that during that
time DIR. jameson and his followers were
silently arranging to descend upon the
| Transvaal. The paper hints at certain
matters to the discredit of the honor of
the Englishmen. The colonial Office, it
adds, is also aware that the Hon. Cecil
Rhodes, prime minister of Cape Colony,
would have to supply the money for DR..
Jameson's escapade
All the morning papers will publish ed
itorials on the subject of the invasion of
the Transvaal. They deplore the result
which, they say, will involve the grav-
est consequences. They contend that
nothing but success could have justified
the invasion. AS the movement. has mis-
erably failed, it has seriously damaged
the future of South Africa; The papers
predict that the bloody feud between the
Englishmen and the Beers will be excited
to fury and that probably a cry will be
raised to wipe out the stain of the sec
ond humiliation inflicted upon the British
arms by the Beers, but they declare that
such a demand cannot be encouraged. All
the papers condemn DR.. Jameson's rash