The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-13


erAii the white People In south AFRICA.
fcopyrlght lsse. by the Associated Presal
LONDON. Jan, l2-Interest in the
rransvaal question in It's immediate
bearings has revived to an apprecla-
bic extent. while the incidental strain
Ing OF relations between Great Britain
and Germany, which so completely
pIaced the Beers in the background OF
the picture for time, haa In It's turn
feceded, but by no means disappeared.
rhere Is little apprehension OF war with
Germany, over the present complica-
tion at least, and the British public has
n rcassuring sense that II there is TO be
4 war, England Is right ready for II.
The prompt and efficient measures OF
the naval authorities and the formidn-
bile show OF strength that Is the result.
gives John Bull a feeling OF confidence,
There are no further eEnllcit announce
ments OF movements looking to an all.
ance OF the powers against England
to-day.
Nevertheless, II Is lSeenly perceived by
the public that the sentiment displayed
by the German government has q far
wider bearing than the present dispute
In Trnnsyaal, and there are visions OF
future complications on questions OF
conflicting interests.
Yesterdays cabinet council and the
meetings at the colonial office remain
. largely q subject OF speculation. and
Whatever decisions may have been tax
en are seduiousiy guarded as state Sc
crets, and the greatest care taken 10
hvold publicity.
4 Mr. William H. Mercer. private sec
.retnry to Colonial Secretary Chamber
hahn. said tonight to q representative
of the Associated Press, that the secre-
|fary had no further kilograms 10 COM
nlunIcate to the public which had been
Received from South Africa The visit
of tho prince OF Wales TO the colonial
office on Saturday. he said, Just when
seyerul OF the directors or the Char
tered South Africa Company were there
/. was purely an accidental eolncidenee.
|1IiIs royal highness called. he said, TO
show his interest. and had made some
Kind remarks in recognition OF Secre-
tary chamberiGin's labors.-
Not Satisfactory.
This explanation is hardly likely TO
atlsty the public. IN view OF the pub
shed statements that the dlrectorship
Il the duke OF Fife. husband Of prin-
cess Louise, IN the Chartered South
Africa Company, Is subject Of con-
cern to the royal family and especially
1t Is understood that the difficulty
pver the manner OF disposal OF Dr.
fameson's followers was settled on sat-
irday, the Transvaal government sim
( ,ly stipulating that the rank and tle OF
he Jameson expedition should be de-
aorted from South Africa According
o the TransvaAl law, the punishment
ior treason Is Punishment and large
ine. II is not believed that President
. kruger has demanded the abrogntion OF
HE London convention, which provides
Tor the suzerninty of Great Britain over
The TransvaAl, as the price OF sparing
DR.. Iameson's life.
A dispatch received from sources
sympathetic with the Transvaal gov
ernmentr In Johannesburg tonight as
serta that the plot for DR.. jameson 9
raid and the co-incident uprising OF
HE rIItlanders was the most ahametm
h history. The blackest part Of the
plot. the dispatch asserts, was the In
feution OF the agents OF the Chartered
Eonth Africa Company TO set loose the
savaRes 10 invade the Tralsvanl from
nll points and 10 kill every white man.
u had been engaged that all over South
Africa provision stations were 10 be
Erected on the lines Of the route and the
points had been fixed. The object was
10 destroy Pretoria and to present Eng
land with a fait accompli before any In
reference could reach them. Sketches
cf Pretoria and Of the Rand made By
military men, have. It is said, been
I beiZed.
This story is denounced in London as
gross exaEgerntion and It is remarked
De- intended 70 prejudice the South Atri-
d Company In the negotiations 1t Is
making.
a dispatch received by the Chartered
South Africa Company from Buluwayo
announces that the outcome OF mass
meeting OF the English colony bank
crs and merchants thero was the decla-
ratIon OF an unanimous desire 70 enl-
brace the imperial government. The
public, 1t was asserted, was fully under
control.
Unweloome News.
The Berlin correspondent of the
Times says:
The publicity given to the exchange
Emperor Is very unwelcome here. II rs
Regarded as an indl8creet attempt to
make political capital In the English IN
tcrest out OF tho fnmily relations OF the
two courts, The subBtnnco OF the let
tiers can only be matter Of Burmisc.
The contents OF the Gmpetor's letter
may fc inferred from the very concll-
iatory and renssurinH words he ad'
Creased on the following day to the
Foreign representatives hore on the oc'
cnSlon OF the funeral OF Prince AleX.
hnder OF Prussia, when he emrhaHlzcd
the unnbated frientlineSs OF the Eng
lish and German governments"
An editorial In the Times snys:
There Is far too great u disposition
In some quarters TO assume that the
TrnnSvani difficulty Is ended. II can
only 10 truly said that the immediate
danEer OF bloodshed hns been nvertcd.
But all the evils and torrurs which
make disturbance in the Trnngvoat,
without DR.. jameson, merely n quca-
bon OF time, still remain unsettled.
While President Kruger is releasing Or.
1ameson's men with one hand. with the
other he n throwing into prison tho
Heads Of all tho English enterprises In
Johannesburg.
The STANDARD says: "wo are cna.
Bed to state that President Kruger has
not demanded any chunEoB In treaty
1tipulationH. II such were demanded.
England would resist.
''WH nre authorized 10 declare that
Tie oHpEor'H telegram to Prcsidrnt
Kruger was nj most an expression OF
rolling Of momentnry irritation which
lns now passed away. leaving the rcln.
IONS between Germany and England
nf frirudiy M heretofore"
Tho STANDARD, II aAOla bc romrmhor-
cr, Standi rl5Ser 10 tho present govern
meht ihrn any otfRr newspaper In
England
a special dispAtoh from Johannes
pprB says thers are warrants out for