Evening journal., 1896-01-13
The FeoIIng In London.

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English policy.
The Feeling In London.
LONDON, Jan. 18.-Intercst i'm the Trans.
vaal question in It's immediate bearings
has revived TO an appreciable extent, while
the incidental straining of relations be
tween Great Britain and Germany, which
80 completely placed the Beers in the back
ground of the picture for the time, has In
its turn recedcd, but by no means disap.
poared There Is little apprehension of wa
with Germany, over the present complica.
tion at least, and the British public has q
reassurlng sense that If there Is TO be a
war England Is ready for it. The prompt
and efficient measures of the naval authori
ties and the formidable show Of strength
that is the result gives John Bull feeling
Of confidence. There are no further explicit
announcements looking 20 an alliance OF
the powers against England today.
Nevertheless it is kecnly perceived by
the public that the settlement displayed
by the German governm ant has a far wider
bearing than the present dispute In Trans
wal, and there are visions of future com
plications on questions of conflicting inter
ests.
The cabinet council and the meetings al
the colonial Office remain largely a subject
of speculation, and whatever decisions
may have been taken are sedulously guard.
ed as state secrets and the greatest care
taken TO avoid publicity.
Mr.. William II. Mercer, private secreta.
ry 10 Colonial Secretary Chamberlain,
said to n representative of the Associated
press that the secretary had no further tel
egrams to communicate to the public
which had been received from South At
rica.
It Is understood that the difficulty oven
the manner Of disposal of DIR. Jamesons
followers has been settled on, the Trans.
vaal government simply stipulating that
the rank and flle'of the Jameson expedi-
tion should be deported from South Africa
According to the Transvaal law, the pun
ishment for treason is banishment and a
large fine. Il Is not believed here that
President Kruger has demanded the abro
cation of the London convention, which
provides for tho suzerainty of Great Brit
ain over the Transvaal, as the price of spar
ing DR.. JamesOn's life.
Alleged Shameful Plot.
A dispatch received from sources sym.
pathetic with the Transvaal government
in johannesburg asserts that the plot foi
DIR. Jamesons 5 raid and the coincident up
rising of the utlanders was the most
shameful In history. The blackest part
of the plot, the dispatch asserts, was the
intention of the agents of the Chartered
South Africa company TO set loose the
savages % invade the Transvaal from all
points and 20 kill every white man. II
had been engaged that all over South AZ.
rica provision stations should be erected
on the line OF the route, and the points
had been fixed. The object was TO destroy
Pretoria and TO present England with
fait accompli before any interference could
reach them. Sketches of Pretoria and OF
the Rand, made by military men, It Is
said, have been seized
This story is denounced In London as
gross exaggeratlon. and 1t Is regarded as
being intended 30 prejudice the South AZ.
rica company In the negotiations it Is
making.
A dispatch by the Chartered South AZ.
rica company from Buluwayo announces
that the outcome of a mass meeting of the
English colony, bankers and merchants
there was the declaration of a unanimous
desire Co obey the imperial government.
Tho public, it was asserted, was fully un.
der control.
Williams Reply TO His GRANDMOTHER.
The Berlin correspondent of The Times
nttfH AAN IARAAAAA1 gwen W AAAN "a
change of letters between the queen and
the emperor is very unweloome here. Il
Is regarded as an indiscrect attempt tc
make political capital in the English in
torest out OF the family relations of tn,
two courts. The substance of the letters
can only be n matter Of surmise. The con
tents of the emperors letter may be infer
red from the very conciliatory and reas
/ surfing words he addressed on the follow
ing day TO the foreign representatives here
on the occasion of the funeral of Prince
| Alexander of Prussia, when he emphasized
the unabated friendliness Of the English
and German governments. Unfortunately,
however, 10 is too early 10 indulge in opti
inisms. President Kruger's attitude may
be a better test of Germany's real attitude
than professions Of amity. If President
| Kruger prove obdurate, Il will be difficult
20 resist the conclusion that he has been
allowed to count upon Gernanys support.
It must not be forgotten that before DR..
Jameson's coup the organ Of the German
foreign Office urged President Kruger TO
| ignore the manifesto of the National union
Of Johannesburg DIR. Jameson's in star.
red enterprise simply gave Germany an
| opportunity to shift her ground 10 a plau-
sible condemnation of a breach of inter
national law. "
The Transvaal Difficulty Not Yet Ended.
An editorial in The Times says; "There
| Is far too grcnt a disposition in some quar-
ters to assume that the Transvaal diflicul-
/ ~ is ended 10 can only be truly said that
the immediate danger of bloodshed has
been ayortcd. But all the evils and terrorS
which made a disturbance in the Trans
yaal, with OF without Dr. Jameson, mere
u question Of time, stin remain unset