Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31
OBJECT OF THE RAID
johannesburg Performers" Wanted Some
Important Documents.
PROOF OF The ALLIANCE WITH GERMANY
Kruger Had the Papers at Pretoria and
Rhodes Planned to Get Them.
FRANCE WINS A POINT IN EGYPT
Decision Of the Mixed Tribunal is a Hard
Blow at Great Britain.
FRANCE WIN A POINT IN EGYPT
PORTE DENIES The RIOTS IN CRETE
Insurgents in the Island Have Sym
patty in Greece and Will Push
Their Claims Until they
Gain Their Points.

feature Of the week has been an article in
the Nineteenth Century, purporting to give
the true motive or reason for DR.. Janeson's
raid into the Transvaal and seeming to be
Cecil Rhodes plea in justification. II has, in
any case, revived the South African scan
dal and attracted a great deal Of attention.
The author Of the article is Seymour Fcrt,
who was private secretary to Sir Henry
Brcugham Loeb, when he was British COM
missioner in South Africa. Mr.. Fort de-
clares that Cecil Rhodes was de-
termined to push the revolution, and,
learning that President Kruger had entered
into a secret political entente with Germany
which presented such immediate and i'm
minent danger to the imperial and Afri-
kander interest in South Africa that Mr..
Rhodes resolved at all hazards to upset
the Hollander-German cabal. 1t is claimed
that he had no intention Of overthrowing the
South African republic.
Fort further asserts that the imme-
date object Of the raid was to secure docu-
mentary proofs OF the alliance between the
Transvaal and Germany, the necessary docu-
ments, IT is believed, being in the possess
sion of President Kruger at Pretoria.
Rhodes, Il is said, had also abandoned
uSSlLF llSIy dl attempts 10 pSrkUaQE tT6Sl-
dent Kruger TO cooperate with the imperial
Afrikander interest after an interview be-
tween them, which took plaza in 1894, which
it is alleged convinced him Of the Transvaal
presidents determined hostility. TO Great Brit
ain. The original plan Of the raid, Fort says,
was to capture Pretoria. Had that been car
ried out. the forts ammunition and even
the town ITSELF would have been in
the hands Of the reformers in a single
night. Every detail was determined on in
advance; but at the last moment. il seems.
the nerve of the Johannesbu-gars failed.
Fort contends that it was never intended 10
interfere with the liberty of President Kruger
and the officials Of the South African repub-
lie. He concludes by pointing to the atti-
tude Of Germany subsequent to the raid and
to the utterances of the German press as evil
dence Of the close relations which existed
between Pretoria and Berlin.
RHODES GIVES TROUBLE.
The address Of Colonel Cecil Rhodes Che
was elected a colonel Of volunteers) TO the
British South African troops at Pongo on
Wednesday, has also served to revive the
bitter memories Of the Transvaal raid. He
sketched his arrangements for ending the
rebe lion. building forts and raising the DO
lice force, etc. But it is pointed out here
that these duties do not belong to Cecil
Rhodes, but to General Sir Frederick Car
rington, formerly British commander Of
Gibraltar, who was recently appointed to the
Of the British forces operating
agains; the Matabeles and TO Sir Richard
Martin, the newly appointed administrator
OF the territory Of the British Chartered
South African company. The English news
papers remind Rhodes that he returned TO
Matabeleland a private person, and that he
has no power from the secretary for the
colonies, as Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain has an
nounced, TO move a single police"
Consequently, the speech that Rhodes made
at Pongo is likely 10 increase the distrust
Of the Beers, by conveying to them the i'm
preston that he has military administrative
powers.
FRANCE GAINS A POINT.
The dispatch TO the Times from Cairo, re-
garding the decision Of the mixed tribunal
upon the appeals OF the French sydnicate
against the use of the Egyptian reserve fund
for the expenses Of the campaign up the Nile,
has caused a decidedly bad impression here.
The Times correspondent wired that IL was
an open secret that the tribune had come 10
the decision that the Egyptian government
cannot make war against the khalifa, or
even resist a Soudanese invasion, without the
consent Of each member of the debt com
nilsson. This decision, which, 1t is
said viii be announced on Monday, in
every way supports the French contention
and evidently means that Great Britain would
have to advance Egypt the funds naeessary
70 push the expedition forward. II is true
that the matter can be referred TO the court
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the latter will reverse the decision Of the
mixed tribunal, as it is more governed by
political than by judicial considerations and
France has more representatives. in the court
OF appeals than the other powers.
In the meantime the news from the front
is very satisfactory to the military author
tiles. Troops and stores are advancing up
the Nile without a hitch anywhere and de- |
from the Derv.shes report that the ar
rival o. British Indian tro9gs al Suakim has
created a strong impression in the Soudan, |
a. TIE dervishes. ii is said. now anticipate
a combined advance from Suakim and
The khalifs is said to greatly fear
an attack upon Berber, and osman Digma
is reported TO be greatly discouraged by his
rseeat defeat and 10 have advised the
khallfa and that unless reinforced he in
tends to retire stili further.
The news Of The troubles in Crete creates
much excitement here. The Crstans, il is
said, are determined not 10 rest until grew
ances are redressed. Adyices from Greece
show that the Cretans have numbers Of
sympathizers among the Greeks, who are
TO assist the insurgents in Crete.
Since the arrival Of the foreign war ships
al Canea there has been a cessation Of the
disturbances in that town. The Turkish
government has issued q denial that serlouf
disturbances have occurred, which, in view
Of the well known facts in the case. is
elased as absurd. The Porte declares that
the whole ahaiT is simply an incident pro-
r6ked by an attack Of the Russian consulate
Al Canea, who shot an inonensive Turk
A small sHIsy. the Turkish edict adds fol-