New-York tribune., 1896-01-04
PRAISE FROM THE KAISER.
HE COMPLIMENTS THE BOERS
THE, GERMAN EMPEROR CONGRATULATE
PRESIDENT KRUGER

Frs" HAVE FIRED JOHANNESRURG-AL-
LEGGED UNITED ACTION OF FRANCE
AND GERMANY PROJECTED
TEANsvAAL REGARDS THE
INVASION AS \ VIOLA
TIoN OF TIE BRIT
Berlin jar 3-The Emperor has sent the fol-
lowing cable dispatch to Paul Kruger, President
Of the South African Republic:
l express my sincere congratulations that. sup
ported by your people and without appealing for
help 10 friendly powers. You have succeeded by your
owa energetic action against the armed bands.
which invaded your country as dsturbers OF the
peace and have thus been enabled TO restore peace
and safeguard the independence of your country
against attacks from without.
Calls have been issued in Hamburg Cologne
and Berlin for mass ,ings to be held on Mon
day to express public sympathy with the Beers
and similar meetings are being organized in other
places.
\ dispatch from Pretoria says:
The Beers have completely defeated the Chartered
and compelled them to surrender Governor Robin
son OF the Cape Colony VIII arrive from the Cape on
Jsnuary 8
The semi-official North German Gazette" in
vokes public opinion. in German to favor Euro
pean Intervention in the Transvaal trouble.
Subscriptions are being raised in Germany in
with DR. Jamesons force at Krugersdorf. The
sum Of 100000 marks has already been collected.
Ii is reported that the Colonial Society of Ham
burg has placed 100000 mai ks at the disposal Of
DR.. Carl Peters. German Commissioner in East
Africa. for the purpose Of organizing an expedi-
Ii to help the Beers.
The "Frankfort Zeitune" says that the Trans
vaal regards the invasion as violence Of the
treaty entered into With .ireat Britain in 1884
and .hat the Transvaal. therefore. repudiates
tina, convention. thus regaining her right t. en-
ter upon international relations on her own
count.
SUPPOSED FATE OF DIR. JAMESON.
London, Jan. 3.-The fact that the telegraph
tres in South Africa have been devoted TO
Government work since the trouble in the
Transvaal occurred and the fact that no pri-
yate cable messages have been received from
South Africa for four days. have led to all kinds
Of rumors being put in circulation regarding
the situation In the South Africa republic and
the fate of the British invaders of that country.
one Of these reports has it that DIR. Jameson
has been shot by his captors. and another is
that the Uitlanders in Johannesburg have
risen against the Boer Government and given
the city to flames
Wha; truth there is in these stories II is. Of
course impossible now to ascertain, owing TO
the Government monopoly of the telegraph
lines. but il is judged that most. II not all OF
the reports are based upon the fears engen-
dered by the uncertainty regarding the fate that
the Beers. slow 10 anger but strong In Wrath
may have meted out TO the ill-advised and fool
hardy Englishmen who attempted 10 compel
the Beers 10 grant concessions by force Of arms
1t NAV he however that the report Of the
shooting Of DIR. Jameson is true If he has been
tried by court martial and convicted there is
scarcely doubt that execution would promptly
follow the passing Of sentence.
At S 80 O'Clock this evening a representative
Of tho United Press called at the Foreign Of
fee to confirm. If possible. the report Of the
shooting of DR.. Jameson. H was Informed by
officials there that they had received no in
formation further than had already been made
public. No news had been received from the
Transvaal since last night.
Mr.. Chamberlain, the Colonial Secretary, was
at the Office waiting for dispatches. He mas
had frequent confer, noes with the War once
and Admiralty officials but no special instiuc-
lions bearing on the situation have yet been
issued to the naval or military authorities.
ALL PRIVATE INFORMATION FALSE.
The editor Of "The Soutf Africa Critic" in an
interview with a representative of "The Globe
to-day, pretended 10 have "eceved news from
Johannesburg Of 50 terrible a nature that ne
would not publish it until he had verified it. The
cable dispatch he had received. he asserted. told
what had happened since the defeat Of Dr.
Jameson and hi followers. hut what this 'nfor-
nation he didn't dare tell.
The superintendent Of the Eastern Telegraph
says that not q single private message has been
received from South Africa since Monday. and
eays that any rumors based on supposed private
kilograms false
\ cable dispatch il reported 70 have been re-
ceived by commercial firm in London saying
that DR. Jameson will be tried by "A Boer court
martial: his follower. who are now prisoners,
viii be released
The Scotch Black Watch regiment. which is
now at Mafeking. in Bechuanalan.. VIII stop the
advance of the British South Africa Company 9
men from Buluwayo. ana II they insist upon ad-
yancing they VIII be fired III on by the BRUSH
The Globe" publishes news agency dispatch
from Berlin which says that DR. Leyd, secretary
= state Of the Soutn African Kepupir, wiD -
now in Berlin has communicated 10 thr E',I- ,
ueror a direct appeal from President Kruger ask
ing the support Of Germany. ,., !,
II is rumoreG the dispatch says thdt M uhiteu
action Of France and Germany In the lrahsNdai
Is projected. ., <...... cro,o
dertake the protection Of the Italian miners III
the Transvaal go, r.,,i.n
Th- Duke n Abercorn. Chairman Of The BRUSH
South African Company. said III an lnteTNle" ~, tp-
Aav that communications had passed regularly
between Or. jameson and the Board oi Diic.tUac .t
of the company. but that these commune '',a ,t
contained no reference 10 an IN'''|'' .
Trsnsvaal Tho Roard was utterly unaware ~
the movement. and had neither shSS'S'c" iioi '"
cOuraged anything Of the KIND
Under the ,erms Of the treaty OF le'+ '"e S"N
ainty OF Great Britain in the Transvaai was 'ons''
ably restricted and instead OF Resideh' al iie
toria the British Government was 10 De represent"
10y diplomatic agent. which office is now h!eu "
Sir JacobuS A de Wet. The treaty OF peace sIs"Vu
in 1881 between Great Britain and the TransVda i
lowing the war caused by the annexation o' '"e
latter by the former provided that self -sCveiiiom' ~
should be restored the Transvaal so Tar as ~
serna affairs concerned. the cCntTOi anu .idI
agement OF external affairs being reserved 70 ,ieh "a
Britain as suzerain. This treaty also provided Tor
the appointment OF a British Resident at PretoIid.