The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-04
CHAMBERLAIN DUPED.
Interesting sideJights on Jane
sons Eseapade Rhodes
and Robinson.
By Cable to the United Press.


duct in leading an armed force into the
Transvaal the key to the raid must be
sought by collating and comparing in
formation that may be had outside of
the Colonial Office communications The
government has closed all the accesses
of independent inquiry. 1t holds the tel
egraph wires from the Transvaal, which
are occupied with it's own messages, and
tells the press that nothing is known
beyond what it has already made public.
In the meantime the Rt. Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain. Secretary of State for the
Colonies, has the advantage Of appear
ing to be in nowise responsible for or
privy to DR.. Jameson's venture. The
Hon. Cecil Rhodes, the Prime Minister
of Cape Colony. repudiates him, and Sir
Hercules Robinson, the Governor Of the
Colony acts as though he had been taken
by surprise by the audacious act of DR..
Jameson. But whatever data can be OBJ
tanned as explaining Dr. Jamesons con-
duct suggests that Mr.. Chamberlain has
been either culpably ignorant of impend-
ing developments in the Transvaal or
has purposely permitted himself to be
duped by the assurances of Prime Min
lister Rhodes and Governor Robinson, who
must have known all the facts. Mr..
Chamberlain's official announcements of
- ~, f,o,,, hIsn,o while M Rboaas
ond ccyarnor Robinson will n
zaars certain ba nroven tn have
haar tha chief instiea+ors of DIR
Jamason,s raid into Roer Territory
M. sixy y,aelys ,,as4 81 has been currently
,a,or,tad in Inndon that nrena ra+ions
| ,,a,a laosr. nooao IN IoJ,arnesbJro for
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pri+is,, co,,+a, Afriao 6,o,nnanv wac
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was partly ORGANIZED ana approVeu ny
Sir j. Wllloughpy, the chlef codnmanaer
OF the British South AFRICA company 5
forces, VINO accompanied Dr. Jameson
to the Transvaal frontier and VINO was
| reported last night to be among the
wounded Is IS possible that Dr. jane
son suddenly OF his own accord, and On
his own responsibility departed from his
previous record as steady and tact
full official and embarked upon the car
eer OF 1libuster, accompanied sucn
distinguished aristocratic British off.-
GERS as the Hon. Charles Coventry sec