Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-11
A WAY OUT SOUGHT
Important Cabinet Meeting in
London.
LOOKING TO FRANCE AND RUSSIA
Trying to Reach a Settlement
With Venezuela.
LOOKING TO FRANCE AND RUSSIA
ADVICES FROM TRANSVAAL

LONDON January 11-All the ministers
were present at the cabinet meeting today
and Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, who had re-
turned from Osborne, where he was re-
ceived by the queen, was enthusiastically
greeted with cries of Bravo, Chamber
lain," frcm the crowds awaiting develop
merits in Downing street.
The cabinet meeting lasted three hours.
The colonial office says it is not true that
the situation in the Transvaal is more
strained than it was.
The first naval reserve men have been
ordered to hold themselves in readiness for
service.
The second naval reserve, which is COM
posed of men belonging to the mercantile
marine, have been notified that the services
of some Of them will shortly be required.
The Westminster Gazette this afternoon
says that it learns that as a result Of
Emperor Williams action toward Great
Britain in the matter of the Transvaal
the Marquis of Salisbury will announce at
the cabinet meeting today a rapproche-
ment between Great Britain and France
and Russia.
The Westminster Gazette adds that the
cabinet will also be Informed of an effort,
which it is hoped may yet be crowned with
success, to end the Venezuelan dispute by
an agreement with Venezuela direct.
Contir uing, the Westminster Gazette
says:
This is complicated by internal revolu-
ticnary difficulties, but is being steadily
prosecuted. If direct diplomatic relations
could be Ie-established there would be a
good prospect of an agreement through the
good offices of an American state, not he
United States"
A semi-official note will be published to-
Gay stating that the British government
hos Il ija:i toe S11hI mpnt n
formation in regard to Armenia, the Trans
vaal and Venezuela. Consequently the
United States Venezuelan commission will
shortly have access to all the material
points of the British case.
TransvnaI Crisis Not Over.
A dispatch from johannesburg, Trans
veal, received today. but dated yesterday,
says that the crisis in the Transvaal Is not
over. President Kruger and Sir Hercules
Robin the governor of Cape Colony.
have failed to agree upon settlement of
the matters in dispute
1t is understood that the president in
sists upon the annulling of the convention
of 1884, and that AmatonEaland, lately
added to the territory of the colony of
Natal, be al I exed to the Boer republic as
an indemnity for DR.. JameSon's raid into
the TraESvaal.
If these reports are true the gravity of
the situa tion has increased, and the reason
for the assembling of Great Britain's fleet
may be found in the strained relations he
tween the president of the Transvaal aid
the governor of Cape Colony.
There are also signs that the Grange
Free State and the Transvaal government
will make common cause against Great
Britain should there be further trouble,
and the report of secret understanding
between Germany and the TranSvaal con-
tinues undenied in official circles.
The frequently repeated assertion that
the British government had purchased
Delagoa bay from Portugal, thus cutting
of any possibility Of the Beers obtaining
a seaport, is still uncoEfirmed and uncon-
tradicted.
Details of JamcsOn's Raid.
A special dispatch from Cape Town, pub
lished today, says that many details of Dr.
Jameson's raid have been brought there
by Capt. Thatcher, who fought against the
Beers with Jameson's freebooters and then
escaped disguised as a reporter.
The captain says that when DR.. Jameson
tried to get round the Boer position, his
men We're dropping off their horses from
exhaustion and hunger. The raiders also
suffered terribly from lack of water, and
the Maxim rapid-f1re guns became over
heated and jammed. The flag Of truce hoist
ed by the freebooters was made from
portion of the shirt of one of the wounded
from the barrel of a rifle without Jameson 8
consent. The latter cried like a child when
the raiders surrendered, and the men loudly
cursed the Rand Uitlanders for failing to
send them the promised assistance.
A dispatch to the Pail Mall Gazette from
Cape Town, published this afternoon, says
that President Kruger has extended the
time for the disarmament of the Uitlanders
at Johannesburg until 6 O'Clock tonight, as
OILY three out of forty Maxim guns have
been given up. Eloff, President Kruger's
eldest grandson, it is added, nearly caused
a riot at Johannesburg. He rode into the
town at the head of small body of burgh-
ers, and fired blank cartridges right and
left The authorities promptly stopped his
display, and sent him back to Krugersdorp.
The TranSvaal government, later, pub
fshed an announcement saying it regretted
Eloff's escapade.
jameson Dcposed.
CAPE TOWN, Africa, January IA
proclamation issued by Sir Hercules Rob
inson, governor of Cape Colony, removes
DR.. Jameson from the position of admin
istrator of Masnonaland. He is replaced by
Mr.. +. J. Newton, secretary of the British
colony Of Bechuanaland
Delegates from the Orange Free State
have been sent to the Transvaal to confer
with the government of the republic as to
the steps to be- taken in the event of the
Orange Free State being asked to assist
the Transvaal.
1t has been reported to the government at
Pleemfontein, capital of the Orange Free
State, that documents have been discover
ed showing that a widespread plot existed
against the Transvaal.
Governor Robinson, however, is absolved
fl lom all knowledge of the matter.
PRETORIA, South African Republic, jan
rary 10.-President Kruger has issued an
other proclamation to the Rand people ask
ing them to behave in the future in such
a way as to admit Of the introduction of
reforms.
To BE Tried for Treason.
JOHANNESBURG, January "a feeling
Of great uneasiress, accompanied by de-
preston, prevails here. 1t is understood
that the U!tlanders' reform committee is
to be tried for high treason before the
high court of Pretoria Several members
Of the committee have fled, and one of
them was allowed to depart after depositing
surety for his appearance when called
upon. The amount deposited was 100000
The government Is greatly incensed at
the tardy and incomplete surrender by the
Uitlanders of their arms, which it il be-
heved are being concealed. Only about
2OUO rifles have been given up, whereas
10000 are said to have been issued.