The San Francisco call., 1896-02-15
The Investigation of the Raid of
. Jameson to Take a Wide
Scope.
KRUGER WANTED IN ENGLAND
Lesser Statesmen Back Up the State.
ments Made by Prime Minister
Salisbury.

LONDON, Enc, Feb. 14.-In the House
OF Commons this evening Sir William
Harcourt leader of the opposition. re-
ferred to the conflicting statements made
by Baron Marschal Won Beiberstein, Ger
man Minister OF Foreign Affairs, and Lord
Salisbury, Prime Minister and Secretary
Tor Foreign Affairs of Great Britain, in
regard to the troubles in South Africa.
Lord Salisbury, he said. had alleged that
the Government of the South African re-
public had made application to European
powers for their support, and the powers
had denied that they had received any
such appeal. This question, Sir William
asserted, affected the whole of the rela-
tions of England in South Africa with
Germany. Any one, he said, who would
con tribute TO the cultivation OF Ill feeling
be tween Great Britain and Germany was
no friend to the peace of the world. The
fact still remained undisclosed, he said,
by whose authority DR.. Jameson had
acted.
In regard 10 the hitch in the negotla-
tions with the South African republic he
understood that the people OF the Trans
vaal wanted to settle their own affairs. In
the circumstances he thought the inter
vention Of Mr.. Cham berlain, conducted in
the most delicate manner, would not i'm
prove matters. The best way out of the
difficulty would be TO have President
Kruger come TO London and settle every
thing at once.
a. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treas
ury, said Lord Salisbury's statement was
based upon positive assurances received
from Sir J. A Dewet which was put in
language the only possible Interpretation
OF which was that an appeal had been
made by the Transvaal Government for
the support of Germany.
Mr. Balfour defended the course taken
by Mr.. Chamberlain in Introducing an i'm
perial factor into the affair, and main
tanned that his action had been alike ap-
proved by the English and Dutch popula-
tion of the TransvaaI; that plan or
something like it, he declared, must be
adopted If the Boer Government was to be
carried on for any length OF time. If the
English population in the Transvaal in
creased in the time 10 come, Beers could
not maintain an uncontrolled Govern
ment. He was convinced that if President
Kruger should come to England method
would be found for the solution of the
difficulty.
Henry Labouchere, the radical leader,
withdrew the amendment to the address
in reply to the Queens speech offered by
him yesterday, to the effect that the in
quiry into DR.. Jamesons raid in the
Transvaal ought to include an investiga-
ton into the financial and political actions
OF the British South Africa Company
Mr.. Timothy Harrington (Parnellite),
member for the Harbor Division of Dub
lin. moved an amendment TO the address
in favor OF the release OF the Irish political
prisoners.
Mr.. Michael Davitt (anti Parnellite)
member for South Mayo declared that
the punishment inflicted on these prison
ers was brutally excessive, and that their
treatment was without parallel in modern
history.
Sir Matthew White Ridley, the Home
Secretary, denied that the Irish political
prisoners were treated differently than
other prisoners. There was no special
reason why more indulgence should be
granted to these men than to non-political
prisoners. These cases would, however.
be considered shortly, and he would gladly
avail himself of any considerations tend
ing to show that there should be mitiga-
ton OF their sentence.