The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-03
BIG VICTORY OF THE BOERS.
No LONGER ANY DOUBT THAT 4
BRITISH PLOT EXISTED.

A Strong Suspicion That Sir Her |
cuIes Robinson and Cecil Rhodes |
Were Implicated in the COnspir- |
acy-Mr. Chamberlain Not Sus-
pected of Prior Knowledge of the |
Raid, But No Doubt Exists That he
Hasn't Told Parliament All He
Knows.
London. May 2-The questions excit- /
ing the lobby of the House of Commons
and all the political clubs are how far
the inner cabinet knew of the revela-
tions made at Pretoria before they We're
known to the public, and whether Sir
Hercules Robinson, governor Of Cape Col
ony and British high commissioner n
South Africa. is implicated in the con-
spiracy against the Traasvaal
The plea of guilty entered by the mem.
bers Of the johannesburg reform commit
tee who were on trial at Pretoria is now
believed to have been due to a concerted
attempt to avert the publication of the
! evidence involving Cecil Rhodes and Gov.
Robinson, who assured the members that
the imperial government would intervene
| to bring about the quashing of the sem
! tences that might be imposed upon them.
No suspicion attaches to Mr.. Chamber
| lain, the secretary of state for the col
! onies, in connection with the initial con-
! spiracy, but his prolonged tentatives with
! President Kruger are held to be partial
! proof that he learned the rami1cations
! of the plot more completely than he ever
| disclosed TO parliament
| Mr.. Chamberlain is not to be blamed for
! necessary reticence. but his reputation as
! the keenest statesman in the cabinet has
| been weakened by the fact that is now ad-
| mltted on all sides that he has been check
! mated by President Kruger at every point.
! Regarding Sir Hercules Robinsons COM
/ plclty in the conspiracy, the references
! 10 chairman contained in the cipher
! dispatches have been examined in the
/ ilghI Oh the sequence of events and the
! known relations between him and Mr.
Rhodes prior to the raid.
inference Identifies chairman" with
| Gov. Robinson. 1t is not supposed that
! Mr. Rhodes cOnhded to him the details of
the plani certainly not Dr.. Jameson's
! preparations to enter the Transvaaf, but
| Mr. Rhodes relied upon the assistance of
| Gov. Robinson TO arrange terms after a
| successful rising in johannesburg.
| The Immediate outcome of the publca-
| ton Of the dispatches will be the APP
| pointment of a committee to inquire into
| the whole matter and report thereon to
! parliament.
Mr. Chamberlain, in January, prom
| ised the House of Commons that a COM
mission would be appointed to inquire
| into the policy of the British South Africa
| Company. If he had not been absent last
| night in Birmingham he would have been
asked to explain the delay in the appoint
ment of the commission.
The concensus of opinion in the lobby
IS that an inquiry is imperative. Respon-
sible ministerialists privately concur in
the bellet that Mr.. Rhodes, Gov. Robin
son ana every one concerned In the mat
ter should be summoned to explain their
the trial of DR.. Jameson and his col
leagues, now pending, should be postponed
until the plot shall be probed to the bot
When the colonial vote is discussed next
Friday the liberals viii insist upon the
ministry making fun disclosure of the
latest Transvaal developments. If the
government tries to postpone the debate
on the vote the liberals will raise Ii by
moving the adjournment of the house
Mr.. Chamberlain's followers deny that he
has any desire to conceal anything or any
interest in so doing. Mr.. Chamberlain
into the affairs of the British South
Africa Company. and awaits decision of
the cabinet on the question He proposes,
Il IS said, to immediately summon Cecil
Rhodes to London 10 stand trial besides
DR.. Jameson.
1t is reported to-day that the directors
OF the company have sent dispatch to
Mr.. Rhodes advising him to voluntarily
surrender himself, and stating that they
are ready to relieve him from the manag
ing dlrectorshlp. This fact, coupled with
the credited dispatches from Cape Colony
that President Kruger still holds in re-
| serve crushing revelations concerning Mr..
! Rhodes. and his colleagues, completes his
| downfall from the leadership in South
| Africa. 1t is doubtful if he will surrender
| or await arrest At last reports he was at
| GwelO. en- route to Buluwayo, with "a
strong force of Matabeles awaiting his ap-
proach along the Salisbury road.
The Iargeness of the majority III votes,
| on the second reading of the agriculture
| rating bill in the House of Commons
| Thursday night was due to the fact that
! Mr.. Chaplin, the president of the local
| government board and the intrOducer of
I RAJ 0f @ mo 4
ure to five years This induced the Urban
| conservatives 10 vote with the govern
ment and recOnciled some of the liberals
The period covers the fun length of the
| tory regime. The matter will be the lead
ing question at the next general election.
The tories are dlspleased at Mr.. Chaplin s
concession in view of the certainty that
the country will not assent to permanent
spoliation in the land owners interests
During the debate on the second reading
of the measure the radical estimates show
ed that ministers inside and outside of the
cabinet will personally benefit through the
bill to the extent of $4,000 yearly. The
Duke of Devonshire, president of the coun-
ell, will save $1,000 yearly and Mr.. Chap
At yesterdays meeting of the anti-Par-
nellites, an open rupture with the liberals
was sought to be avoided by re-framing
the definite decision of the party to vote
for the education bill. Nevertheless every
anti-Parnellite will vote with the govern
ment and the liberals will not be duped.
'Ihe dlsSentefs organs warn the Irish
| party that the consequences of their in
| terfering with an English bill aiming to
| crush the eVangelic nOn-cOQfOrmists will
be disastrous to home rule I'VE must
have home rule in England as we'll as in
| ireland" says the Methodist Times. Irish
tyranny here is as odious as English ty-
ranny there"
Sugar dealers in London state the visi-
bic supply is 10000 tons less than 1885.
New York is buying here largely. Sixty
steamers are loading at English ports
with sugar for the United States to meet
the shortage in the Cuban CROP. 1t is es-
timated that the increased sowings in Eu-
rope during the current year viii amount
to fifteen per cent
SWEET ON THE BOERs NOW.