The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-08
SHOPS OF GERMANS STONED.
AZ UGLY FEELINGs N THE EAST
END OF LONDON.

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r.aIish sailors Provoke Fights with
German and Dutch Sailors on the
DorLS-HOIIandish and German
clubs in the East End CIOsed-Far-
,,ers Hiss the Name of the Kaiser
nj a Dinner.
rorfon. Jan. THE anti-German feel
,rg IS growing rapidly in the East End
@frondon. The windows Of a number Of
.-ops In Whitechapel kept by Germans
.r5 Iews have been broken, and the Hol-
lander club and some of the East End
German clubs have been closed, fearing
,ssy might be attacked. There have been
ssrs-al disturbances between English and
German and Dutch sailors at the docks
IN which the former were the aggressors
The ST. James Gazette says: I'VE
would rather face a rupture with Ger
many than to renounce the stipulation
N tie convention of 1884 that any inter-
rsional arrangement made by the South
African republic requires the consent and
rsracation of Great Britain.
Al a large public dinner of farmers
erI tradesmen given at Chard, county of
Somerset. last evening. the mayor Of
ibe town proposed to drink the health
ofau the queens family except one grand
som (refeTrng to Emperor William of
Germany. The toast was received with
enthusiastic cheers, which were followed
iv eroans and Kisses for Emperor Will
lord Salisbury visited the foreign Office
this afternoon and Immediately after his
arrival received Mr.. Chamberlain and
later Count Won Hatzfeldt, the German
Tbe interview between Count Won HAITI
Nn v.tssvra r,7fra See arfa al ff,.
bsf am hour. Later Lord Salisbury re-
ceiyed Baron de COurcel, the French am
bass4d0r After these interviews Lord
Salisbury started for Hatfield house, his
home in IIertfordshire..
Political circles in London main
tain that II II be true that the
Emperor of Germany has promised
the Transvaal republic by appointing
German resident instead of a consul at
Pretoria it may mean war between Great
Britain and Germany
1ir Chamberlain did not go to Osborne
this evening to visit the queen, as it was
announced that he would do. He was
compelled by the demands of the present
situation to remain at the colonial Office.
The Westminster Gazette says the queen
has written a letter to the Emperor OF
Germany rebuking him for his attitude
IN regard to the TransFaal, especially in
the matter of the cOngratulatory message
which his majesty sent TO President
Kruger.
a OeDaLGN 10 lne central news dated
johannesburg, Jan. 3, gives brief re-
port of an interview had by the Central
News representative with DR.. Jameson.
who was sent as prisoner to Pretoria.
81 only crossed the frontieD" said the
doctor because of the urgent appeals
made by The Inhabitants of johannesburg
and because i fully believed that a large
number of my countrymen and country
sfEs0asa were in dire peril of their lives.
"a j was only to save them and protect
them that moved. / could have beaten
he Beers if the people of johannesburg
bad made any effort to help themselves,
which / was led to expect they would
do Help did not reach us at krugers-
t0p and we could not break through
* lhe Boer lines. We fought until we were
# crpping to the ground exhausted and
& our ammunition had been spent
The Beers were in strong position,
and IN strong force, and we were unable
% dsl0dge them, but if the men of Jo-
hnnesburg had only destroyed the rail-
way to Krugersdorp, which they could \
easily have done, it would have prevent
Cd the supplies of ordnance being taken
% the entrenched Beers, which enabled
ih5m 10 hold out against our attacks.
As it was a special train loaded with
ammunition ran out to the Beers from
johannesburg without hindrance."
dispatch from Cape Town says that
after nightfall ON the day of the battle
between DR.. Jameson and his followers
ana the Beers, the latter used search
lsnts, themselves remaining under cover
and relying upon their sharpshooters to
pek Off Dr. JamesOn's men.
The Westminster Gazette has dis
patch from Capetown which says: "A
general feeling of nauseating contempt
i0r the Uitlanders of Johannesburg exists
mere This feeling is based upon their OBJ
lous coWardice in sitting quietly down
auer lurng DIR. jameson into his blunder
sl1 Offering him no assistance whatever"
The Johannesburg Standard has cabled
70 London, under date of Jan. ), that
4NJ Beers, with Maxim guns surrounded
lI. az
laJler were killed or wounded. After DR..
Jameson and his men surrendered they
were dlsarmed and marched to Pretoria.
= IeNulslOn of feeling has set in at JO-
hdnnesburg, and the reform leaders are
Ioundly denounced for their desertion Of
tlf' Jameson. 1T was a mob revolution"
population did not Join"
cfsr Hercules Robinson, governor of the
N4pe Colony, is now at Pretoria.
Immediately after Great Britain offered
oIsalatd lance TO the Beers the stores We're
oV9ed' trade became stagnant and women
qua children began leaving for the coast
u e. coal cattle and horse trucks and every
,,1ill ,b q vehicle available. The scene at
t ~ laIWay station was indescribable. The
own IS perfectly orderly.
Ia gispatch from Johannesburg dated
TP@- P1-- :. says that one of the agents of the
GIruJer Telegram Company was arrested
Spy - 'N''
Another dispatch from johannesburg
~ IN Jan. 1, says thab a deputatlOn sent
W iletoria had concluded three days
cessin!sice al in order to permit the arrival
0 ". EoF. Robinson, who was expected to
tti,rlHe ~ Pretoria on Jan. 4. In the mean
ca, ane, the national union of Uitlanders
control the town.
A proclamation issued by Gov Robin
s ol mas been published warning British
D'Jeels IN the Transvaal against joining
ci JAMESON who, the proclamation de-
oS SaIes has been guilty of armed violation
.-e territory of a friendly state.
6,.Ae Times tomorrow will say that or
tS nave been sent to Portsmouth, Devon
H. dAd Chatham for the immediate pla'c-
ma i" commission of six ships to form
c5 squadron 1t is understood that the
~ Gt-a-hs Of the vessels have already been
sr The object is obviously to have
vI,al- ,ional squadron ready to go any
t9 e The squadron will be composed OF
sT9 aist-class battleships and two first
NJ l"o secQnd-class cruisers. The names
f. ae ,ae vessels are vet unknown, but there
0aggeLlIE question that either the Royai
VIII ot the Revenge, now a Portsmouth,
.9lsl Dennant The EndymiQn ana
r. a' now az Chatham, are likely 20
ro, we OF the cruisers selected The pa