Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-01-12

London. January IA dispatch
from johannesburg, received to-day,
but dated yesterday, says: "The crisis
in the Transvaal is not over. President
Kruger and Sir Hercules Robinson, the
governor of Cape Colony, have failed 10
agree upon a settlement of the matters
in dispute. 1t is understood the pres
ident insists upon the annulling of the
convention of 1884 and that Amatonga-
land, lately added to the territory of the
Colony of Natal, be annexed to the
Boer republic as an indemnity for DR..
Jameson's raid into the Transvaal."
If these reports are true, the gravity
of the situation has increased and the
reason for the assembling of Great
Brltains fleets may be found in the
strained relations between the presi-
dent OF the Transvaal and the governor
OF Cape Colony.
There are also signs that the Orange
Free State and the Transvaal govern
ment will make common cause against
Great Britain should there be further
trouble, and the report Of a secret IN
derstanding between Germany and the
Transvaal continues undenied in official
circles.
The frequently repeated assertion
that the British government had pur-
chased Delagoa bay from Portugal, thus
shutting off any possibility of the Beers
obtaining a seaport, is still unconfirm-
ed and uncontradicted.
Another dispatch from Johannesburg
says: - feeling Of great uneasiness, ac-
companied by depression, prevails here.
1t is understood that the Uitlanders
Reform Committee is to be tried for
high treason before the High Court of
Pretoria. Several members Of the COM
mittee have fed, and one of them was
allowed to depart after depositing a
surety for his appearance when called
upon. The amount deposited was $780,
600.
THE government is greatly incensed
at the tardy and incomplete surrender
BY THE UITLANDERS
Of their arms. which, it Is believed, arc
being concealed. Only about 1000 rifles
have been given up, whereas $4,000 are
said to have been issued.
A conference between Sir Hercules
Robinson, the governor Of Cape Colony
and the Transvaal executive. is bel.ev-
ed to have left the situation strained and
d;fflcult to settle. 1t Is understood that
the Transyaal demands include the an
nexat,on to the Beer republic of ANA
tongland, lately added to the colony of
Natal the annul,ng Of the convention Of
1884 and the institution and enforce
mentor a passport system throughout
the country. The situation IS thus re-
garded e5 being graver than ever"
The above dispatch reached here after
the exclusive dispatch of the Associated
Press rrom Johannesburg dated yester-
day and sent out yesterday aft rnocn.
in which Z was announced that twenty
two members Of the Reform Committee.
including Col. Rhodes, brother of the ex-
premier of Cape Colony; SIR Drummond
Dunbar Mr.. Lionel Phillips and d..
Sauer, We're arrested at their club dur
ing the evening Of January 9th. on
charge of high treason, and were con-
veyed under escort 10 Pretoria.
The diSarming OF the U,tlanders WAS
to have been accomplished by SIX o'clock
last evening, and according to a dis
patch from Pretoria to The Times. has
been completed without mishap, and the
Boer police now patrol the town.
A dispatch from Capetown SAYS that
details Of Dr. Jamescn's raid have been
brought there by Capt. Thatcher. who
fought against the Beers with Jameson's
free-bocters and then escaped. disguis-
ed as reporter. The captain SAYS that
when DR.. Jameson tried to get round the
Boer position, his men were droppjug
of thetc horses from
EXHAUSTION AND HUNGER.
The raiders also suffered terribly from
lack Of water, and the maxim rand fire
guns became overheated and damned
The flag of truce hoiSted by the frae-
hooters was made from a portion Of the
shirt Of one of the wounded men and
was waved over their heads from tbe
barrel of rifle without Jameson's CON
sent. The latter cried like a child
when the raiders surrendered. and the
men loudly cursed the Grand Uitlandera
for falling to send them the promised
assistance.