Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-01-12
THE IRANSVAAL QUESTION
Has Occupied the Attention Of Berlin
All the Week.
The Belief General That England
Was Responsible for the Jameson
Raid Despite the Many Official
Denials-The Emperor Felt Bound
by His Grand-Father's Half Prom
ise.

by dis Grand-Father's Half Prom
ise.
(Copyrighter, 1896, Associated 9ress)
Berlin, January 11.-Throughoui the
week the Transvaal question has moI-
opolized public attention. 1t is the
unanimous feeling in Germany that the
jameson raid was due 10 colnivance
upon the part of the British government
in spite Of official Gcnia:s, AMI all Ger
many is intensely but quietly anti
English. This feeling is liuding vent IN
resolutions passed by the Colonial and
other associations in favor OF Trans
vaal Independence, and the entire press
is expressing hostility 10 England.
In the Reichstag, however, the Irans-
vaal question Will not be ventilated, IN
consequence Of a hin. received from
the minister of foreign affairs, Baron
Marschal Won Bieberstela, that the
government does not want to snow us
hand and that it would be inconVen-
fenced by a discussion oil the subject.
To that end the foreign budget, which
was to have been discuSs@1 IN the
Reichstag yesterday was postponed IN
definitely. 1t is generally believer
here that Russia and France are sup
porting Germany in the lattcr's eHorts
to- preserve the independence o. the
Transyaal, reasons outside OF colonial
policy making it desirable that Ger
many should stop the British advance
in South Africa. Emperor William 1elt
bound to assure President Kruger OF
Germany's sympathy, and, if necessary,
support. and he deemed himself bound
to take this step by the verbal appeal
of President Kruger during the lat
ter's stay in Berlin. to the
EMPEROR'S GRANDFATHER,
William l.. and to Prince Bismarck IN
1894. for help in the hour OF trouble,
to which appeal Emperor William l.
made half promise 10 support.
The attacks made upon the Emperor
by the London press are regarded here
as being typical of British jnsOlence.
The claim Of suzeratn rights upon the
part of Great Britain is answered by
quoting the wording of the convention
of 1884. N which the British CroYG eX-
pressly waved all rights, save on one
point This is alsn c1e view taken of the
situation IS the German government
and minute and frequent instructions
have been sent to the German ambas-
SadOr at London Count Won Hatfield
WiIdenburg TO eat IN strict accordance
with it
An official of the German foreign Of
fee SAID to-day: "NO serious. trouble
is expected. The main quarrel is one
picked by the British press and not by
the British government. Germany in
s.st simply on the statu-quo which will
suffice for the Transvaal to develop its
independence and resources.
ALL SPECULATION
beyond that is basalesS. In insisting
upon the independence Of the Trans
vaa,. Germany is backed by the whole
of Europe. and Great Britain does not
dare disregard this warning to keep her
hands of the soil of that brave little
nation"
1t was sem;-Oficially announced to-
day that Prince Bismarck will not be
able or, account of poor health to come
to Berlin upon the occasion of the cele-
bratiOn of the anniversary of the pro-
clamation of The German empire, Janu-
airy IS
Emperor William has not begun the
execution of his design to erect a sculp-
tored ancestral gallery in the Thier-
gar,en near the column of victory.
The report that letters have passe$
hot
Victoria relative to Transvaal is con-
frmed here. 1t is now claimed that this
correspondence has not been quite con-
c!nliatOry IN its nature, int!mation being
made that the Emperor has made the
statement, that, while not intending to
offend England in any way, he is still
Of the opin:on that Dr.. Jameson's rad
was criminal and worthy of his condem-
nation.
The Tageblatt charges the English
papers with falsify,ng the news and
says that il is not true that Emperor
William and the German government
has asked for help of the European
powers for the purpose of neuralizing
the English influence in Transvaal.
Both, according TO the Tageblatt insist
that the arrangements of the 1884 con-
verc.On shall be preserved. That paper
also states that il is not true that the
Liberation OF Dr.. Jameson and his as
sociates has been made dependent upon
the abrogat.on of that convention.
Herr L.ebknecht, backed by forty-six
Soc-alis,s deputies. viii during the COM
ing week interpellate Prince Hohen-
lohe
THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR
upon the position of the government
in the Transyaal question.
Letters from English firms address
ed to their German coeSpondents coun-
termanding orders fer goods have been
published in the German papers. In
consequence the German press urges
the adoption Of retalttory measures and
calls upon the merchants to unite to-
ge.her and pledge themselves not to
purchase British goods.
IMPORTANT INTERVIEWS.
London, January 11.-Count Won
Observation-Disclosures. German ambas-
saGor to England. had a long confer
IL