The sun., 1896-09-06

been strictly enjoined not to appear on the
scene until Hammond gave him the signal.
the possible failure of their long mhtured plans,
they sent two messengers post baste to warn him
an AmericSn. a graduate Of West Point. and a
aoldier who has seen service in the Portuguese
ON u Nsr Special rs train. md Edward % Holden %ns
sent to Mafeking on horseback. So well did
Holden understand the necessity of reach.
made tho 90 miles between Johannesburg and
MateklnH IN soventeen hours; changing his sad.
On one ssssPSsy morSiSS. the 2ssS Of 3sss%. St
her, where he was met by his friend,
conducted him to Jameson, to whom he de-
lvcrered Hammond's message, Heany and his
handed Jameson his message. On the day previ-
GUS the following telegram had arrived from
further DEVELOPMENTS at present"
JAMESON THRICE WARNED BACK.
This was on Saturday morning. 40 before
left N ian ana 9nE Ssfors ne naa
before he had been ordered back by Commits.
. s,oner Of the Transyaal s Req kep1pio and later by
Great Britain. he had received two special mes
sengers from his friends. telling him he was not
wanted, and telegram from the man who was
to give him the signal TO start begging him TO
stay where he was.
In spite of this on SUNDAY, Dec 20. DR.. jane
the wishes OF Cecil Rhodes and against the en-
treaties of the Reform Committee, and instead
1900 extra rifles agreed upon. he came with
only 504 men and carried no extra arms.
ne geSSs Ssa
80 % in A' the 'As newspapers Witch "' came 0o out
after he had left Gaiekins. The Govern. e
ment. a. Pretoria, had. Of course. heard Of
deputation down to Johannesburg. inviting
the Reform Committee to send q deputation
TO Pretoria t9 meet the President and the Exec
done In the light of DIR. Jameson In vasion. Tho
committee won't to Pretoria. and there Lionel
the rest OF the deputation ae hostages for jane
con and his force. II the Boers would allow them
s must qS Se Sa me news baa
been received OF any hostile demonstration
having been made by Jameson. or by the Beers
against him. The joint deputations came to
decision, however. beyond agreeing to invite Sir
Hercules Robinson, the High Commissioner OF
Great Britain. to como from the Cape and act as
mediator on the question OF the grievances. The
deputaton from the Reform Committee then
returned to johannesburg to report what 1t had
done.
THE USPREPAREDNEss OF THE REFoRMERs.
The position of the Reform Committee was
now. owing TO the preciptate action of DR..
them TO- show their hand, a most difIicult one.
They had. all told, but 1000 rides in the town.
while the iioer Government had under arms and
within call 5000 burhegrs each OF whom
was fighting man. When Hammond asked
Heyman, Or. Jomeson's military representative
could hold out should they. attempt TO defend
the town with the thousand rifles in their pos
session. session, peyman answered. About twenty
This, then, was t the position in which DR..
make stand. and owing to his act the fact
that they had meant to do so was no longer
rse epHs They %sre uay
on Tuesday, night 400 more rides were
but in, the confusion which had continued
from the moment It was known that Jamo.
these tie "" were lost and many more more were ,a dis Is
tributed to the wrong people. and at least
'nS me. NEo did 4s fo
10 handle . gun were armed with what rifles
there were. aud sent our into the streets 10 act
s Focrs Without and Prom from rio.ins Within. the the
Boer police having entirely withdrawn from
Another circumstance. which at the same
TINE added Trenty to the ddhsuities OF ,he
nhs5iiants tsp OF ''I Jah"nnesburg ann bur knew ' that hat
they had invited Jameson to como to their
assistance, and they were now wondering
meet him on his way. but the Reform
Committee knew. to Its sorrow. that 1t took
Jameson. II would take every gun there was in
tho city out OF it, leaving II absolutely unpro-
tected from the Boers. who were gathering in
largo bodies at different points surrounding
But the people OF the city did not know this
ana the Reform Committee could not tell them
how helpless II was without the Beers knowing
II also. and at that time almost their only safe
guard against the Beers lay IN the fact that tho
Z ransvnal Government believed that there were
from 20. 900 to go. 900 rifles hidden away In the
town OF Johannesburg.
JAMESON "CoMISG on EASILY IN TWO HOURS"
1t was stated ut the time OF the raid by many
different pepplp Jameson
ised n force OF 1000 men TO meet him at Kru-
gersdorp. No such promise was ever made to
Jameson By the Reform Committee, and, even
had It been M ade. Jameson knew when he left
MafekinE that by coming in before his friends
were armed he could not expect any assistance
Nor. to be quite fair to both Jameson and the
ance, nor did the Reform Committee think he
ono Of Jameson's troopers reached Johannes
burg early on Thursday morning at about tho
same time that Jameson WAS being surrounded
at Doornkorp. and at once reported to Col,
been sent on in advance by the Doctor 10 tell
them that ho and his force were coming in
easily and 6opr would GSw the
to send committee OF citizens to meet him Mt
the outskirts Of the town in ordor that his act
name OF which the trooper could not remember,
Rhodes suggested "AIibustcr and "adven.
tne
" Yes. that was the word" Rhodes laughed and
said; And III wager the b, I Doctor said ID
swered,, and then, curled up: completely ex-
on tho floor under the table In the
committee room, and slept there for Ave hours
THE RAIDERS EXPECTED NO RE-ESFoRcEMENTs
After this message was received. tho COM
mlttee was so confident that Jameson WAS
coming IN safely that tho women Of tho
out along the highway to kruGersdorp to
other message from Jameson which shows
he did not expect any ssistance, In spite Of
what statements he may have made to his
men before starting, is a letter sent BY him to
him from Rhodes by n bicycler, who
reached Jameson on Wednesday night some
twelve hours before the surrender or the fol-
lowing morning.
In this letter Rhodes told him that there had
been no massacre or uprising in Johannesburg,
and added that he would have drink with him
that night when he got In, and to this Jameson
replies that he Is coming in all right, and needs
no help. but that II they can spare 200 men hc
would be glad IL they would send them out TO
meet him. AS II would cheer up his troopers,
Who are tired with their long ride
Th. letter never reached Rhodes until three
months later, as the bicycler was stopped by tho
Beers on his way back. and his machine was