The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-13

LONDON, Jan. 12.-(Copyrighted
1896 by the Associated Press).-Interest
in the Transvaal question in its imme-
date bearings has revived to an ap-
probable extent, while the Incidental
straining of relations between Great
Britain and Germany, which so COM
pletely placed the Beers in the back
ground of the picture for time. has
in it's turn receded, but by no means
disappeared. There is little apprehen-
sion of war with Germany over the
present complication at least, ana the
British public has a reassuring sense
that if there is to be war. England is
RIGHT READY FOR IT.
The prominent and efficient measures
of the naval authorities and the for
midable show of strength that is the
result. give John Bull feeling OF con
fidence. There are no further explicit
announcements Of movements looking
to an alliance of the powers against
England today.
Nevertheless, it is keenly perceived
by the public that the sentiment dis
played by the German government has
a far wider bearing than the present
dispute in Transvaal and there are
visions of future complications on
questions of conflicting interest.
Yesterdays cabinet council and the
meetings at the colonial office remain
largely subject of speculation, and
whatever decisions may have been
taken are sed, lousy guarded
AS STATE SECRETS
and the greatest care taken to avoid
publicity.
Mr. William II. Mercer, private sec
rotary of Colonial Secretary Chamber
lain, said tonight to a representative
of the Associated Press that the secre-
tary had no further kilograms to COM
municate to the public. The visit Of
the Prince Of Wales to the colonial
office on Saturday he said, just when
several directors of the Chartered South
Africa company was there, was partly
an accidental coincidence. His royal
highness called, he said, to show his
interest, and had made some kind re-
marks in recognition of Secretary
Chamberlain labors.
This explanation is hardly likely to
satisfy the public. in view Of the re-
peated statements published that the
/ dictatorship of the Duke of Fife, hus-
band of Princess Louise of Wales, in
the Chartered South Africa company
is a subject of concern to the royal
family, especially to the queen.
1t is understood the difficulty over
the manner of the disposal of Dr..
Jameson's followers was settled on
Saturday, the Transvaal government
simply stfpulating that the rank and
file of the Jameson expedition
SHOULD BE DEPORTED
from South Africa. According to the
,ic-I,,o
treason is Punishment and a large fine.
1t is not believed here that President
Kruger has demanded the abrogation
OIL the London convention, which pro
vides for the suzerainty of Great
Britain over the Transvaal, as the
price of sparing DR.. Jameson's life.
A dispatch received from sources
sympathetic with the Transvaal gov
eminent, in johannesburg, tonight, as
serts the plot for Jameson'S raid and
the coincident uprising of the Uitland-
ers was the most shameful in history
The blacklist part of the plot, the dis
patch asserts, was the intention of the
agents of the Chartered South Africa
company to set loose the savages to in
wade the Transvaal from all points
and to kill every white man. 1t had
| been engaged that all over South
Africa provisional stations should be
erected on the lines of the route. and
the points had been fixed. The object
was to destroy Pretoria and to present
| England with a fait accomplieuX be-
fore any aid could reach them. Sketches
of Pretoria and of the Rand made by
military men, have, it is said, been
sliced.
This story is denounced in London
as a gross exaggeration.