Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-09
THE CRISIS IS OYER.
So Says Secretary Chamberlain Of The
IraDSVaal Dii1culty.
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICAN coMrAN,
The Directors Hold Two Meetings
DaiIy-Their Anxiety Incrcnses-
Their Charter Is I'm Danger OF
Being Forfeited.

| recognize the services OF the staii Vi e"e
Colonial Office during the period OF the
tension by entertaining them at dinner
| at the Devonshire Club. The dinner will
be private affair.
All parties join in paying tribute to Mr..
Chamberlain's energy. skill, and success
in his handling Of the Transvaal dificui-
| ~.
A dispatch TO the Central News from
Capetown says that the Imperial oficers'
with the Black Watch Regiment, VIII
go to Mafeking to supervise the disarma-
ment and disbanding of the British South
African Company's forces.
The new flying squadron will be put
/ into commission on January l4th.
SOUTH AFRICAN co. MEETINGS.
LONDON, January S-The directors of
the British South African Company have
held repeated meetings throughout the
past week, and since Monday they nave
met twice daily, but have made no state
ments to the press. 1t Is understood that
Mr.. Chamberlain. Secretary of State Tor
| the Colonies, has ordered the directors
TO obtain from Colonel Rboades detail
ed statement Of his knowledge OF Dr.
! Jamesons movements prior To the latter
raid into the Transvaal otherwise the
charter Of the British South African Com
pany will be revoked.
The anxiety OF the directors increases
as the days go by. without bringing any
| statement from Rhoades. whose only
| reference TO Jameson was made in dis-
patch received here on January PSI,
wherein he said that Jameson had acted
without authority.
FROM GOVERNOR ROBINSON.
LONDON, January S.-The following
statement has been issued by the Colo
NAL Office:
Governor Robinson, OF the Cape
| Colony. telegraphed to Mr.. Chamberlain.
| Secretary OF State for the Colonies. from
| Pretoria. on January eth. as follows: L
communicated with Mr. +. j. Newton,
Secretary of the Colony Of British Bechu-
analand, your telegram of the 9Th. and
received a reply from him that he had
been absent from Bechuanaland nearly
a fortnight prior TO the raid in the Trans
vaal. lie arrived at Mafeking on De-
cember 29th. and heard then. after the
! telegraph-line had been closed. that jane
sons force was leaving. That night
the wires were cut, and the first mes
sage that got through on December Goth
was yours. directing me 10 send DR..
Jameson an order TO return.
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started from Mafeking and the rest from
Pctsani in the British South African
Company's new territory
BECHUANALAND UNPOLICED.
Jameson left only ten policemen in
the whole OF the Bechuanaland protec-
/ torate. and of these. four were doing
| customs duty. The whole country was
left virtually unpoliced There was no
representative of the British South Afri-
can Company in Mafeking, and no ma
gistrate in the company's territory. There
was only one representative Of the
company In the lower protectorate,
and he had Joined Jameson's forces"
Governor Robinson adds that Newton
will come to Pretoria at my invitation,
TO confer with me in regard to reducing
the protectorate."
Governor Robinson telegraphed Mr..
| Chamberlain on January 7th: "Johan-
nesburg surrendered Internationally this
afternoon and gave up arms. President
! Kruger has intimated his intention to
hand over jameson and the other pris-
oners upon the frontier Of Natal. You
may be satisfied that the crisis is over.
/ and all danger of further hostiities
/ ended"
DEFIANCE TO GERMANY.
LONDON. January S.-The Central News
! is authority for the statement that Lord
Salisbury has notified the German Gov
ernment that Great Britain will have her
rights In the Transvaal secured to her
under the convention of 1884, at all costs
The generosity shown by President
Kruger is admitted everywhere. At the
clubA here IL Is matter OF speculation
/ as TO what terms will be made by Sir
Hercules Robinson. the Governor OF Cape
Colony. The consensus OF opinion is that
President Kruger will expel the leading
agitators in the Rand of whose particI-
patton i'm the conspiracy against the
Transvaal Government he possesses
proofs, and that the British Government
Will punish the other participants. 1t
is also believed that the British South
African Company will be obliged to pay
heavy indemnity. and will lose its ad-
ministrative rights in the adjoining ter
ritory.
Everything Is quiet about the govern
ment offices this evening. Lord Salisbury
is giving a county ball at Hatfield
House" his seat. in Hertfordshire.
PRAISE FOR THE BOERS.
LONDON, January S.-A dispatch from
Pretoria, dated January 9Th, says the
prisoners from among DIR. Jameson's fol-
lowers are loud in their praise OF the
treatment they received at the hands Of
the Beers. while the burghers deeply re-
sent the action of DR.. Jameson. They
are intensely angry at the necessity OF
leaving their farms. and demand a speedy
and final settlement of the questions at
ISSUE and full and free possession Of
the Transvaal country, dnder the undis-
puted rule of the Beers.
OF the prisoners, the men were confined
in the race-course enclosure at Pretoria,
and the officers In the town Jail. DR..
Jameson, Sir John Willoughby. and the
Messrs. White were deeply detected at
the result OF their movement Jameson
refusing to take food for some time
after his imprisonment.
JAMESON RELEASED.
LONDON, January s.--A dispatch from
Cape Town to-day says that DR.. jameson
and those Of his followers who were taken
prisoners by the Beers have been re-
leased and handed over to Sir Hercules
Robinson. the Governor Of Cape Colony.
A Pretoria dispatch says that IT is re-
ported there that the Transvaal Govern
me1t has demanded the punishment from
the country Of Cecil Rhoades and DR..
Jameson. and the payment of a large in
demnity by the British South African
Company Nothing is known Of this re-
port in official quarters, and 1t is not
believed.
The editorials OF the leading papers to-
morrow will be unanimous in laud.ng the
generosity and prudence of President
Kruger. and assuring him that England
appreciates them at their full value. All
Of the papers will praise Colonial-Secre-
tary Chamberlain for his course through
out the difficulty.
"PEACE, WITH HONOR"
The Daily Chronicle VIII congratulate
him upon having secured peace, with
honor"