The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-09
STRONG FEELINGS AROUSED.
England Bitter Against Ger
many'S Conduct
Williams Congratulation to Kruger
Believed to Have Been a Studied
Intent to Insult Great Britain-The
London Press Grows Truculent-
Jameson's Defeat Causes Much
Humiliation in England.

LONDON, Jan. 4-lCOpyrighted, 1896,
by the Associated Press.l-If any such
proof was necessary. the events of the
| past week have once more tended to
| establish beyond any doubt the cold
| Isolation of Great Britain. But the
| anti-British comments of the foreign
press have been so bitter since the in
| yasion of the Transvaal Republic by
| the filibuster, DIR. Jameson, with or
4 without the knowledge of the British
| South Africa company and the Colonial
| authorities, that this feature of the
| situation has produced a decided SEN
sation, which has eliminated in an out
| burst of Indignation against Emperor
| William for sending his dispatch of
congratulatlon to President Kruger.
The expressions of wrath are not
confined to the newspapers. but are the
common talk of London and other
4 cities. 1t is known the Government Off
cials generally. and it is reported that
even royalty. denounce in unmeasured
terms the German Emperors "deliber-
ately unfriendly act" and there are
suggestions flying about regarding re-
calling the British ambassador to Ger
many and making threatening changes
in the disposition of the different
| squadrons of the British fleet.
Emperor William. it appears, first
sent peremptory instructions to the
German ambassador here, to obtain
immediate explanation of the meaning
of DR.. Jameson's expedition. which, by
the way, the British Government had
already repudiated. This having been
explained to the German En- bassador,
the Marquis of Salisbury concluded
! that the matter had been settled, and
he was disagreeably surprised when
the news was received at the Foreign
Office that the Emepror had sent a dis
patch of congratulation to President
, | Kruger.
THE DIPLOMACY OF IT
But the most serious part of the
whole matter is that the diplomats at
tribute to Emperor William a deliber-
! ate attempt to challenge the Queens
: suzerainty in the Transvaal.
The text Of the Treaty of London pro-
: vides that the Transvaal Republics
foreign relations are to be entirely UNI
der the supervision of Great Britain,
, and for the sovereign of any other
! country to address himself publicly to
1
a serious disregard of diplomatic form.
Therefore as Emperor William is
known to be a great stickler for all
! | forms of diplomacy, nobody doubts
| that his course was deliberately taken
! after consultation with the Imperial
Chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe. This
l having been admitted, there are people
= who are beginning to intimate that a
triple alliance between Russia, France
and Germany, previously frequently
! limited at, may, after all, be an ac-
e cepted fact; for 1t would hardly seem
1 likely that Germany would care to risk
an active dispute with Great Britain
and a possible blockade of her coasts,
4 when she could make but little retalia-
: ton unless she was assured OF active
support from other powers.
The very bitter comments of the Brit.
ish press upon the action of the Ger
q man Emperor are in marked contrast
I with the moderate tone with which tht
| newspapers here discussed the Vene
> zuelan crisis. In fact, the latter dis
t pute seems almost to have been los
e sight of, especially since such flood o
$ discussion has been thrown upon tn
J British side of the contention by tn
y | Washington correspondent of tn
u Chronicle of this city, in the publication
y of correspondence apparently hithert
not carefully weighed on this side o
y the Atlantic. All the batteries of tn
| bTlllSn press SeeIIl u ne upO
y Germany, and their fire is increasing
- in Intensity as the action of the En-
- peror becomes more clearly understood
,e IT WAS DELIBERATE.
rs At first it was thought to be nothin
lie more than one of his familiar eccer
is tricities, but there seems to be niue
m more of cold elaboration than eccer
IN tricity about the young war lords di'
ne patcn to the President of the Trans
Id vaal republic.
The Standard, which may be regart
l. ed as directly representing the view
d of the British Government, speaks yer
$ plainly on the subject, and warns TO
III eign nations in general, and German
particularly, that Great Britain wi
tolerate no interference, and that
spite of threats of German officials ar
the press to make things unpleasai
for Great Britain at Washington, Co
,E stantinople and Pekin, 1--WE shall defer
our own with all the means at our di
posal, let our assailants be who the
will, or as many as they WILL
This utterance on the part of Il
o. Standard is a sample of the remar
e. on the subject made by the Briti
press and coming from the source
does, there are clear Indications tn
Great Britain and Germany ha
reached a state of extremely strain
'n relations and one which may have fl
IN Their and most serious results unle
on the jingoes of both nations are curbt
les THE JAMESON DEFEAT.
ht' The defeat of DIR. Jamesons FRI
AN hooters by the Beers has produced
feeling of great humiliation here, a
ell the greatest anxiety is felt regardl
BILE the fate of his companions, as tht
the are among them the younger sons
on some of the best-known families
The Great Britain. This feeling of humil
to ton adds to the degree of anger
against Germany, and increases c.
the siderably the danger existing in
i'm situation Then again, the fact Il
his so many distinguished young men w
it | among the British Chartered conn
ny's troopers is another element VIII
nan may cause further troubles, as tn
mad families are certain to bring all
ur- pressure they can possibly to bear VI
ere the Government in their efforts to W
ook out the humiliation inflicted upon
the concerned by the Beers.
ave Among the persons who are beh
the the scenes, the general view taken
the the case is that DIR. Jameson's def
the was brought about because, at the
IRE. moment, he was left in the lurch
the Uitlanders foreign population
johannesburg, who were to have ri
and aided him against the Beers
The has been an open secret for weeks D
that the Chartered companys tro
nor were preparing for some advance,
ded people who have recently seen Pr
cry | dent Kruger and Mr. Cecil Rhot
at | the Premier of Cape Colony, say I
has have no doubt that DIR. Jameson
>ew ceived orders from the latter
pre-
lerS
and Berlin, Jan. 4.-[Copyrighted. 1896,
The Associated Press. 1.-The invas
lice ol tne 1ranSVaal Dy Or. Jameson
tiers the forces of the British Soutb Az,
6ers company has brought up all the LAT
CON feeling of hostility to England and