St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-13
STRENGTH ONLY A HINT TO
GERMANY.
NOW FEAR COMPLICATIONS.
CABINET SHOWS UNEAsINEss sBY
HOLDING NUMEROUS SECRET
MEETINGS.
JAmEsoN's MEN DEPoRTED.
jameson Plot One of the Most
Shameful in African His
tory.

TranSVaal question in it's Immediate.
bearings has revived to some extent,
while the incidental straining of re-
lations between Great Britain and
Germany, which SO completely placed
the Beers in the background of the
picture for q time, has in it's turn re-
ceded, but by no means disappeared.
There is little apprehension of war
with Germany over the present COM
plicationS at least, and the British
public has a reassuring sense that if
there is to be war, England is ready
for it, The prompt and efficient meas
ures of the naval authorities, and the
formidable show of strength that is
the result, give John Bull a feeling of
confidence. There are no further eX-
plicit 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
conflicting questions.
Yesterdays cabinet councils and
the meetings at the colonial office re-
main largely subject of speculation
and whatever decisions may have been
taken are
GUARDED AS STATE SECRETS
and the greatest care taken to avoid
publicity.
William H. Mercer, private secre-
tary to Colonial Secretary Chamber
lain, said tonight that the secretary
had no further kilograms to communi-
cate to the public. The visit of the
Prince of Wales to the colonial office
on Saturday, just when several of the
directors of the Chartered South
Africa company were there, was part
ly accidental coincidence. His royal
highness called, he said, to show his
interest, and had made some kind re-
marks in recognition of Secretary
Chamberlain's 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 subject of concern to the royal
family, and especially to the queen.
1t is understood that the difficulty
over the manner Oh disposal of Dr.
Jameson's followers was settled on Sat
urday, the Transvaa1 government sim
ply stipulating that the rank and file
of the jameson expedition should be
deported from South Africa According
n thn Tron o1 10
for treason is banishment and a large
fine. 1t is not believed here that Presi-
dent Kruger has demanded the abroga-
ton Of the London convention. which
provides 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
ernment in johannesburg tonight. as
serts that the plot for
DIR. JAMESON'S RAID
and the coincident uprising of tho
Uitlanders Was the most shameful In
history. The blacklist part of the nlot
the dispatch asserts, was the intention
OF agents of the Chartered South Africa
company to let loose the savages to in
wade the Transvaal from all points
and to Kill every white man. IT had
been engaged that all over South Af
rica provision stations should be erect
ed 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 accompli before
any interference could reach them.
Sketches of Pretoria and of the Rand
made by military men, have, it is
said, been seized. This story is de-
nounced in Londen as a gross exar-
geration. and it is regarded as being
intended to prejudice the South Africa
company in the negotiations it is max
ing.
A dispatch received by the Chartered
South Africa company from Buluwavo
announces that the outcome of a mass
meeting of the English colony bankers
and merchants was the declaration of
a unanimous resolution to obev the
imperial government. The public. it
was asserted, was fully under control.