The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-04
BRITAIN'S BAD FIX
Meagre Details of the jane
soR Catastrophe in
Pretoria.
HUNDRED KILLED AND HURT
John Bull Enraged by the Ger
man Emperor's Message
Causes of the
Trouble.
Bu cable 10 me UInited Press.

LONDON, Jan. 4, 1896-Governor Rob-
inson of the Cape Colony has telegraphed
to Mr. Chamberlain at the Colonial Office
that of the force led into the Transvaai
by DR.. Jameson, seventy were killed.
thirty wounded and five hundred taken
prisoners. He also telegraphs that it is
stated in the Cape Town papers that
Jameson, White and Willoughby are lodg-
ed in the Pretoria jail. Gray and Cow
entry Of the British South Africa Cow
pany are among the wounded.
The agent of the British Sdsth Africa
Company at Cape Town telegraphs to
the London office of the company as
follows:-
"A battle has been fought. The fight
ing was severe and the casualties on both
sides were heavy. DR.. Jameson has been
arrested"
Sir ]. A. DeWet. British agent at Pre-
toria. telegraphs that the wounded of
DR.. Jameson's followers number over
thirty. All of them are at Krugersdorp
and are being cared for by doctors. He
says that seventy odd were killed, but
the exact number cannot be stated now.
as bodies are still being picked up on the
field and buried.
The Government has received the fol-
lowing despatch from Cape Town, dated
at noon today
Jameson surrendered at two o'clock
in the afternoon of the second instant
The actual fighting lasted from three
O'Clock in the afternoon of the first until
eleven at night. Jameson made three
attacks. The men behaved in the most
gallant manner. The Beers attacked the
angle of Jameson's force and had
fire on his front and flank
1t is understood here that the scarcity
of news from the Transvaal is due to the
fact that the British Government is ex-
ercising a rigorous censorship over all,
and especially press and private mes
sages. Occasionally a private message
filters through. One received today says
that President Kruger of the South
African Republic has declared his willing
ness to make satisfactory concession
to the demands of the Uitlanders.
Another despatch gives credit to the
Cape Times published in Cape Town,
for the assertion that in the battle be-
tween the Beers and the force headed
by DR.. Jameson, the former were great
deal more numerous than the latter
Jameson and $50 of his followers, the
paper says, We're taken prisoners and
conducted to johannesburg. DIR. Jameson
was not wounded. The latest reports say
that eighty OF Jameson's followers were
killed. The excitement in Johannesburg
is subsiding and the citizens are dis
arning.
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of
State for the Colonies, received at $50
clock this morning cablegram from
Sir H. G. R. Robinson, Governor and
Commander-in-C Chief of the Cape Colony,
saying:-1 received the following tele-
gram from Sir Jacobus A. DeWet, Brit
ish agent at Pretoria, at six o'clock last
evening Everything is quiet now. Fur
fher serious disturbances will not occur.
A deputation from the Johannesburg Re-
form Committee came last evening, giving
a guarantee of peace. l informed Presi-
dent Kruger of that guarantee and he
assured me, pending Governor Robinson's s
arrival, that if the johannesburg people
were quiet and did not commit any hos
tile acts that Johannesburg would not be
molested or surrounded by the Burgher
forces. The deputation was highly pleas
ed at this assurance and give a pledge
that the Reform Committee would pre-
serve order Agent DeWet proceeds to
say: I testify in the strongest manner
to the great moderation and forbearance
of the Government of the TransvaG un-
der exceptional and trying circumstances.
The prisoners have just arrived. Their
casualties are stated to have been severe.
Those of the Burghers were slight
The St James Gazette says that the
German Emperor's gratuitous insult to
England in the message of congratula-
tfon sent by him to President Kruger
furnishes another argument in favor of
Great Britains pushing on the work of
increasing and strengthening her arma-
ments.
The Globe says:-"Dt is profound
mistake to imagine that England will
not fight whatever insults may be offer
ed to her. British passion is steadily
rising and the solieftude of the Minis
ters is to prevent a premature out
break"
American eagles to the value of fS10,-
900 were withdrawn from the Bank of
England yesterday. A portion of the
coin brought 75s. Sd. an ounce.
The Stock Exchange market opened