St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-12

! nllrdIUy department has Just ordered
four mere thirty-knot torpedo catch
ers. Warlike preparations continue at
| the different naval yards.
LONDON Jan. 1l.-Count Won HAITI
fcldt-Wildenburg, German ambassador
to England, had long conference with
the Marquis of Salisbury, the prime
minister, after the cabinet meeting to-
day. Baron de Courcel, the French
ambassador, called later. The Prince
Of Wales conferred with Mr. Cham
berlain, secretary of state for the col
Onies, for an hour this afternoon, with
a view of determining the relations ex-
| listing between the Duke of Fife, hus-
band of Princess Louise of Wales, and
the Chartered British South African
company, Of which the duke is a di-
rector. 1t was recently reported that
Queen Victoria had ordered the Duke of
Fife to resign this dictatorship, but
it was denied by him. The CORE
spondence with Emperor William was
also a subject under discussion Con-
siderable Importance is attached TO this
interview
Hays Hammond, the American min
ing engineer, one of the members Of
the reform committee arrested at
Johannesburg yesterday and taken to
Pretoria charged with high treason. is
said to be the only American known
to have been arrested up to the pres
ent time in consequence of the Trans
Vaal troubles
RESERVES IN READINESS.
The first naval reserve men have
been ordered to hold themselves in
readiness for service. The second naval
reserve, which is composed of men be-
longing to the mercantile marine. have
been notified that the services of some
of them will shortly be required. The
Globe this afternoon says it hears on
good authority that the first destina-
ton OF the British flying squadron will
be the Mediterranean, and it adds that
the vessels which may eventually be
ordered to Delagoa Bay will proceed
Via the Suez canal, SO that the ad-
mlralty can communicate with them
until the last moment
A dispatch to the Pail Mall Gazette
from Cape Town says President Kru-
ger extended the time for the disarma-
ment of the Uitlanders at Johannes
burg until o'clock tonight, as only
three of fifty Maxim guns were given
up. dispatch from Johannesburg.
dated yesterday, says that the crisis
in the Transvaal is not over. Presi-
dent Kruger and Gov. Robinson have
failed to agree on a settlement of the
111ss for
that the president insists on the an
nulllng OF the convention of 1884, and
that Amatongaland, lately added ia
the territory of the colony of Natal
be annexed TO the Boer republic, as
an indemnity for DR.. JamesOn's raid
into the Transvaal If these reports
, are true, the gravity of the situation
has increased. There are signs that
the Orange Free state and the Trans
Vaal government will make common
cause against Great Britain should
there be further trouble
FRESH ARRESTS.
Another dispatch from Johannesburg
says it is reported from Pretoria that
Dr. Jameson and other officers have
been started for Natal, where they
. Will be handed over to the British
authorities, to be tried under the laws
making it a punishable offense to pre-
pare a warlike demonstration against
friendly state. According to this dis
patch several further arrests have oc-
CURED at Johannesburg. Seventy ar
rants have been issued and all pass
ports have been stopped. Business is
stagnant in consequence of the eX-
listing conditions. report from Dur
, ban, Natal, says that Hon. Sir Walter
Francis Hely-Hutchinson, governor of
..atal, has gone to Pretoria to arrange
with Sir Hercules Robinson, governor
of Cape Colony, for the transportation
of DR.. Jameson and his followers
through Natal to England Persons
: attached TO the colonial office think
that all of DR.. Jameson's force will be
brought to England to be dealt with
by the queen. Arrangements have
been made to convey the prisoners al
reay under arrest from Cape Town
to England by troopship.
The Observer says that the manner
in which the directors of chartered
company have used their powers will
compel Mr.. Chamberlain to examine
the whole question of the validity of
their rights. If the conditions upon
which the charter was given to the
company are not being performed, the
future of the company must be de-
cided with according to it's deserts. The
Beers are by no means sinless. The
repeated pledges made by President
Kruger, of the Transvaal, have been
broken again and again, and even the
Jameson escapade cannot postpone
drastic changes in South Africa. Pres
. ident Kruger belongs to an old order
!, which is rapidly passing away Cab
anet councils are secret, but it is not
secret that these considerations &C.
Feupied the .attentioHl of the ministers
today Pn tameson's raid must be
> paid fof} BUT not ba y people that
II the country can ultimat elysutilize. The
situation ct FransYaal.. in East Asia
/ and Europe tnust not be allowed to
sd,make - Engiand's harm. How fal
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