New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-06

| .yr1R txrrARD OF ACTs'-cEclL RHoDEss
,rs,GyATlo> not ACCEpTED-THE BRIT
,sg PRESS STILL SORE OVER THE
GERMAN TMPERoRs MESSAGE
sHoULp DEMAND ITS
RETRACTloN.
,..,, Ian s-P esident Kruger has. in reply to
.-,.ror Williams message, cabled the following
from Pretoria:
testify 70 Your Majesty my very deep and
.folt .haikg For Your ualesty's sincere congrat L
hea,.,ons WIZ Gods help we hope u do everything
rstVSIe for holding our dearly bought independence
l!ui ihe stability OF our beloved Republic
,,r,on Jan. d cable dispatch from Johannes
,n,v dated December 80. has been received at the
.n,s IN this cit, Of The Standard" Of johannes
,rrg saving that IN reply to address presented
>. rim bv a deputation President Kruger said that
-. Government would remove the duties on food
.,urs He a'so promised that equal subsidies would
10 given to all schools. whatever language might be
,,ught in them. and that the franchise would be
mad. more liberal
v,yerthe,ess In the quarters Of the capitalists
,,neming IS goins on for active hostles against
The Government, Respectable merchants of all ma
,ops are combining to circumvent the aims of Cecil
Rhodes The merchants forming a brigade to
.rotect lifn and property.
Tie wives and children Of the capitalists left days
NO Secret enlistine Is proceeding. and lectures on
he political grievances are being given to the
miners colonel Rhodes. a brother of Cecil Rhodes
Lionel Philips and Charles Leonard three prom
hert capitalists. were asked to say that they dis
approved OF q revolution hut they have made no
rny The community fears the worst. but is pre-
psred to defeat the conspiracy
In the mean time the Boer Government behaves
admiralty and allows the frcest speech I.oafers al
ready admit that they in tho pay of the cap
ialss It is undoubtedly clear case OF an attempt
pck quarrel and grab the golden treasures of
The Transgaal
A dispatch from Cape Town dated December 81.
says that Nh Rhodes had rendered his res gnatiou
o, the Office OF Prime Minister Of cape Colony to
Sir Hercules Robinson. the Governor Of the colony.
but that the latter had not accepted it.
THE FATE OF DIR. JAMESON.
Late news from the Transvaal Is most anxiously
swai,ed here nut none has been received to-day
that causes any approciahle lessenine Of the feel
ing Of anxiety prevailing il may he that some in
formation will be- received later but the outlook is
very bright The telegraph lines still con
troled by the Government for its own business and
4 any private news filters through there is no way
positively 70 confirm or deny it.
TIE dispatch below from President Kruger while
nyins that he had not ordered the captured in
raiers 10 be shot still leaves their future fate in
doubt His statement that they would be treated
n sharp contrast 10 their affords the hope
that eventually most. il not all OF them. will be set
free after undergoing the punishment that dispas-
sorate observers here believe they richly merit.
II is believed IN some quarters. however, that tho
anger Of the Beers against the leaders of the inyad
ing force viii have less influence the
tribunal before which the Englishmen Will be tried.
and that nothing viii suffice 10 aay the excitement
except sentence Of death. In this event all the in
faence OF the British Government Will undoubtedly
be exerted TO secure a comr.uiaton. and President
Xruger's pacific message leads 20 the hope tnat in
me event of Dr. Jameson and the other leaders ne
is i.s on, i,l' - ~ o pt,ish ,.rn,1nr, Vii
lead President Kruger TO commute the death
penalty 10 Imprisonment.
THE GOVERNMENT DISPATCHES.
The Government has made public the following
cable dispatches relative 70 the invasion OF the
Transvaal and the capture by the Beers OF the In
vaders:
On January the Right Honorable Joseph cham
berlain telesraphed to President Kruger. OF the
South African Republic follows
l, is rumored here that you have ordered the
p1soners to be shot. ] DO not believe the rumors
] rely your generosity in your hour OF victory
Today the Honorable Cecil Rhodes. Prime Min
her OF Cape Colony and the mead in Africa OF the
British South Africa Company. sent a dispatch
reading:
The rumor ina; force IS collecting at Buluwayo
Is absolutely false
President, Kruger, replying to Nj Chamberlain's
6spatch said
l have not ordered the freebo7tsTs. who are prs,
oners TO De shot Their case VIII be decided
Crcilv in accordance with the TRADITIONS of ihe
s'0 sss So Sn any VI es and fas reports are published
IN even the Influential newspapers in England ihai
rsoners nave been treated w,h the greatte-' .oa, ,
sheraton by our purgheIS; once 'ae 1od ', al
,ske rp arms in defence # the deary-bouehi inde
ssrion he liber,y am taking when say that our
son6derca in Rhodes has received such a rude
,s9ck that his REPUTATION b TeneSed S With The srsates
csution Even now We have news thai an armed
;rs ;srse & net h 4ord Of Rhodes but the influence
q the Government will suffice 70 prevent lurthcr
ther lying reports. publish tn's'
Mr Chamberlain replied:
thank YOU for your message which VII pub
l.h as YOU desire The press has not given ere,
s.nee The Egnors about cYey f yGr 10
ihave sent an Imperial officer 20 Buluwayo to SEE
ma, ss my orGers ra arT res 0Sy confident ha viii Strict
" Uphold all the obligations OF the London cohV"h-
ton O. isu
BRITISH TEMPER RISING.
James Mackenzie Maclean. VI p, for the Cardiff
District and proprietor of "The western Mall.
has written an article for that paper in which ne
says
Emperor Willinr's message 10 Paul Kruger. Pres-
dent OF the South African Republic, il as deadly
and as unprovoked an insult was ever 0nered
70 the head OF great European Power. and 10
nation of equal rank In face Of these repeated m m
more effective means OF retaliation than protests
hat conspicuous for prudence ana modera,rT,l r,
The temper Of tho English people Is rlSlhg ,.h
houses Of pa rllarnent becoming louder ana dtP,
caly Emperor William i'm proclaming thc iCS,' Jr
o' the TranrVaal receive assistance from 'c',
many has trampled upon International law an"