The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-05-09
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inner cabinet knew of the revelations
made at Pretoria before they were
known to the public and whether Sir
Hercules Robinson, governor of Cape
Colony, and British high commissioner
in South Africa, is implicated in the, con-
spiraey against the Transvaal. The
plea Of guilty entered by the members OF
the Johannesburg reform committee who
were on trial is now believed to have
been due to a concerted attempt to avert
the publication of the evidence invotv-
ing Cecil Rhodes and Gov: Robinson,
who assured the members that the i'm
perial government would intervene TO-
bring about the quashing of the sen-
fences that might be imposed upon them.
No suspicion attaches to Mr.. Chamber
lain, the secretary of state for the colo
MES, in connection with the initial con-
spiracy but his prolonged tentatives
with President Kruger are held to be
partial proof that he learned the ramifi-'
cations Of the plot more completely than
he ever disclosed to parliament. Mr.
Chamberlain is not to be blamed for nee
essary reticence, but his reputation as
the keenest statesman in the cabinet has
been awakened by the fact that is now
admitted on all sides that he has been
checkmatcd by President Kruger at
every point. Regarding Sir Hercules
Robinson's completely in the conspir,
acy.> the references to Chairman" con-
tanned in the cipher dispatches have been
examined in the light of the sequence
of events and the known relations be-
tween him and Mr.. Rhodes prior to the
raid Inference duplicates chairman,
with Gov. Robinson. 1t is not supposed
that Mr.. Rhodes confided to him the de-
tails Of the plan, certainly not Dr.. Jane
sons preparations to enter the Trans
vaal, but Mr.. Rhodes relied upon the as
sistance OF Gov. Robinson to arrange
terms after a successful rising In johann:
nesburg. The immediate outcome OF
the publication of the dispatches will be
the appointment OF commission to in
quire into the whole matter and report
thereon to parliament. IA
MIR Chamberlain in January promised
the house of commons that commission
would be appointed to inquire into the
policy of the British South Africa Com
pany. If he had not been absent last
night in Birmingham he would have
been asked to explain the delay in the
appointment of the commission. The
concensus of opinion in the lobby is thlt
an inquiry is imperative.
The largeness Of the majority, N7
votes, on the second reading of the agri-
cultural rating bill in the house Of COM
mons Thursday night was due to the
fact, that Mr.. Chaplin, the president Of
the local government board and the in
PRODUCER, of the bill, limited the opera
ton of the measure to five years. This
induced urban conservatives to vote
with the government and reconciled
some of the Liberals. The period Gov
ers the full length of the Tory regime.
The matter will be the leading question
at the general election. The Tories are
displsased at Mr.. Chaplin's concession
in view of the certainty that the country
will not assent to permanent speculation
in the land owners interests. The
Duke of Devonshire, president of the
council, will save $4,000 yearly and Mr..
Chaplin f700 by the bill. -
Court advices at Windsor Castle,
where the queen was timed to arrive last
night, show that there is no hope of the
recovery Of the czarewitch, brother of
the czar, who is suffering with con-
sumption. AS his death may occur be-
fore the coronation of the czar, bis maj
esty has directed that the arrangements
for the ceremony at Moscow be limited
to the religious service. If the imperial
fo sc 70 iya%~
before the coronation, all the fetes and
most Of the public program viii be can
celled. x
Mr.. Fife, the we'll known: yacht de-
signer, has designed 42-footer for a
syndicate Of Canadian yachtsrnen, who
propose to challenge the Vencedor. The
new boat has large sail plan: After
her skeleton has been fitted the frames
will be taken apart and shipped to To-
ronto.
Emperor Williams new yacht, Meteor,
will be launched on May H.
L The old headquarters of mi1itan athe-
ism in England, known as the Hall Of
Science, has been transferred Ito the Sal
walton Army. The transfer marks the
disappearance Of the Bradlaalgh type OF
free-thinkers. The atheists do not now
own single hall in London. 4.
Capetown, May .2.--sir Hercules Rob-
inson, governor Of the Cape Colony, in
a speech upon the occasion of the open
ing of the cape parliament yesterday, ex-
pressed himself as. greatly ,sdeploring DR..
Jameson's raid into the TFansvaal.s The
cape minister, he said had the entire
confidence of the imperial government.
While recognizing the ! advantage Of
maintaining unimpaired the authority Of
the crown, he continued, the cape gov
eminent would seek a cordial entente
with the adjoining states and colonies.
Nansen and the Pole.
It IL sad to think that there is no tele-
phone connection with the Arctic regions,
otherwise it would be | possible to learn
whether Nansen has really discovered the
uo1o & I,,st yxhat hp will f1n with If If he