New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-11
SAVED BY AN AMERICAN
HOW THE BOER GOyERNMENT OWES THE TlAsCO
OF DIR JAMEsON's RAID To 4 TIUCKY
YANKEE ENGINEER

II Ia 10 an American tina, the disastrous termlna-
ton Of tho British Chartered Company inva sion Of
the Transyasi Is primarily due. and II the Beers
were a grateful people-which they are not-ihey
ought by rights to erect statue IN his honor. For
the success OF the invasion. or rather raid was de-
pendent entirely on the little force Of d. Jameson
and OF Sir John Wllioughby being Joined. after
crossing the border. hv the discontinued foreign
popu, ton OF Johannesburg and. indeed. OF the en-
tire country. The malron,enis comprise English
Americans. Australians. Germans italians and even
japanese In fact; he entire Industrial. commercial
financial ana. above all the mining population Of the
country who greatly outnumber the Beers
For some time the friends al johannesburg 90 the
British Chartered Company have been busilv stirring
up the population against the Beers. ami speech
delivered short time before the raid by Lionel l'AI
lips. q frcnI Of MIR Rnoio-. ocoupting the office
OF president OF The Mining Exchange. practically IN
vi,eI the inhabitants ~ Johannesburg TO rise.
\ few DAYS later another meeting took place at
which ihe stmc arguments were puf forward some
three fhous'ul miner being rree"n. while on Tho
llaiflrr. were among other people. Colonel Rhodes
of ne English Army. brother ~ the famous Cecl
KhoI,s Win view % lending add Iona. force
t, TIE rcromms ndatlon IN favor II revolution tire
Colonel announced that his brother had agreed 10
defray oli of his own pocket he cost OF bni.iing
and maintaining large cub. as VOL "a several
ech l1l- in "a, city. The meeting vas being Thor
onghl, carried away by the enthusiasm arising from
~
- m, nal an American mining engineer Of the
,,,,e - X . Brown. consulting engineer TO the
re.earch development syndicate II required good
a..l Of courage 70 say what ne had 10 say at that
,poneni Bu; he said u. and his words Of warning
,roved 90 effective that they are now acknowledged
- haye prev nted the projected rising Of the foreign
,onriailon to cooperate with Dr Jamesons IN
,,slon thereby converting the Inter into dismal
nascO. I,
Tho words that he spoke were as follows ana IL
i no seen that while he expressed his cofdia dis-
,,L~ ~ the Roer system Of government. ne warned
his audience against being made the instrument OF
coou pbodes and against exchanging the Boer
,yrannv for that of tho British Chartered COM
pany. - l., .oooot,, any
.o,fsss 10 some hes!tancy IN approaching any
,,,,cai subject or brOachlng any dsilcate podtca'
49, at snch gathering ana on such an 49, s
a hove TO candidy avCw ! DO not io'r ~
sio,, C;oyernmeni Qaughter)-not at an YIN
~ 49, d,vs of arrival here gentlemen Wa al
~ "a, and fined 81 shngs for laughing al ponce
man. - 49,, ,his GENTLE
lss' Tie other evening a representative hedo u
~. ,,distry and the president OF the repies,
tne MI nnSv s,nnosed to be governing the ihdusus
tive pHu inou his name-devered famous speech;
you an knU eech he enumerated the grievances OF
N. ma noouIa ton the grievances winch 'a' " "