Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-07
BRITAIN'S PERIL.
Transvaal Situation Does Not
Seem to Improve.
UITLANDERS SAID TO BE ARMING.

Hts Inhabitants In Open Rebellion gainst
kruger-Hhodes Steps Out for New
Cape Colony Premier-Germany Not
Quite So Hostile-London Times Still De-
fant to All Creation.
LONDON, Jan. THE New York
Worlds correspondent cables his paper
from here: South Africa SO completely
occupies the attention of the English that
the controversy with the United States,
for the day at least, is forgotten. If it
Games up again in its serious form of
three weeks ago it will be because Lord
Salisbury is too stubborn to learn the
lesson of the German emperor's message.
That the Kaiscr's telegram to the presi-
dent of the Transvaal means avowed
hostility to England is universally ac-
cepted. He flouts at Great Britain's
suzerainty over the Trarsvaal. To sur
render that claim would be the most
shameful concession in England's his
tory for two centuries. The possibility of
It is scornfully rejected by the entiro
English press, Tory and Liberal alike"
Premier Rhodes Has Resigned.
The report of the resignation of Premier
Rhodes is confirmed and it has been ac-
cepted instead of rejected. Sir j. Gordon
Spriggs has been appointed in his place.
Further details of the fight in which
Jameson was worstcd show that he with
200 men fought and STOOD OFF, l. 800 Beers
until his ammunition was exhausted A
dispatch to The Times dated Capetown,
Jan. 6, says: President Kruger has
stopped the food supplies into Johannes
burg. The whole of the national reform
committee has been arrested. Nobody is
allowed to enter the Transvaal territory
without passport .viscd by Kruger. 1t
is stated that Dir. Leyds, the secretary of
state for the Transvaal with a secret fund
at his disposal, has foatcd Il German col
onization company to introduce $500 Ger
man military settlers into the Transvaal."
Stirring News from the TransvaaI.
A dispatch from johannesburg dated
Jan. ,. midnight says: 1.-The central COM
mittce of the National Union is bitterly
indignant at the terms which President
kruger has imposed and they declare that
the position the Uitlanders are placed in
is solely due to the imperial proclamation
fol bidding the British subjects to aid DR..
Jameson. The defense committee in 10.
10 OuG dTlilS. ~ pro.
visional government has been declared
with force of 10000 men. Thousands
Of Bocrs are outside of the town. Offers
of help from all parts of Cape Colony have
been received by the defense committee
and men are enrolling rapidly The
Transvaal flag has been hoisted over tho
committee rooms to indicate that it does
not intend to destroy the republic"
Significance of Wiihelm's Action.
The Berlin correspondent of The Times
says: ''The violence of the press against
England is abating, and the idea of q
German protcctorate over the Transvaal
is warmly rcpudiated and denounced as u
malicious and detestable invention. Tho
purpose Of the emperor's telegram to Pres
ident Kruger was two-fold: To secure
popularity at home, and to warn England
that her safety lies in closer contact with
Germany and the Triple Alliance.
Times Still Defes the World,
The Times in an editorial this morning
again reminds the United States that
whether we have troubles in Europe and
Africa or not we will not yield on the
Venezuelan question. We have insulted
nobody, but ii we are compelled to fight
we shall be ready to guard what is worth
fighting for