The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-31
he OUTLINES a PLAN OF WAR.
An Apology for Rhodes Published In
aBritish Magazine.
Tho Brftish Nile Csmpaign Progress
Ing cry Well. hat england VIII
Have to Advance the Money to
EgyIH- The Insurr -ctiou Ia Crete
Likely TO Involve the Powers-


.SlE& ftSAtst&rt-~iie y 80 f1rfArAt n Ntttt.'s ~
volun,eers--to the British South African
trooys At Poago. on "Wednesday. has serv-
ed to revive the bitter memories OF the
TrsnsvsAi raid. he sketched his arrange
rsens for ending the rebellion. building
forts and raising tbs police force. etc But
q ss pointed Out here tilat these duties do
not belong to Ce1.i Rhodes. but to Gen.
Sir Frederick carrinrton. formerly Brit
la commander OF Gibraltar. VINO was re-
Gently appointed To the command o. The
Br.tisn forces operating against the n
surxent Aatabeiss. and to Sir Richard
Martin. the newly appointed adm-nlstra-
tor OF the territory OF the British Char
tered South Africa COMPANY. The Eng
lsh newspapers remind Rhodes That ne
returned TO AatabeIeiand . private per
son. and that he had no power from the
secretary OF state for the colonies. as
Jo~ph Chamberlain has announced. 10
move a single police" Consequently
the spesch sir. Rhodes made at fongo Is
likely 10 increase The distrust of the Beers
By conveying to them The impression tnat
lac nas military Administrative powers
An interesting feature OF the week has
been an article In the Nineteenth Century
purporting to give the true motive or res-
son for Or. Jsmesons raid into the Trans
yaai. and seeming TO be Cecil Rhodes
plea In Just.iicat.on- II has. IA any case.
trAeted a great deal OF attention The au-
thor OF the article 10 Seymour Fort. who
was private secretary OF S.r Henry
B.ougham Loeb when the latter was Brit
ish commissioner III South Africa. Mr..
Fort declares that Cecil Rhodes was de-
term.ned to push the revolution. and.
learning that President Kruger had enter
ed into a secret political entente with Ger
many. which presented immediate and I'M
danger ifpnfFtal and Agrt-
kander interests in South Africa. Mr..
Rhodes resolved at all hazards'' to upset
the Hollander-German cabsl. But IL is
cla.msd thai he had no intention OF over
throwing the South African Republic. Fort
further asserts that the immediate object
OF tho raid was TO secure documentary
proofs OF the alliance between the Trans
vaal and Germany, the necessary docu-
ments. II was believed. being in the pos
SESSION of President Kruger at Pretoria
RHODES, II IL also asserted. had abandoned
despasringly all attempts to persuade
President Kruger to cooperate with The
imperial AfrGkanders in this after an inter-
view between them. which took place in
lisa. which. 1t Is alleged convinced him OF
the Transvaal presidents determination to
hostility TO Great Britain.
The original pan OF the raid. Fort said.
vas 10 capture Pretoria. Had that been
carried out. the forts. ammunition and
even the town Itself would have been in
the hands Of the reformers In q single
night Every detail was determined on In
advance. but al the last moment. IL seems
the nerve OF the Johannesbergers failed
Fori contends that Il was never intended
to interfere with the liberty of Pre~ldeni
Kruger and the Officials Of the South At
ricaa republic. and concludes By pointing
10 the attitude Of Germany subsequent to
the raid and TO the utteranees of the Ger
man press as evidence OF the close reIa-
lions which existed between Pretoria and
Berlin.
The dispatch to the Times from Cairo
regarding the decision OF the mixed trib-
urai upon the appeal Of the French syn
dieate against the use OF the Egyptian re-
serve fund for the expense of the campaign
up the lie has caused a decidedly had
impression here. The Times corrcapond-
ent wires that IL was an open secret that
the tribune had come TO the declsloa that
the Egyptian Cover lrnsnt cannot make
war against the khailfa. or even resist
Soudanese invasion. without the consent
OF each member Of the dso: eomrniss. on.
This decision. which. IL = said. ~ill be
announced on Monday. In every way sup
ports the French contention. and evident
~ means that Great Britain win have TO
advance to Egypt The tunts necessary 10
push the expedition forward. II is true
that the matter can be referred to the
court of apps ais. hat there is very little
hope that tho latter wsll reverse The Ge-
c:sion OF the mixed tribunal as IL IA gov-
ernsd more by political than by jud cal
conscientious. ana France has more rep
rcseatAtives IN the court OF appeals than
the ether powers.
In the meantime the news from the front
Is very satisfactory 20 the British military
authorities. Troops ara stores are ad-
yancing up the Nile without a hitch any
where. and desertsrs from the deTvishes
report that the arrival OF the British In
dian troops at Suakim has created a strong
impression In the soudan. as the dervlshns.
IL Is said. now anticipate a combined ai-
vance from suakim and Akasheh. The
KhAlifa is said to greatly fear an attack
upon Bether. and osfnan Digna Is reported
20 be greatly discouraged by his recent de-
fca, aat to have advised the Khslifa that
unlsss reinforced re intends to retire SIN
further from the Red sea.
The news OF thz troubles In the island
of Crete creates much interest here Tn.
crstans. II is said. are determined no: %
Yield sntil thsi- grievances are redresses
Advicas frcn Gsrvsre show that The Gre
tans have numbers of syrsrafhizsrS as1onS
the Greeks. and ,ha; ;he latter are p-e9ar-
Ing 70 assist the insurgents IN Crete
Since tire arrival 81 the foreign warshiDS
n. CaneA there has been n ceSszt ton Of
tho distuvbances IN that town The Turk
ish government has issued a Denial that
serious Disturbances have cccurrea, which
in view of the wcii-SroNn facts IN the
case is siasse3 as absurd The Porte de-
clsres that The whole affair - Simply an
inci1cni provoked by tns ravass ~ the
Russian consulate az Canea. who shot an
troHsnsive Turk. A small ARRAY. the
Turks sad, foilowe 81. sn3 about eighteen
persons weee killed Or wounded on both
sides Order. the Porte continues. Is now
restored The Turkish note. however does
not refer 70 the garrison OF Narios. which
IS surrounded BY C-eian insurgents and
which wfii soon yield. while the prepos-
tsrcusr~ss q the remsineer - ths note
Is shown By the fact that eighteen hat-
fHiicrs az Turkish troops have been Or
fsref 10 Crete In order 70 reSgcs The tn
su-wcnss 20 submission sy sorcs o. arms
IL IL Tsnsrtea this evening thAt the
Greek rsxern7aent has objected &c the
6tspatch Of further trcops 20 ine island a.
crete and that the ambassadors 81 the
aawa~s az Constsatknorle are trying 20