The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-06

absurd. There were otner big men IN the
| revolution besides Cecil Rhodes. and IL
| was perfectly well agreed among these
| men that no Gag but that OF the Trans
| yaal Republic was TO be raised when the
| revolution began, and whatever the Eng
| lshmen may have wished, the Germans,
| Afrkanders and those Of the Beers who
/ We're in sympathy with the revolution,
| and the Americans. which latter composed
| onc-siXth OF the Reform Committee form
| ed majority which certainlp had no
intention - turning the country over 20
\ the queen, and, as matter Of history,
! the Transyaal flag fOated over the Gold
| Fields Building. which Wa the hcndquar-
! tcrs OF the reyOlutionsts from the first
/ 10 the last Personally. i am convinced,
| after having talked with the men who
were at the head OF this revolution, that
| the greater part OF them as honestly be-
! lleNed that they were acting for the best
| good Of the country IN trying 10 over
throw the Beer Government as did the
revolutiOnists OF 1ii6 in our own country.
or as DO the rebels in Cuba al the present
JAMESON CONSENTED.
! Six weeks before the jameson raid the
! Reform Committee had mapped cut their
/ plan OF action. They had spent t,O,WO
| $50 00O In provisions which they expect
! cd would Outlast two months siege;
| they had arranged that the water sup
| ply OF johannesburg could net be cut of
from the outside, and they had ordered
rifles and Maxim guns and were snug
| cling them across the border This was
| the most difficult part or their work. for
| guns are as strictly prohibited tc Ut
| landers in johannesburg as are public
/ meetings, and every one who owned "a
/ rifle was a marked man in consequence
| IL IS well to remember this, for IL IS not
| as though Johannesburg IN that respect
/ resembled some OF cur own mining towns,
| where weapons are sometimes as plentifu
as pickaXes, and where "a calI TO arms
would merely mean the reading or the
! payroll at the shafts Of tho different
mines.
10 was while these guns for defence were
! slOwy coming in that Dr. Jameson, the
| administrator OF the Chartered Company s
! affairs. was told OF the movement OF tho
/ revOiutiOnists, and asked by them II he
| would. in case they needed his assistance
! come across the border 10 the ala or his
! fellOw-C Ountrymen. bringing with him his
| mounted police and ! so extra guns which
they would send him 10 Mafeking. The
| gentlemen OF the Reform Committee were
| Dr. JamesOns personal friends they had
| trekkcd with him all over the surrounding
| country, hunting, prospecting ana eNpiol-
| ing. they knew he was man ready ior
| adventure. and that IN the easy spirit or
/ the unsettled country about them 1t would
not be difficult for him 10 gather around
/ him O. body OF men ready 10 so wherever
he led.
jameson gave his consent readily. and
/
was to enter the Transvaal. These condi-
| lions were exceedingly important and OK
! ceedingly explicit: he was 10 move only
when the rcfOrmers gave the signal Tor
him to do so. and they, as the chlct NOV
| ers in the plot ana the men having most
| al stake were 10 DE allowed 90 Judge OK
| actiy when that time had come, or IT he
| should come at all. that when he came Dee
| must bring 800 men with him, ana the
! extra tOn guns on which thCy counted.
| L.. al tn
/ turn that they should write MIN ltl-
ter inviting him 10 cross the border. which
be could show later as his justification Tor
his action.
The situation AT this time WINS stretched
geographically In the form of a triangle
! with three bases of action, all working 10
! the same end The members Of the Re
! form Committee, who were preparing TO
! demand certain reforms and CONCESSIONS
| md ready. If they failed 10 get thcm
| peaceably, TO fight for them, were ar Jo-
| hanncsburg. Or. Jameson. with ms INDUS
| ters who were 10 rush in, but only Wheh
| they were wanted and If they were want
| ed as at Mafekiug and Cecil fhonts'
the unknown quantity, was AT the cape
aiding and advising them an.
THE FAMOUS LETTER.
The letter TO jameson was signed by
! Eve men, and the date was plIpus.
| omitted. These i've men were ChaI les
Leonard. n British subject born IN lnS
! Cane Colony. educated at Cambridge ana
| "a promincnt lawyer OF JOhanncsnufg,
where he had practice which aino inle.i
to $4,000 year; Col. trahci5 Il'o., 80, Z.
| brother Of Cecil Rhodes and an olhcet
! In the English Army, who has seen S,.
| vice i'm India and IA the S,udah' J-lii
| Vavs Hammond, who, as a minus tNl''. '.
| now commands salary JuHl WI
| lorra as that or the Ircsldenl OF iN'
United States. Lionel Phillips, tne llit sl
individual property owner ln tiie ...T
! yaal. and George Farrar, nm lmp.i' Wig
| merchant These mcl, who, WIN inc
! execution Of Leonard, VINO c-ti-'u 4"
! England. were aftCrWard tr'd ht lNe
! Government and sentenced 20 pc hiuH J..
! were nroperlD described by Jam 'ai Do.
| sloadinp citizens OF Johanucs burg, as
! they would have been leading clliN'Hs ll'
| any community in which they cAaH1e' u
rho contents Of their letter 20 Jame'cn
| orc ,reu known As a literary cuort h-
tended TO plead a certain cause u
| strike one as a very Succt--lui li'li' u.
| arcc as II does not sound sincere ll
80. ~, lis face that it was written l,r
| ,.,,llicotiou. and IL has none OF lhe sihl-
! i,iicitv which as a factor in the COW
| eation Of the men who slsnei IL p, i..',
| most convincing argument. ID ~
| the critical state OF ahall ..,o,,fI a. dis
! i,urg and asked Jameson, shohlu N'
! ,,rhorce arise" 10 come 70 the alu "i
| 49, .if,- and EXPRESSED fears as Z" ''i
! eofetv Of the "unarmed men Won ne ID,
| children OF our race. VINO W. ~ ma
he event Of conflict. III wa re
| line chat Jameson MADE u.s. -. ,rotcrf
| ia bfe men they were Eohs ~
.,.,.a,,,er md children" and Whcn W.
roet laureate embodied III N''
| verses when be wrote. -,,.roor civ
"There are girls ia the roiii It'l '''
Ana motlers and children. 700,
ArJ they cry Hurry mp. for ply
So what could bravo man 40 1f.o.,o
A. this letter was hanntL Z" ''-.i.
| -. ,ba eierers six weeks before nc may
ny ~. ia he idea OF the girls Of the o..,n
! 80 citv CRYING Hurry UP, TOT pl's .
! ammo that lerrth OF time ana ms N''
| Lccf,rr then. has its humorous sue. ,
! Drrin, the six weeks which intervene
! between the delivery OF tni@ lei''i "i'-
Inc raid the Reform Committee con llii,,-
actively I'm its preparations loI we Wv"
| feuca Of tho city. Its plan was 10 nt'.al .
| de an the cth of January. by tAdl
fime II hoped TO have 5000 rifles. fhl
fcient nun her Of Maxim guns. ana l'"p'-
! ooo cartridges hidden away Withih iN'
/ limits Of Johannesburg and I'm the sur
| ,oundinc mines. IL also counter. Win ita'
! son on having control or the ior's WHICH
covered the city. and which were ar llia .
time Guarded by u few Boer soidieiS
Who cold have been driven ont 10y ds-
| saul' The committee relied conhdeniiy
| ON the INN ediate services or az least w.
| uO0 Of the Inhabitants OF JohaancshnIs
! and ON the help of many who would JOIN
them when they saw that II was sale
10 dc so With these men fuzzy armed
with tho town proyisioned for a TWO
| months siege. they felt they would be IN
p posltion by the 9th OF January TO seno
! their ultinatum 10 the Government al
Pretoria The conditions OF this ultima
tum were TO be that unless the Beers
| gave them the reforms for which they had