The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-09
The Danger is Over in johannesburg and all
Danger of Further HOstiIltieS Ended.
JAMESON DETECTED OVER HIS DEFEAT
Refused Food for Some Time After
fmDrisonIucnt..Jam and Other
prts"ncrs to &c Handed Over Mt
Nntnl-Fhc Famous BLACK Wntchr'
Co Disarr:, the Company's Forces.

London. Jan. S.-The directors of the
i'ritfsh South Africa Company have
held repeated meetings during the rast
week and since Monday they have met
twice daily. but they have made no
statements TO the preas. Ii is under
stood that Mr.. ClI;tmbcrlain. Secretary
or state for the Colonies. has ordered
the directors to obtain from Cecil
itnoles II detailed stltcmtmt of his
knowledge of DR.. .IamcSon'S movements
prlor To the latter's raid into the
IranSNaal, otherwise tho charter of the
British South Africa Company would
DC revoked. The anXicty of the di-
rectorS decreases as the DAYS 20 Lv
without bringing any statement ron
Rhodes. whose only reference To Jane
son was made in a dispatch received
lcrc on January LIST. lie said that
Jameson had acted without authority
Governor Jiobiuson, Of the Cape Col
ony, teleE"aphcd To MIR. Chamberlain
from lrctoriA, on January 7th:
II communicated to Mr. T.. j. New
ton. Secretary of the Colony of british
6cchuanaland. your telegram of the
n,n ana ipHeiveFi reply from him
tiat he had beef absent from Bechuana-
land nearly Il fortnight prior to the raid
in the Transvaal. lie arrived nj AIa afc-
KING on December 29th and heard then
after Inc telegraph line had been closed
that Jnmcson's force was leaving
ihat night the wires were cut and the
'-''-' ''''>S'lNt iIul SDl through on De-
ceihnor 3Oth. was yours. directing me To
sent pr Jameson an order To return
ABOUT fifth of Jameson's force
stared from Nafcliinr and the rest
rom Picisani. a. the British South
ts,rlra Gnmphny's new territory
Jameson left only teri policemen in
The whole OF the Bcchuanaland protcc-
torat" and of these four were doing
customs duty The whole country was
virtually unnoiiced. There was no re-
l'ort OF the Rriiish South Africa Com
nahE IN Maicltng and no magistrate in
me company's territory There was
only one representative of the com
ranN IN the lower prctectoratc and he
han joined Jameson's forces"
Governor Robinson adds that Newton
VIII COME To. Pretoria at my invitation
To confer with mo in regard to reducing
the protcctoratr.
'iovermT Robinson telegraphed MIR.
Cia ainpcrlain on January 7th
Jpn2hhtsburG surrendered uncondi-
it1rally this afternoon and gave nm
arms. President Kruger has intimatrd
ms intention 10 hand over Jameson and
the ofAe. prisoners upon She frontier
~ Na;ai You may be satisfied thai.
me crisis Is over and all danger Of
iurthe" hostiities ended"
y dispatch TO the Central News from
cape Town says that the Imperial on
GERS wiuA the Black Watct1 Regiment
VIII so io Mafeiing t. supervise. me
disarmament and dishanding of the
b:iiiSh south Africa Company's forces.
ne htW hylhg SQUADRON will be put
INTO commission on January I4th
~ dispatch from Pretoria. dated Ian,
uArE ttn. Siys the prisoners III Dr
Jameson's followers are loud in their
praise OF ;hc treatment they received
at ihe hands OF the Bosis, while the
liufSHeiS deeply resent the action of
pr, Jameson. They are intensely angry
al the necessity of leaving their farms
and demand speedy and final settle
ment OF ;hc questions at issue and full
iU''a Tree lr"s>sSion of tine Tian.svual
under the undisputed rule of the isoc RS
or the prisoners, the men v;er, c1n
iiESu in the race course cnclosliI,. nj
Pretoria, and the officers in the town
jail. )r. Jameson. Sir John Willough-
by. ana tile McsSrs. White were deeply
detected al hhc result of their n,v,.-
lno:m, Jameson refusing to take food
for some time after his imprisonment
London. Jan. S.--A disEatcn from
Cape Town received uo-night says that
DR.. Jameson and those of his followers
who were taken prisoners BY uhe Bocrs
have hsan released and handed over TO
Sir Hercules Robinson, the C;oyern,-u.
Of Cape Colony.
4 Pretoria dispatch says il Is reported
there that the TrinSvaal government
has demanded the banishmeni from the
country OF Cecil Rhodes and DR. Jane
son, and the payment ,.f Il large indcm-
nifty py the British South Africa Com
pany. Nothing is known of this re-
port In official quarters, and it is not
believed.
The editorials OF the leading papers
to-mol'ToV Will be unaninAsIs in llud-
in& the generosity and prudence OF
President Kruger. and assuring him
that England appreciates them at their
full value. All the papers will praise
Mr. Chamberlain for his course through
ont the difficulty.
The Chronicle will congratulate him
ulHon having secured peace with honor.
Sir Hercules Ia,binson will receive his
share OF praise.
Thr Daily News and the Daily Chron-
icle lead in an emphatic demand for a
thorough sitting of the British South
Africa Company's liability for the trp,i
Bile and admanish the Government not
to shirk its obligation TO the Transvaal
and to England 10 discover the real aai-
thorS of the apparent gross conspiracy
against the South African Republic.
The lectures 10 Emperor William are
generally repeated.
The marked cessation of the hostility
rf the press of Germany towards Eng
land is ascribed to the British govern
mcnts Preparations for war which are
highly commended on all sides;
The Daily News will say: There arc
many proofs that the people OF Great
Britain and the United States will not
have war nor any disputes likely to lead