The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-24
RETURN HOME OF THE RAIDERS
THE STEAMERS FROM PORT NATAL
REACH ENGLAND.

With the BOers-One of the Men
Claims the OmciaI List of the Dead
Beers Shows IS2 KiIIed-A Cold
Reception nt Plymouth, But Plenty
OF Cheering in London.
Plymouth, England, Feb. 2S.-The Brit
ish steamer Harlech Castle, from Port
Natal, Jan. 2S, arrived here at 3:05 o'clock
this morning, having on board SO5 troopers
who took part in DIT. Jameson's raid into
the Transvaal and who were compelled
to surrender to the Beers. These men
were turned over to the English authori-
ties by the Boer government, and the
former ordered that they be brought to
England. The officers of the expedition,
including DR.. Jameson, are on the trans
port Victoria, which is expected to arrive
some time during the night. Among the
men on the Harlech Castle there were six
| sick.
Shortly before 11:30 o'clock a tender
went alongside the Harlech Castle The
troopers were all mustered on the deck
of the steamer and their transfer to the
tender was quickly accomplished. 1t was
thought that much enthusiasm would be
displayed on their arrival here, as there
is scarcely a doubt that their raid. illegal
though it was, caused much popular ad-
miration in England. There was no crowd
present to witness their Decentralization
from the tender and there was no cheer
| ing.
A majority of the troopers were attired
in the police uniform of the British South
| Africa Company, but number of them
wore hoqescrlpt garments. OVercoats and
| other clothing suitable to this climate
| We're supplied to them and they then look
/ ed lar more comfortable than they did in
| the early morning. They are a swarthy
looking lot Of men. Their ages ranged
! from ~ 10 % years.
Many of them belong to some of the
| best families in England, having gone to
south Africa where they could do work,
| which, had they done 1t here would have
! caused them to have been looked down
| upon-by their acquaintance. Their stories
OF the hight which ended in their surrend-
| er at krugersdOrf varied widely Some
| OF them stated when they surrendered Id
! the Boer force their ammunition had been
exhausted, while others declared that
! there was no lack of ammunition. They
| all agreed that the Beers lost from $50 to
! AO men killed, though this has been de-
med by the Beers themselves. One of
the complaints that has been repeatedly
made against the Beers method of war
! rare is that they will not face their foes in
| the open, hiding behind the trees and rocks
ana IN gullfes, and picking their enemies
| on without themselves being seen. If they
| Followed this method in their attack on
Dr: Jaimeson's force, and it has been re-
70 understand how their loss could have
| Deen as heavy as the troopers claim One
OF the men, however said that he had
| seen tne ofhcfal Boer return of their dead
and this showed that 1872 were killed.
| IN one particular all the troopers were
IN IN nearly agreement, and that was in
denunciation of the Uitlanders of johann
nesburg, who, they declared, had induced
| them to enter the TranSVaal and then
dld not dare to raise a finger to help
them, though the foreign residents had
a large and well armed body of men, who
mad they been sent to DIR. Jameson's aid
would have put an entirely different face
on the a1air. The men were very bitter
IN their expressions against the johann
nesburgers.
Shortly after the troopers had been
landed, they were supplied with railroad
tickets at the expense of the govern
ment, and all We're Immediately shipped
to their homes. Many of them are Irish
| terests in Mashonaland, and expect to re-
turn 10 South Africa when quiet is re-
stored there; A number of the men said
that the gold fields Of the Mashonaland
! company would give all of the party a bo-
nus of f100 in London.
A large number of newspaper reporters
| are here. Their interest is centeed in DR.
! Jameson and the other offers on the Vic
toria, and every effort will be made to
secure interviews with them. 1t is
! thought, however, that the government
has made arrangements to prevent these
| prisoners from being talked to by the
| press men.
London, Feb. ga majority of the
! troopers arrived at the Paddington sta
tion this evening from Plymouth A mod
crate sized crowd was in the street, but
none of its members, even though rela-
! t1onS of the men, were allowed to enter
the station. Most of the crowd believed
| that DR.. Jameson and his party had ar
| rived and they refused to be disabused.
When the cabs and carriages convey
| ing the men issued from the station the
| crowd cheered them Justify. The troop
| ers enjoyed their reception and waved
| thelr mats IN response 10 the cheers. As
| they proceeded eastward their uniforms
| attracted attention and large crowds fol-
lowed the vehicles, cheering and roaring
There was a big demonstration in Pic
| cad1lly circus, where the crowd was so
dense that the carriages proceeded with
dincuIty. 1mere was a great contrast be-
| tween the reception accorded the men in
| London and Plymouth. The enthusiasm
| displayed here showed that Dr. Jameson
| is a popular hero in London
The transport Victoria anchored in the
sound at midnight. AS soon as it was learn
ed that she had arrived a boat that had
been chartered by the press representa-
| tfves, put out to her. When the press
boat attempted to run alongside the trans
port she was warned off the warming he
ing accompanied by the information that
no communication would be allowed with
the prisoners.
Several officers of the Victoria were ON
| deck, and they were questioned at long
distance regarding DR.. Jameson and his
officers. They declined to give any infor-
nation, but they stated that all the pris-
oners were we'll and that Dr. Jameson was
asleep. 1t is believed that for the present
the precautions taken by the government
will prevent any of the prisoners being in
| tervieWed, but every effort Will be made
to secure their version of the events that
led to the invasion of the Transvaal and
the occurrences that took place thereaf-
ter, a story that the public is eagerly
awaiting
The statement made some days ago that
after Mr. Chamberlain's interview with
Cecil Rhodes the government had decided
that it was important to prevent DIR.
Jameson from communicating with any
body before he was delivered to Justice,
and had, therefore, dispatched Inspector
Froest with a warrant to arrest him en-
route, proves to have been erroneous in
respect. of the dispatch of Inspector
Froest. Instead of going to arrest Dr.
Jameson, the inspector went to Madeira
where he Joined the Harlech Castle and
| accompanied her to England 1t Is learn
ed that he attempted to pump the troop
ers on the subject of the raid, but he met
with little success. He did not arrest any
body.
Some of the troopers here deny the
story that they were without food and
water on their march to Krugersdorp and
thus contradiction is given to the state