The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-01-08
THE wARLrKE BR1rIsHERs.

To Surrender Suzerainty over the Trans
vaaI Would be Shameful Concession.
LONDON, Jan S.-The South African
trouble completely absorbs public atten-
ton 1t is almost and accepted fact that
the message of the German emperor to the
president of the Transvaal means avowed
hostility to England. He flouts at Great
Britain's suzeranty over the Transvaal.
To surrender that claim would be the most
shameful concession in England's history
for two centuries The possibility of it is
scornfully rejected by the entire English
press, Tory and Liberal alike.
Rhodes only makes way as premier to a
tried and loyal lieutenant. While in office
he was a responsible official of the queen,
and could only traitorously conspire
against her government. His silence and
inaction while another Lieutenant is in
the Transvaal remains unexplained.
A dispatch from Johannesburg gives a
brief report of an interview had with DIR.
Jameson, who was sent as prisoner to
Pretoria. II only crossed the frontier, -
said the doctor, "bcc1uSe of the urgent ap-
poals made by the Inhabitants Of Johan-
nesburg and because / fully believed that
la"ge numbers of my countrymen and
country women were in dire peril of their
lives. 1t was only to save them and pro
tect them that l moved. l could have
beaten the Beers if the people Of Johan-
nesburg had made any effort to help them
selves, which l was led to expect they
would do. We fought until we were drop
ping to the ground exhausted and our am
munition had been SPENT.
Dispatches to The Times from Johannes
burg show that the citizens were well
armed and organized under the leadership
of Colonel Frank Rhodes and Mr.. Farrar
to secure the redress OF grievances without
intending an offensive movement, but
only desiring to show the government that
they were ready to fight if they were com
PEELED to do so. Meantime the reform com
mittee pledged themselves to abstain from
violence and not to aid DR.. Jameson.
Long dispatches from Capetown describe
the intense feeling there at the failure Of
the Johannesburgers to succor DIR. jane
son, but the National Union delegate
says that disobedience of Governor Sir
Hercules Robinson's orders would have
frustrated his delicate mission of media
ton and all the old animosties of the
Maiuba times would have been revived.
Orders have been sent to Portsmouth
Davenport and Chatham for the imme
diate commissioning of six ships to form a
flying squadron, the object of which is OBJ
viously to have q squadron ready for any
required emergency. 1t will be composed
of two first class battleships, two first
class and two second class cruisers. Prob
ably the Royal Oak and Revenge will be
chosen. 1t has also been decided to dis
patch a naval force to Delagoa bay, but it is
unknown whether it will be composed of
vessels from the cape OF from the East
Indies.
The Times congratulates the country
upon the foregoing news and, with refer
ence to reiteration by its Berlin cores
pondent of the statement that Germany
had intended to land marines at Lorenzo
Marques for the invasion of the Transyaal
and had only abandoned the intention on
hearing Of DIR. Jameson's defeat The
Times says:
This is u grave statement, and we re-
fuse to believe that Portugal would have
lent herself to such move. But it proves
that German interference was not the re-
suit of sudden Indignation Mt Dr. Jane
sons action, but had been meditated and
discussed. and presumably concerted with
the Beers. Emperor Williams indigna-
ton must accordingly be regarded in the
light of diplomatic histrionics.
'It is tradition of German policy to pre-
pare coup secretly and then to give it an
air of coming about by an unfortunate ac-
cident. There is grave reason to suspect
that she has long harbored hostile designs
This theory will explain the Beers extra
ordinary obstinaey in refusing moderate
concessions to the Uitlanders"
At large public dinner of farmers and
tradesmsn given at Chard county of Som
erset, the mayor of the town proposed to
drink the health of the queens family ex-
cept one grandson (referring TO Emperor
William of Germany. The toast was re
ceived with enthusiastic cheers, which
were followed by groans and Kisses for
Emperor William,
A Pretoria dispatch says that after con-
sulting the Transyaal government Sir
Hercules Robinson informed the Rand
people that they would be allowed twenty
four hours from yesterday noon to relin-
quish their arms unconditionally.