The San Francisco call., 1896-02-13
Kaiser Williams Course Made
Public in an Official
Statement.
TRIAL OF THE REFoRMERs
Plans of the Men Who Invited Jane.
sons Raid Revealed by
Printer.

LONDON, ENG, Feb. 1.-THE Govern
ment has issued 2 blue book containing
the dispatches which passed between Mr..
Cham berlain, Secretary of State for the
Colonies; Sir Hercules Robinson, Cover
nor of the CapeColonies; President Kruger
of the South African Republic, and others
in regard to the disturbances in the Trans
Yaal.
The book contains dispatch from Sir
Jacobus A. Dewet, British diplomatic agent
at Pretoria. which announces that Presi-
dent Kruger, upon learning that DR.. Jane
/ son and his followers had crossed the from
tier of the Transvaal, made an appeal to
the Governments of Germany and France
for their Intervention. On receipt of Sir
J. A. Dewet's dispatch Mr.. Chamberlain
telegraphed to Governor Robinson on
January Is as follows;
"Great Britain will resist at all cost the
interference of any foreign power in the
affairs of the Transvaal. The suggestion
that Germany had contemplated such a
step was met in this country by an un-
precedented and unanimous outburst of
public feeling. Great Britain will not tol-
crate any change i'll her relations with the
Transvaal.p
Prior to telegraphing Great Britain's
positive refusal to permit any foreign in
reference in the Transvaal, Mr.. Cham
berlain wired Governor Robinson
in reply to an inquiry from
President Kruger in regard to the
destination of the new flying squadron of
British warships, that it was not the
present intention of the Government to
send the squadron to South Africa, as al
ready three British warships had been
sent to Delaeoa Bay, the rendezvous of a
number of foreign war vessels.
Later Mr.. Chamberlain informed Gov
ernor Robinson that England, while re-
specting the independence of the Trans
vaal on the subject of conventions, would
maintain her position as a paramount
power az all hazards. Concerning DR..
Jameson's raid, Mr.. Chamberlain tele-
graphed Governor Robinson instructing
him TO represent to Cecil Rhodes, the Pre-
mter OF Cspe Colony. that Jameson had
bN h guilty of filibustering, and to inform
him that ifitshould be proved that the Brit
ish South Africa Company was cognizant of
his movements or privy thereto, the Gov
ernment would be called upon to revoke
the company's charter. In any event, he
said, the company would be compelled to
pay an indemnity.
To this cablegram Governor Robinson
replied that he had Mr.. Rhodes declara-
tion that Jameson had acted wholly with
out authority.
The blue book also says that Mr. Cham
berlain telegraphed on January 13 that the
United States Government was informed
that John Hays Hammond, an American
citizen, had been made a prisoner, charged
with treason. Mr.. Chamberlain instructed
Governor Robinson to take, upon behalf
of Hammond and the other Americans
arrested, the same measures that should
be taken on behalf of British subjects.
The blue book also contains a letter
from Hon. Thomas f. Bayard, United
States ambassador, expressing the Ameri-
can Governments appreciation of the
courtesy of the British Government to-
ward America and her citizens.