The true northerner., 1896-01-17

SITUATION AS " IS BETWEEN ENG
LAM AND GERMANY.

Somewhat Lees Hostile Than Is Was
Irritation Both Sides Not Entirely
Passed Away. However-Meeting OF the
Momentous Questions.
LONDON, Jan. l8.-Interesti In the Trans
vaal question in its immediate bearings
has revived TO an appreciable extent, while
the incidental straining OF relations be-
tween Great Britain and Germany, which
SO completely placed the Beers in the back
ground of the picture for time has In
It's turn recedcd, but by no means disap-
peared. There Is little apprehension Of
war with Germany, over the present COM
plicaton at least, and the British public
has reassuring sense that II there is to
be war England is quite ready for IT, The
prompt and efficient measures of the naval
authorities and the formidable show OF
strength that Is the result give John Bull
feeling Of confidence. Nevertheless 1t is
keenly perceived by the public that the
sentiment displayed by the German gov
ernment has far wider bearing than the
present dispute in the Transvaal
The Situation. I'm Berlin.
A telegram from Berlin says: There is
distinctly less stress of feeling here in re-
gard TO the international complication
growing out of the Transvaal crisis and
the German press, as a rule, devotes less
space to 1t than for some time. The tone
of the comment of the newspapers, which
means SO much in this land of press cen
sorship and inspired expressions in news
papers, is rather more peaceable and there
Is less talk of active hostilities and more
hope expressed Of an unarmed settlement
of the question at issue Expressions of
irritation at the British government and
of rancor against the English people are
still more or less bitter, however.
Followers of Dr. Jameson.
1t is understood that the difficulty over
the manner Of disposal of Dr. Jameson's
followers was settled on Saturday, the
Transvaai government simply stipulating
that the rank and file of the Jameson ex-
pedition be deported from South Africa.
According to the Transvaal law the pun
ishment for treason is banishment and a
large fine. 1t is not believed here that
President Kruger has demanded the abro-
CATION of the London convention, which
provides for the suzerainty of Great Brit
ain over the Transvaal, as the price Of
sparing DIR. JamesOn's life.
From a Pro-Transvaal Source.
A dispatch received from sources sympa-
:hetic with the Transvaal government in
Johannesburg asserts that the plot for
Jamesons raid and the coincident upris-
ing o. the Uitlanders was the most shame
full in history. The blacklist part of the
plot, the dispatch asserts, was the inten
tion of the'agents of the Chartered South
African company to set loose the savages
to invade the Transvaal from all points,
and to kill every white man. 1t had been
arranged that all over South Africa pro-
vision stations should be erected on the
lines of the route, and the points had been
fixed. The object was To destroy Pretoria
and to present England with fait ac-
compli before any interference could reach
them.
Denounced as IA Gross Exaggeration.
This story is denounced in London as a
gross exaggeration and it Is regarded as
being intended to prejudice the South
Africa company in the negotiations it is
making. A dispatch received by the
Chartered South Africa company from
Buluwayo announces that the outcome Of
a mass meeting of the English colony
bankers and merchants was the declara-
ton of a unanimous resolution to obey the
imperial government. The public, it
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