New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
POLITICIANS STILL WARLTKE.
THE REVOCATION OF THE BRITISH SOUTH Afhi-
CAN CpMrANY's CHARTER rRGEp-Ho"
PRESIDENT FRrEGER Is SAID TO HAVE
SAVED DIR. IAMEsONs LIFE.

PRESIDENT FRUEGER Is SAID TO HAVE
SAVED pR JAMEsON's LIFE.
landau Ian Notwithstanding the fact
that tho report that orders to prepare nyine
squadron ~ six veseels. To be In readiness Tor
''navigating duties on January H. mas beeh
found 10 h" true and that Admiral Harry raw
son. commanding the Cape and West AFRICA
souadr,n hos been ordered 10 proceed with his
narshin the -, George. To Delagoa Bay, and
is Already on route from Cape Town for that
placo Mr. Chamberlain. the Colonial Secretary
ia said 90 consider the Transvaal criS7 as past
In political circles. however. the formation oi
the nvinC squadron is considered an indication
that the situation Is graver than II mas hi'h-
erto been thought and all Of the afternoon pa
ncrs opprove Of the preparations for war. Some
.f ,na.i u-.rs 49, revocation ~ the British Soutn
Africa Company's charter. after which England
would bc able to fight Germany on account Of
the latters interference. with clean hande The
Central News is authority for the statement
that Lord Salisbury has notified the German
Government that Great Britain will maintain
the rights In the Transvaal secured to her un-
der the convention Of 1854 at all costs.
According to "A dispatch from Cape Town,
dated January 4. II Is reported there that the
High Court Of the Transvaal Republic ordered
that Dr Jameson be shot. but President Kruger
refused To- sign the warrant for his execution
rhi, rcnnr, IL no. confirmed. Another dispatch
osser,s that y Or Jameson should be exc
cuted hostile feeling would become so greatly
aroused tina, the british Government forces
would not be able TO prevent a race war In
South Africa
Official advices from Pretoria say that Dr.
Jameson will be released and handed over TO
sir Hercules Robinson. Governor Of the Cape
Colony on the frontier Of the Transvaal. ana
It is also stated that Sir Hercules. after con-
sult.ng with the heads of the Transvaa Gov
eminent. Informed the people in the Rand that
twentv-four hours would be- allowed them from
noon Of January to lay down their arms un-
condtionally.
Another Pretoria dispatch dated January 6.
saws tn. prisoners OF Or Jameson's following
are loud I'm their praise OF the treatment they
received ~ the hands Of the Beers while the
hurghers deeply resent the action Of DR. jane
son They are intensely angry at the necessity
OF leaving their farms and demand a speedy
and final settlement OF the questions at issue
and full and free possession OF the Transvaal
country under the undisputed rule Of the
Bo,rs.
DR. JAMESON DESPONDENT.
OF the prisoners the men were confined In
the racecourse incOsure at Pretoria. and the Of
hccrs in the town Jail DR.. Jameson. Sir John
Willoughby and the Messrs. White We're deeply
detected at the result Of their movement Dr.
Jameson refusing to take food for some time
after his Imprisonment.
The following statement has been issued by
the Colonial Once. Governor Robinson OF the
Cape Colony. telegraphed to Mr. Chamberlain
from Pretoria on January l.
communicated to +. J. Newton. secretary OF the
COLONY of British Bcrhuanaland, your telegram OF
January :. and received reply from him that he
had been absent from Bechuanaand nearly a fort
night prior to the raid into the Transyaal. He ar
rived at Mafeking on December y and heard then,
sons force was leaving That night the wires were
cut. and the first message that got through on De
ccmbcr 30. yours directing me to send Dr Jane
order to return. About one-htth OF Jane
sons force started from Mafeking and the rest from
Pctsan.. in the British South Africa's new terri
tory Jameson ef only ten ro:icemen IN In the. the whole hole
Were doing customs duty. The whole country was
virtually unpol!ccd There was no representative OF
snd ne no MAGISTRATE in the companys territory
There. was only one representative OF me company
In the lower protectorate and he had joined jane
sons force.
Governor Robinson adds:
Newton Will come to Pretoria at my invitation to
confer with me In regard to reducing the pro-
tectorate.
THE UITLANDERs SURRENDER.
Governor Robinson telegraphed Mr.. Chamber
lain on January I:
johannesburg surrendered uncondtionally this
lntimated his intention to hand over Jameson and
the other prisoners upon the frontier OF Natal. You
may be satisfied that the crisis Is over and al dan
ger OF further hostities ended.
The generosity shown by President Kruger
Is admitted everywhere. At the clubs here 1t
is matter of speculation to what terms
will be made by Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor
OF the Cape Colony. The consensus OF opinion
is that President KrHger will expel the leading
agtators in the Rand, OF whose participation
rTxn., anl fs fsA,r-
ernment he possesses proofs. and that the Brit
ish Government will punish the other partic-
pants 1t Ia also believed that the British South
Africa Company will be obliged to pay heavy
Indemnity and will lose Its administrative rights
in the adjoining territory.
The directors of the British South Africa