The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-11
FUBOPE MAY TACKLE ENGLAND
,ur KAISER ADVISES KRUGER TO
APPEAL TO THE POWERS.

Nh. advice Looked Upon as Indicat-
Ing some Sort of an Understanding
Among the European Powers as 90
po,.ihIe Action Relative Ia Eng
1.nd-The Demand for the ABrOga-
,fon of the Convention Might Lead
to War if England Refuses to
uaclsdown-EngIish Leaders of the
Yi,Ianders Under Arrest at johann
ncsburg.
London, Jan. 1O.-The features to-day of
+ba rroubTes growing out of DR.. Jameson's
raid into the Transvaal are the practl-
al refusal Of the Uitlanders to surren-
dor their arms and the arrest at Johan-
r4sb.irg of a number of members of the
rational reform committee on charge OF
bieh treason. Among the prisoners are
several of the leading residents of Jo-
banuesburg including Col. Rhodes, broth
Or of Cecil Rhodes, ex-prime minister Of
Care Colony, who is said to be i'll at
cane Town. 1t is believed here that Cecil
Rhodes will bring all his influence, which
is very powerful, to bear to secure the
release of his brother.
There is no single man who has done so
much to develop South Africa as Mr..
Rhodes. and though in carrying his plans
he has made many enemies it can truth
ftlly be said that he is the most powerful
man i'm that part of the world to-day. Be-
hind him is a majority of the Afrikanders
and though he may have nominally re-
tired from active participation i'm politics,
the impression prevails that in any final
settlement of the Transvaal question he
will have to be taken into consideration.
At present nothing is heard of his plans,
even if he has formulated any, but those
who know the man and the power he
Wields will not believe that the present
trouble will cause him to diverge from the
ambitious path he has for years been
hewing for himself. He may be for the
moment compelled to abide the issue of
the present troubles, but that he will later
again take a hand in shaping the des-
TIMES of South Africa there can scarce
ly be a doubt He has always been a
man Of action, not words, and his, future
policy will, once decided upon, probably
not be known until it is put into effect.
The arrest of the members of the ma
tonal reform committee does not cause
any great anxiety regarding their fate
as II is generally believed that in no event
viii severe punishment be inflicted upon
The report that DIR. Jameson had been
released turns out to have been prema-
ture. President Kruger, in reply to the
message of Queen Victoria, says that he
intends TO turn DR.. Jameson and the
other English prisoners who took part in
the raid, over to the British government
for punishment, but a dispatch from
johannesburg states that the surrender
OF the prisoners will be made condition
ally on the abrogation of the Anglo-Boer
convention of 1884, which gives Great Bri-
tam suzerainty over the Transvaal. If
such condition as this is imposed by the
boers IL Is quite certain that Great Bri-
IAN Will never agree to il. The govern
ment is determined to uphold this con-
xention in all it's terms and although the
1fahsVaal government may urge th1 Dr.
Jamesons raid made the convention null
and vold, and 1t is pretty safe to say that
Great Britain will not accept that view
OF the matter unless she is compelled
to do so.
To abrogate the convention now would
be 10 acknowledge that the reported at
mlude OF Emperor William anent the
Iransvaal is correct, and the temper of
the English people to-day is not such as
70 allow the government to concede this,
even We're It disposed to do so. As a mat
ter Of fact the government will not make
lhe slightest concession in the matter to
uetnany, but is prepared or preparing to
maintain what it believes are its rights
by force of arms if necessary.
Never before has the isolation of Great
nIltaln been so completely driven home in
tne minds of the British people. Hitherto
tney nave been accustomed to believing
mat should England become embroiled in
war with foreign power she would
n9u sympathy If not actual aid from some
uI lne European nations. Now it is known
mat IN all Europe she has not a single
Trend and many believe that her enc
mes are only awaiting an opportunity to
attack her and deprive her of some of
her vast possessions.
dispatch from Berlin to-day If it is
5Iue, shows that there is some sort of un-
outstanding between the powers as to the
&cIon to be taken by them relative to
England. This dispatch states that un-
rs Great Britain accede to the demands
~ lhe IransVaal which includes the abro-
S@uoh or the treaty of 1884, Germany will
ELse PRESIDENT Kruger to appeal to the
.ropedh powers to support MIN in his
demands. This, il it means anything
means that Germany is in a position to
AnoW that the powers would support the
IIansVaal, and the only way in which
iapd support SUPPORT could be given, unless Eng
~ Ieceded from her position, would be
~ uec!dre war upon Great Britain. That
M II VIII be done few persons believe.
ne situation is a complicated one and
~ more 1t is studied the wider the vista
~ rs possibilities become. But with the
ntts OF all the powers gainst her, Great
4atetlh rsc+ialh IS awaiting to see from what di-
sbiq94 tne frst blow will be delivered
yiyUu viT an attack be made upon her, she
diroot4e oe found not unprepared In every
W. ION oii measures are being taken TO
is @ w. OF possible dangers and the nation
s@pIuly putting itself in a position
f., - II events warrant such a course
sFb. 81 -tSeI1 ue aDle TO deal the first blow.
tba -Ig gatest activity is being displayed at
Wock yards, where the torpedo boat de-
eIS which are to be attached to the
i19 ir',liel ,.a Meet and flying squadron, are be-
is III IA epdfed to go into commission. 1t
fb '68eNeq that orders have been sent to
loIiiIItlsh Mediterranean fleet, now at
IN Ef, ordering certain vessels to be
,la.@ulness for other service Were 1t
lasos9 dIy to send further vessels to De-
Col pay or to reinforce the Cape of
SaIot+i rope squadron, the vessels now at
Ara could quickly reach South
fror, n, as they are not far
ca1s1 ne western entrance of the Suez
sfartc5 colonial Secretary Chamberlain
Wtaf Today from London for the Isle of
lav y Where he will visit the queen and
tbe ore her majesty the fun details of
and 1o{I1aauon and explain to her the naval
wav "'l'Ilary preparations that are under
ali lCcA ,lA, interest is felt in the cabinet coun-
To rh " ulch II is said. has been summoned
S3iieitlo-m lo-mofrow. 1t is believed that Lord
les~,,liy VIII then lay before his col
and d Iull exposition of recent events
poioS Seeure approval of the governments
pesre ush on the surface the situation ap-
fe5 - 70 pe threatening, those best duaii-
alr Judge still view matters optimistic
BLOW "uu u declare that the clouds will soon
49," over. This view iS horne orf 70