The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-16
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Several Afsmbsrs q ths National Rsfern
Committee Arrsstsd--Among Them y
Col Rhodsas BFsther Of the Ex.Prims
Minister.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE features FRI
day of the troubles growing out Of DR..
Jameson's raid into the Transvaal
were the practical refusal of the Uit-
landers to surrender their arms, and
the arrest At Johannesburg Of . num-
Der Of members Of the National Reform
committee on the charge of high trea-
son.
Among the prisoners are several Of
the leading residents Of Johannes
burg, including Col. Rhodes, brother
Of Cecil Rhodes, ex-prime minister Of
Cape Colony, who 10 said to be i'll at
Cape Town. It is believed here that
Cecil Rhodes will bring all his influ-
ence, which is very powerful, to bear
to secure the release of his brother.
There 10 no single man who has done
20 much to develop South Africa a. the
ex-prime minister, though in carrying
out his plans he has made many enemies,
1t can truthfully be said that he is the
most powerful man in that part of the
world to-day. He may be for the mo-
ment compelled to abide the issue OF
the present troubles, but that he will
later again take hand in shaping the
destinies of South Africa there can
scarcely be doubt He has always
been . man of action, not words, and
his future policy will, once decided on,
probably not be known until it is put
into effect
The arrest of the members of the
National Reform committee does not
cause any great anxiety regarding
their fate, as it is generally believed
that in no event will any severe pun
ishment be inflicted upon them.
The report that Dr. Jameson had
been released turns out to have been
premature. President Kruger, in re-
ply 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 . dispatch from Jo-
hannesburg states that the surrender
of the prisoners will be made condi.
tional on the abrogation of the
Anglo Boer convention Of 1884,
which gives Great Britain suzer-
rainity over the Transvasl. If
such condition as this is
imposed by the Beers, it is quite GER
tain that Great Britain will never
agree to it The government is deter
mined to uphold this convention in all
Its terms, and although the Transvaal
government may urge that DIR. Jane
sons raid made the convention null
and void, it is safe to say that Great
Britain will never accept that view OF
the matter unless she is compelled to
do so.
To abrogate the convention now.
would be to acknowledge that the re.
ported attitude of Emperor William
anent the Transvaal is correct and the
temper of the English people to-day ia
not such as to allow that government
to concede, even were it disposed to.
As matter of fact, the government
will make not tho slightest concession
in the matter to Germany, but is pre-
pared or preparing to maintain what il
believes are its rights by force of arm'
| If necessary.
Never before has the isolation o.
Great Britain been so completely driv
en- home in the minds of the British
people.
Hitherto they have been accustomed
to believing that should England be-
come embroiled in a war with for
eign power, she would find sympathy,
if not actual aid, from some of the
European nations. Now it is known
that in all Europe she has not single
friend, and many believe that her en-
emies are only awaiting an opportunity
to attack her and deprive her of some
of her vast possessions