The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-11
TENDING TO PEACE.
But England Will Flock
With France and Rus
sia All the Same.
JAMESON TURNED DOWN
No Longer Administrator Of the
Transyaal AN American
Conspirator.
BIZ Cable to the United Press


LONDON. Jan. IL. 1854 Cabinet
meeting was held at the Foreign Office at
1890 O'Clock today The entire Cabinet.
including Mr.. Chamberlain. Secretary of
State for the Colonies, were present.
Lord Salisbury presided. 1t adjourned
at $50 P M.
The westminster Gazette'' says it has
reason to believe that at the meeting
peaceful measures We're decided upon. but
the maintenance of the Franco-Prussian
,enteHte and the establishment of a
Russian administration of affairs in Ar
menia were favored President Clevelands S
message was not before the Cabinet. but
the Cabinet was favorable to making an
effort to settle the Venezuelan dispute
with Venezuela direct. and with a view
of the accomplishment of that object
there is a good prospect of Englands re-
suming diplomatic relations with Vene-
zuela through the good offices of a GER
tain American State. not the United States
The foregoing is evidently merely sur
mise on the part Of the "Gazette" and
Advices from Bloemfontein, the capt.
tai of the Orange Free State, say that
the delegates of the Orange Free State
who were snt to Pretoria to confer with
the Government of the South African
Republic and proffer to the Transvaal
Government the assistance of the Orange
Free State, if it should be required, have
returned to Bloemfontein and reported
to the Rand (the Executive Corps). The
delegation represent that documents have
been discovered disclosing widespread
plot, of which DR.. Jameson's raid into
the Transvaal was a part The delegates
entirely absolve Governor Robinson OF
the Cape Colony of all knowledge OF the
Dispatches from johannesburg dated
January say that the situation there
in non 1of1a o
of the condition imposed by President
Kruger that the release of Jameson and
his followers shall be contingent upon the
abrogation of the convention of 1884.
thereby making the Transvaal Republic
an absolutely Independent State.
Advices from Johannesburg state that
several of the members of the Reform
Committee have fled, and that one of
them has been allowed to depart after
depositing surety for his appearance cpJ eao
1t is runored that the Government of
the Transvaal will demand the cession
of Amatongalanld from Al, Natal ,a,tad This re-
The Central News is authority for
the statement that the British Mediter-
ranean fleet, now. in the Levant. has
sells composing the fleet have been or
Four Others have started from the
Lsvant. but their objective points are
1t is understood that Great Britain has
decided to wait no longer for the con-
version of the powers to a policy of
joint action in Turkey, and this is given
as tie presumabl BILE reason for the scat
tering Of the fleet in Levantine waters.
The market was stagnant in view of
the settlement in mining securities, which
will begin on Monday. The movements
were irregular: American railroads were
somewhat higher, but closed below the
best prices of the day. Foreign securi-
ties were dull except. South American,
which We're improying. and Spanish,
which rose 5-S. Mining stocks were
mostly lower East Rands were down
as; De Beers, IL. and Chartered Gold