New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-11
cu1sBURY'S OPPORTUNITY.
co,ttpued from First Page.

-oI Rhodes the dispatch says. is i'll at
cape FOWL >.,,,-r 9, o,v,v
,,soatch from Pretoria. dated January s, says
sir Jac1hus A. De Wet, the British Agent at
w. "a,or;a went to Johannesburg to hasten the
81, ~ dIsarning the revout!onists. Govern
commission was sitting at johannesburg
I4,h the object of insuring the execution of the
w VIZ, OF surrender Sir j. " De Wet was
.a,tend the sittings OF TINS commission ana rem
~ n all assistance possible
oe. no,hsr dispatch from Pretoria says that the
rransvaal Government are greatly dlspieased al
IL slovness If the Cit!andeiS IN delivering up
tne orms They are reported TO have had in
nv. M; possession 1000 rifles. whereas only 1000
M been handed over to the authorities In
ha'vouence Of this the Government has issued
reclamation declaring that unless all the
as p are delivered up by o'clock on the evening
o. January 10 the defauters Will be dealt with
Wedding - law. Those who comply with the
sssuo@ds Of the Government will be pardoned.
,.h the exception of the leaders of the revolt.
VIZ viii have to suffer the penalty of their acts.
"Trr;her advices are that 10000 Beers were
,nder arms and would not return to their homes
',ntr the matter of disarming the Uitlanders was
finally settled
Full INQUIRY TO BE MADE.
Mr. Chamberlain has cabled to J. Hofmeyr,
Az loader 81 the Afrikaner Bund. party having
. large majority in the Cape Parliament. and
.u,norier OF Cecil Rhodes and the British South
Africa Company. informing him that there Will
10 fuu inquiry into the British South Africa
Comnany's raid into the Transvaal. and that
S,rther violation Of the territory OF the South
African Republic will be prevented
I, Is rororted that the inquiry will be conducted
nv a ROYAL Commission. which Will inVestga'e
the origin and circumstances OF the whole aiialr
The Oueen has addressed an autograph letter
N Toscph Chamberlain, Secretary or state Tor
the Colonies thanking him FOR his services III
connection with the disturbances In the Trans
wal .. ...,,, 80 ..,.ou
N Natal where he will be embarked FOR England
:, he tried upon charges OF violating the Foreign
enlistment act which declares that II is pun
ishabla fence % prepare warnke eXpedltloh
agains; a friendly state.
Tho indifference Of the Johannesburg popuace in
regard 10 the arrest of twenty-five members OF the
National Reform Committee is in keeping with the
failure NJ the same people to proceed to the sup
mort OF Dr. Jameson. who has declared that he was
promised their support. The explanation OF that
Indifference NAV be found in the fact that the bulk
Of the mining population the rank and file OF the
Viuanders. crushed between the political ana ana
civil tyranny 81 the H0er Government, ahu. tne
greedy practices Of the slfapponted leaders OF the
Johannesburg miners. Among these Leaders nov
iparna,o ihe 'G9.d king whose immense fortune
was traced 10y The Financial POST OF l.onnoh 70
the fact that "in 1881 ne went 10 Johann' soute
r,il fields in the TransVaal Rfpuhhc, whcre ne
bought several mines for mere song as me uls
none each month u the Government These
nom - The saare. OF the usWiiwatersrand bis
only spectators prOhted by II, the mass or thc
mners have remained poor No wonder. then. that
lsalers. who under the pfetext ~ securing 'Nl
and political rights for the foreign population or
Iitanders ~ the Transyaal aimed MANI! al CO.
.rrlnc the Boor Government into decreasing the
taNes paced upon the working OF the mines