The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-08
MUTTERlNGs OF WAR
The Anti-German Feeling in'EngIand Is Be-
coming Intensified and Threatening.
GERMAN SHOPS AND SAILORS ATTACKED


German Resident Minister nt Pre-
torta May Frovc Disastrous E:ng-
land Holds 30 1851 Treaty.
London. Jan. Lord Salisbury vis-
itcd the Foreign Office this afternoon
and Immediately after his arrival re-
CE;VCd Mir. Cha herain. and the hit
ter received Count Won Elataec!dt. the
German Ambassador. Political circles
III London maintain that it IL hc true
that tn" Emperor OF Germany has prom
iSed 10 recognize the independence Of
The TransNaal Republic by appointing
n German resident instead of Consul
at Pretoria. it may mean war between
Great britain and Germany.
The interview between Count Won
IatHfcldt ana the Prime Minister last
ed 80 minutes. Subsequently Lord
Salisbury received E:lron De Courcel.
the French Ambassador.
After these interviews Lord Sails
bury started for Hatfield house, his
home In Hertfordshire.
Anti-German feeling Is growing rap
idly in the east end of London. The
windows of "a number of shops in
Whitechapel, kept by Germans and
Jews. Lave been broken. and the 1lol-
lander club and some of the east end
GCrmun clubs have been closed. fearing
that they might be attacked. There
have been several disturbances between
'.nGlish ana German and Dutch sail
orS at the docks, In which the former
We're the aggrcssorS.
The 81. James Gazette says: we
would rather face n rupture with Ger
many than to renounce the stipulation
Of the convention of 1881 that any In
iernatinnal arrangemcnt made 10y the
South African Republic requires the
consent and ratification of Great !iri
tain
At II large public dinner of farmers
and trnacSmcn given at Chard county
of Somerset. last evening. the Mayor
OF the town proposed tn drink the health
OF ail of the Queens family. except one
grandson referring To Emperor VII
| liam. of Germany. The toast was re-
ceircd with enthusiastic cheers which
were followed hy Eroans and hsyos
for Emperor William.
General Grrenfci. inspector of tho
auxiliary forces, mJGc nm address in
which he said that the volunteers were
never more efficient than AT the present
time They numbered a quarter of n
million men. Many of the volunteers,
who had been retired were coming for
ward al the present momcntous crisis
and Offering To rejoin The force. The
War Office was receiving similar Of
iers from the retired members of all
The corps in town and country
l.UndoA, Ian IA dispntch from
Cape Town says tha! after n!gly.ral
of the day "f the hattie between Jane
S'I and his followers u~i tbs. Roe:1s,
:he lattcr used searchligh,s. themselves
remaining under cover and relying
upon their sharpshooters to pick Off
Jam,'7-ns men.
The Westminster Gazette has a dis
patch from Cape Town wl.,rh says:
"a general feeling of nau:.eaf.ng con
tempt for the Uitlandcrs cf j cannes
burg exists here This feeling r lasEi
| upon their obvious "ow7ardicc IN :ir. .tnp;
quietly down af;sr lur.ng Er. JAM 'le.l
into HIS biunlcr and Offering him 10
assistance whatever"
The .Ioha ncshurn Standard has ca
aleyl il l.ondim under date Of January
Sd ;hat the ) 100 Beers wtth Maxim gum;
surrounded Dr LameSDn's men ana 100
CH The l0iic" were Killed OF wounded.
Aftgr Jameson ana his mon s,ilrena cred
they We're disarmed ard marched to
Pretoria. \ revulSion Of feeling has
81: in at Johannesburg. ana III, ierprm
| leaders are roun.!ly de"nIn-ed fox thcii'
dase!ii1n OF Er Jamesrn. ~ was a
mob revolution" the Standard says,
'in which the main population d!1 not
join"
si. Hercules Robinson, Govuror of
Cape Cls,ony. is now a. Pre4c:ia.
Immediately after Great Britain Of
fercd assistance Ia the RocrS the stores
were closed. trade became stagnant and
women and children began leaving FOR
thu coas; in coal cattl'tj and horse
trucks and every kind OF vehicle avail
able. The scene nj the railway sta
tion was indcscribablc. The town is
perfectly orderly.
4 dispatch from Johannesburg dated
January I'd, says that one of the agents
OF Reuters Telegram Company was ar
rested there as a British South Africa
COmrnnN's spy.