The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-13

Copyrighted. 1896. by the Associated Press.
AeE0on, Jan. 1Z.-Interestr IN the Trans
FaaI question in its immediate bearings
mas revived TO an apprecia5le extent
"4!-e the incidental straining OF relations
between Great Britain and Germany,
wEieh so completely placed the Beers in
the background OF the picture for a time
has In Its turn receded bat BY no means
disappeared There is little apprehension
OF War with Germany. over the present
con EIcation at least and the British
pufAc has reassuring. sense that IL
there IS 10 be war, England is right
ready for II. The prominent and efficient
measures OF the naval authorities and the
foImidaole show OF strength that IS the
result. give John Bull a feeling Of conf
dence.
Ihere are no further explicit announce
msnts OF movements looking to an alli-
ance Of the powers against England to-
DAY. nevertheless, Il S keenly perceived
oy the public that the sentiment displayed
ny tae German government mas a far
wider bearing than the present dispute in
tha Iransyaai. and there are visions Of
future complications on questions OF con-
hicting interests.
Yesterdays binet council meetings at
the c0.onlal office remain largely a sub
Ject az speculation. and whatever deci-
slcns may have been taken are se3ulous-
~ guarded as state secrets. and the great
est care taken 10 avoid publicity Mr.
William H. Mercer, private secretary to
Coo Secretary Chamberlain, said to-
night 10 a representative Of the Associ-
ated Press, taat the secretary had no
further kilograms 10 communicate 70 the
public. The visit OF the Prince OF Wales
= the colonial office on Saturday he said.
just when several directors of the Char
tered South African Company were there
was partly an accidental coincidence. His
royal highness called. he said. 10 show
his interest. and had made some kind
remarks in recognition OF Secretary
Chamberlain's labors.
This explanation is hardly likely TO sat
isfy the pubic. In view OF the repeated
statements published that the director
ship OF the Duke OF Fife, husband OF
Princess Louise OF Wales, in the Char
tered South African Company. is a sub
Ject OF concern 10 the royal family, es-
pecially TO the queen.
IL is understood the diffculty over the
manner OF the disposal of DR.. Jameson's
followers was settled on Saturday. the
Transvaal government simply stipulating
that the rank and file of the Jameson ex-
pedition should be deported from South
Africa. According to the TransVaal law,
the punishment for treason is Punishment
and large fine. 1t is not believed here that
President Kruger has demanded the ab-
rogat.on of the London convention, which
provides for the suzeralnty Of Great Britain
over the Transvaal, as the price of sparing
DR.. Jameson's life.
a dispatch received from sources SYM
pathetic with the Transvaal government, n
johannesburg tonight. asserts that the plot
for Jameson's raid and the cO.nC.dent up
rising OF the C!tlanders was the most
shameful in history. The blackest part Of
the plot, the dispatch asserts was the in
tention OF the agents Of the Chartered
South Africa Company to set loose the
savages to invade the Transyaal from ell
points and TO Kill every white man. II had
been arranged that all over South Africa
provisional stations should he erected On
the lines Of the route and the points had
been fixed The object was 10 destroy Pre-
tor,a and 10 present England with a fait
acromph before any Interference could
reach them. Sketches Of Pretoria and OF
the Rand made by military men. have. IL
is said. been seized. This story is de-
nounced In London as gross exaggeration.