The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-29
IN THE TRANsvAAL,


the Cape Town dispatches to the
Times are most disturbing, and it is
evident that something is going on
which may lead to an explosion of
more far-reaching consequences than
the Jameson affair. Everything points
to the fact that the TranSvaal is pre-
pairing for some struggle, and there
is feeling here that rupture of
amicable relations with. the South
African republic is looming UP on the
horizon most clearly. 1t is believed
that President Kruger cannot be in
duced to visit England. The Beers
are arming and are listening entirely
too much to the advice of German adj
visers to be pleasant to the statesmen,
and in short, the South African situa-
ton is the cause of extreme anxiety
to the financiers and others interested
in that part of the world There are
indications that the Beers of the
Transvaal, the Orange free state and
Cape Colony are making common cause
against Great Britain, with the result
that England may find that she has
more on her hands than the Tarnsvaal
difficulty, and that her enemies in
South Africa would be backed by Ger
many.
Under these circumstances, it is not
strange that there is suspicion that
THE MATABELE RISING
turns out to have been sinstigated by
the native police, and is indirectly or di-
rectly the work of the enemies of Great
Britain and. of course, the Dutch and
German agents come in for blame
The rebellion of the Matabeles was
quite unexpected and has caused a
decided sensation. The number of ma
tlves affected is estimated at between
SIX and eight thousand, but it is ad-
mltted the disturbance may spread to
a very much larger number, and that
the situation which is already one of
gravity may call for the dispatch of
regular troops to the cape from India
and Great Britain.
Here it is that enemies of Mr.. Cecil
Rhodes, the former premier of Cape
Colony, says he comes in for a share
OF the suspicion which seems at pres
ent to attach to almost everything and
everybody connected with South Afri-
can affairs
When Mr.. Rhodes left England re-
Gently for his home it was significantly
remarked that no great time would
elapse before he would be heard from
IN another role, the establishment of
a South African republic under the
protection of England, and he is said
to be animated by strong desire to
DO SOMETHING BRILLIANT
which will wipe out the defeats of the
British by the Beers, even if it is neces-
sary in so doing to wipe out the Beers
themselves. Therefore. it is remarked
that it is just possible that Mr.. Rhodes
and not the German or Dutch agents is
responsible for the present uprising in
Matabeleland, and that it is quite
probable that disturbance may be made
an excuse for the sending of strong
refnforcements of British troops to
South Africa. The future will show
if this view of the case is correct OF
itself, the uprising of the Matabeles
should not be difficult matter to han
die, as 1T is. estimated three Thousand
ito four thousand men who are thor
oughly tried campaigners would speed
lily put it down, particularly as it is
believed that not the whole of the
Matabeles are in revolution. A number
of Them migrated across the Zambesi
after the late war and there is no
danger that they will return, even
at the request of young Lobengula who
has, it is reported, placed himself at
the head Of the insurgents, which gave
the government officer no surprise as it
had previously been limited that they
were excited by the defeat Of the Jane
son raiders, whose expedition depleted
Rhodesia of police and greatly facfl-
itated the present rising.