The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-02
TROUBLES OF THE TRANSVAAL.
THE BRITISH COLONIAL OFFICE
CONDEMNS THE INVASION.

Efforts Being Made TO Head on DIR.
JamesOn's ExpedftiOn-The Doctor
Bent on Carrying Out His Plans
and Cuts the Telegraph Wires he
hind Him so as 10 Place Himself
Beyond COmmunfcatiOn-Be Pa
pers CalI on the Kaiser TO hack the
! BOers.
| Berlin, Jan. 1.-Considorable excitement
prevails here over the crisis in the Trans
vaal and the attitude of Great Britain is
! denounced on all sides. The National Zei-
| tung says: '"The South Africa Company,
holding the charter of the queen, has
/ committed a grievous breach of the peace
| and violation of the law of nations Ger
| many's interests demand that the inde-
! pendent republic shall be maintained in
| tact and We expect Germany to interpose
| with an possible emphasis to assist Presi-
The Vossische Zeitung says: "The pro
| ceedingS of the British South African
| Company cannot be tolerated and Ger
| many must at once take energetic steps
| to protect the South African republic"
| The paper expresses the hope that DR..
! xfs, "a, - 80 SteIE u Stdte oI 1ne SCUM
| African republic, who is now in Berlin and
| IN close communication with the foreign
| office, has already telegraphed to Pre-
! toria that Germany win grant the Beers
| protection that will not be merely diplo-
| matte.
Advices have been received from Pre-
| torta that 800 more armed men of the
| British South Africa Company have
| crossed the Transvaal frontier. The gov
| ernment, the dispatch says, is resolved
| to drive back the intruders by force, A
| rising has occurred at johannesburg.
| The Cologne Gazette says that Ger
| many has sent an official inquiry to Great
| Britain as to what steps are to be taken
Dy the British government in regard to
the invasion of the Transvaal by the
British South Africa Company.
London, Jan. Joseph Chamberlain,
| secretary of state for the colonies, has
| issued an official statement that he is
| now in communication with President
| Kruger of the South African republic,
IN an endeavor to avert serious conse-
| quences of the Unauthorized and alto
gether unJustifable act of DR.. Jameson,
| the administrator of the British South
| from 800 to zoo men into the Transvaal
| TO assist the Uitlanders in their cOnten-
ton against the South African republic
| GOV. Robinson of Cape Colony has is
| sued proclamation publicly repudiating
| the act of DIR. Jameson and has caused
to be published in the newspaper of Pre-
| torla and johannesburg an injunction in
| the name OF the queen to all her majesty s
| subjects in the Transvaal not to give aid
to Dr. jameson, but to obey the law and
observe order.
Messengers have been sent to overtake
| DR.. jameson, conveying orders to him and
| every officer accompanying him, that theV
shall retire from the Transvaal territory
at once. The situation is very much ag-
/ grayated by the fact that DR.. Jameson
| cut the wires behind him, rendering tele-
| graphic communication with him impossi-
| Mr.. Chamberlain sent a dispatch to the
| British South Africa Company, asking
them to repudiate DR.. jameson and his
acts. To this dispatch the company re-
piled that they We're entirely ignorant or
DR. Jameson's acts or purposes.
Cecil Rhodes, prime minister of the Cape
Colony, IN connection with this reply
stated that DR.. jameson had acted without
authorlty lie CRhodes) had tried to
stop him when he learned that he had
gone into the Transvaal, but found that
the wires had been cut and that conse-
quently he could not communicate with
him.
DR. Jameson wrote a letter to the COM
mandant at Maryocland refusing to with
draw from the Transvaal and avowing
that he would proceed upon his original
plans, which in acceptance of the invita-
tion of the principal residents of Rand
were to assist them in their demands for
justice
The cablegram sent by Mr.. Chamber
lain to DR.. jameson ordering him TO re-
turn cannot reach the latter until he ar
rives at johannesburg, at which place
there are arms enough to equip 10000 men
| for fighting.
1t is rumored here that advices have
| been received announcing the arrival of
Dr. jameson with his followers in Johan-
| nesburg.
President Kruger, according to the lat
est information received here, has called
the burghers to arms and large force
of them is proceeding against Johannes
! burg. They are advancing rapidly and a
| battle is hourly expected.
The newspapers tomorrow will unan-
imously express approval of the action
of Colonial Secretary Chamberlain in or
derns the return of the Transvaal ex-
pedition. The liberal newspapers espe-
| cially laud the statesmanlike wisdom of
! the colonial secretary, while they de-
nounce DR.. jameson as lawless free
| booter.
The conservative papers recall proofs
! of DR.. Jameson's ability and discretion
| and urge that he be not condemned until
the reasons for his action shall have
The Times gives qualified approval
| of Mr.. Chamberlain's course, and ex-
presses the strongest sympathy with the
foreign residents Of the South African
| republic.
The Times tomorrow will print a dis
| patch from its Berlin correspondent, in
| which he says: "Fhe crisis in the Trans
vaal endangers British relations with
Germany. The government hitherto has
| endeavored to restrain the newspapers
| over which it has some control, but
| judging from what has already been
| written, one does not like to contem-
plate what will happen when the re-
| straint is removed. Inasmuch as the
| numerous German residents of the Trans
| vaal cannot but be affected by a serious
breach of the public peace Germany can
not be at a loss for a concrete cause for
| interference, if she is determined to in
| terfere. There is some reason to believe
lndl Sue IS determined ana resolved nm
der no circumstances to tolerate a dis
turbance of the status quo in South
| Africa"
The Standard tomorrow will print dis
| patch from its Berlin correspondent say
ing that the news of the invasion of the
/ Transvaal has caused storm Of indigna-
| tion in the German capital that has rare
| ly been witnessed. Emperor William yes
| terday summoned, by telegraph to the
new palace, Baron Marschall Won Bieber-
| stein, secretary of state for foreign af-
| fairs, to discuss the situation. The cor
| respondent adds that there is excellent
reason for believing that German states
| men expect a peaceful and satisfactory
| settlement Of the affair
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