The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06

visioual government at Johannesburg. That
y what was to have happened. What did
happen was this.
ON the 26th of December one of the
reform committee was sent q great haste
TO the cape to arrange come final details
and TO hurry up the arms, which We're
slow in coming, and without which the
revolution was as formidable In appear
ance, but as absolutely impotent. In fact, as
an empty dynamite can. When at the cape
this member discovered a hitch In their
plans, and SO informed the reform COM
nhttee, and this caused Samuel Jameson
at johannesburg, to send the following
Telegram to his brother at Matching:
ut is absolutely necessary to postpone
flOtation through unforeseen circumstances
must not move until YOU have received in
structions to-
This was on the 26th OF December, Just
two days before the raid. On the 9th of
December telegram was received In Jo-
hannesburg by Jameson's brother to the
following effect:
.Dr. Jameson says he cannot give extern
sion OF refusal for flotatioD for Decembers
as Transvaal Beers opposition
This telegram was the first fntiination the
reform committee received that DR.. Jane
son had some idea OF taking the bit between
his teeth, of dragging ereins out of their
hands, and boiling. Such contingency
had not occurred to them. They knew he
was perfectly well acquainted with their
helpless condition: they knew that he b AL
been strictly eDjoined not TO appear on the
scene until Hammond gave him the signal.
And at once, in the greatest possible alarm
at the possible failure of their long
plans, they seDt two messengers post haste
to warn him not to move from where he
was. Major Haney, an American, a gradu-
ate OF West Point, and a soldier who has
seen service In the Portuguese and Kaffir
wars, was dispatched by Hammond on q
special train, and Edward Holden was sent
to Mafeking on horseback.
So well did Holden understand the ne
ccssity of reaching Jameson In time to
head him off that he made the 15O miles
between Johannesburg and Mafeking in
seventeen hours, changing his saddle to
five different horses. He arrived outside
the Jameson headquarters at 4 O'Clock on
Saturday morning, the 2Sth OF December,
where he was met by his friend, Lieut.
Grenfell Of the Guards, who conducted him
to Jameson, to whom lie delivered Ham
mond's message. HeaDy and his special
tram arrived later on the 2Sth, and he
handed Jameson his message On the day
previous the following telegram had ar
rived from Hammond: Wire just re-
ceived. Experts report decidedly adverse.
absolutely condemn further Developments
at present"
DR.. JAMEsoN's RIDE.
This was on Saturday morning, so before
Jameson left Matching, and long before he
had crossed tile border OF the TranSvaal,
and long before he had been ordered back
by Commissioner OF the Transvaal Re-
public, and later by the representative Of
the High Commissioner for Great Britain, he
hal
his friends, telling him he was not wanted,
and telegram from the man who was to
give him the signal to start, begging him
to stay where he was.
In spite OF this, on Sunda y, September 90,
DR.. jameson started on his ride to j oha mes
burg against the wishes OF Cecil Rhodes
and against the entreaties OF the reform
committee, and instead OF bringing with
him the 500 men and the 1, 800 extra
rifles agreed upon, he came with only 5O4
men and carried no extra arms.
The first intination that the people OF
johannesburg received that Jameson had
started was when they read OF his having
done SO in the newspapers which came out
on Monday afternoon, twenty-four hours
afJer he had left Mafeking.
The position OF the reform committee WIS
now. owing to the precipitate action OF Or.
Jameson ia disobeying orders, and In fore
ing them to show their hand, a most diff
cult one. They had, all told, but 900
rifles In the town, while the Beer govern
ment had under arms nd within call 900
burghers, each OF W HON was fighting man,
When Hammond asked Heyman, Dr. Jane
sons military representative In Joha mes
burg, how long he thought they could hold
out should they attempt to defend the town
with the thousand rifles in their pos
session, Heyman answered, About twenty
minutes" az
1t was stated at the time of the raid by
many different people that Jameson bad
been promised force of 1000 men to
meet him at.Krugersdorp. No such promise
was ever made to Jameson by the reform
committee, and, even had 1t Teen made.
Jameson knew when he left Mafeking
that by coming In before his friends were
armed he COULD not expect any assistance
from them.
Nor, To be quite fair to both Jameson and
the reform committee, did he expect such
assistance, nor did the reform committee
think he needed it.
One of Jameson's troopers reached Jo-
hannesburg early on Thursday morning at
about the same time Jameson was being
surrounded at Doornkorp, and at once
reported to Col. Rhodes and Hammond
The man said he had been sent on in
advance by the doctor to tell them that
he and his force were coming in easily, and
hours but that he wanted them to send
committee of citizens to meet him at the
outskirts of the town in order that his act
might not look like that of a something the
name Of which the trooper could rot re-
member. Rhodes suggested ''filibuster"
and .adve nturer," but the trooper shook
his head until some one ventured pirate"
when he exclaimed, Yes, that was the
word" Rhodes laughed and said: And
I'll wager the doctor said ID pirate"
Yes. sir; he did, the trooper answered,
and the II curled up, completely exhausted,
on the floor under the table in the COM
mittee-room and slept there for five hours.
After this message was received, the
committee was so confident that Jameson
was coming in safely that the women OF
the town gathered flowers together and
rode out along the highway to Krugersdrop
to meet him and his conquering heroes.
Another message from Jameson, which
shows he did not expect any assista nee in
spite of what statements he may have
made to his men before starting, is a
letter sent by him to Col. Rhodes in reply
to one which had been brought him from
Rhodes by bicycler, who reached Jameson
on Wednesday night, some twelve hours
before the surrender of the following morn
ing.
CECIL RHODES LETTER.
In this letter Rhodes told him tn at there
had been no massacre or uprising in 10
haInesburg, and added tina he would have
q drink with him that night when he
got in, and to this Jameson replies that he
is coming In all right, and needs no help,
but that If they could spare 200 men, he
would be glad If they would send them
out to meet him, as II would cheer up his
troopers, who are tired with their long
ride.
This letter never reached Rhodes until
three months later, as the bicycler was
stopped by tie Beers Oh his way back, and
his machine was thrown into the shaft OF