The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-13
TRAASVAAL TROUBLE
said To Have Been lnstigated BY
German Financicrs.
GERMANY'S AND ENGLAND'S ACTION
Set Forth In Statements Issued By
the Governments,
GERMANY'S AND ENGLAND'S ACTION
The CONSERVATIVES TAINTED
onion Said Salisbury Accepted Arbftra-
tiou Only After America Was
Forced To Threaten.

London, February 1.-THE Daily Telc-
graph will tomorrow publish a Berlin dis
patch which says that leading personagos
there are in possession OF convincing evil
dence that the jameson raid was wholly
instigated and the expenses betrayed by
six we'll known financiers, formerly Ger
man subjects. and without the knowledge
of the chartered South Africa company.
London. February ia blue book upon
the Transvaal troubles was issued today.
1t shows tho promp,ness with which the
secretary of state FOR the colonies. Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain, acted. The British
agent at Pretoria, the blue book says.
tclegraphed on December 81 that IN conso.
Quencc OF DIR, Jamesous invasion with the
British flag flying, President krueger had
asked for the intervention of Germany
and France.
on the same date Mr.. Chamberlain cabled
to Governor Robinson to report to the
premier of Cape Colony. MIR. Cecil Rhodes.
that Or. jameson had been guilty of fill
clustering. and that If 1t was proved that
the chartered company was privy TO his
intentions the government would be con-
fronted with demand for the revocation
of its charter. and that in any case The
company would have to pay an indemnity
Governor Robinson replied that Mr.
Rhodes had declared 10 him that DR..
jameson acted without authority. Mr.
Chamberlain replied that he was glad Mr.
Rhodes disavowed Or. Jameson's act. MIR
Chamberlain also said he could see no
reason why Mr.. Rhodes should resign the
premiership of Cape Colony
On January ;. 1870, MT, Champerlaln tcie-
grapheu Governor koo,nson IN reply 10
a communication from President kruegcr
as 10 the destination OF tire Lying squier
ron. INV Hhe soNeihnleht na9 no lhtent'ot'
as three warships had already been order
ea 10 peinEoa DAY. ""pre '"e "a'S''Ps
In another communication Mr.. Chamber
lain says 10 President kruegor; ! beg to
a I you , t N,re or nI noSSr
in The AFFAIRS of the 'rransvaal The sug-
gestlon that Germany medita,ed inter
ieienee nus peen ile, VI ,',|' ni ~
o. IT, =" !rt1 ,,,,,,r,nrcnt Nae IN reason AT
,'rssopt 10 AMI ,cinntr "A conf,ict with foreign
nn,.,ors IA Gr'nt Rri!nin VIII not tolerate
~, ,Lo,t,a a., Nor rointinns WIN the
;r',53,s,,,,I IVbiIn shn viil LOYALTY re-
Sweet tts jndenendrncn on the subject of
Cn,'yentIons she VIII maintain hrr pos
tion ~ "a narnnount mower
Air Chntnbnrlnin tnlegraphed on Janu-
ar, ia that the royernnient OF the United
St3tee had been informed that MIR John
IT, tin,nu1ond "A ritlzen OF the United
genoa was "A prisoner CHARGED with
treasnn Mr. Chamberla,n added: 81 ask
Vou To take in his behalf the same meas
ures as on behalf of British subjects. and
to extend TO any other United States citi-
Zcns involved similar protection"
In later replies Mr. Chamberlain repeat
ed tho foregoing N regard to protecting
thc Interests OF Anne ricaue. Finally the
blue book contains the letter from MIR.
Thomas r. Hayard. the United states am
hassador, dated January II. expressing inc
apureciatiun of the United States govern
ment al the comfy and courtesy exhibit
ed by the British government toward II
and toward its citizens.
GERMAN SIDE OF II.
perllu. February IA white book was
- go, -, no r,,,svaaI aevelop-
is9ueu '"u's o' Wv o., Az
ment In 1t rs puhllshed lts hrSt "ia-
match sent nv Baron Nsrschan Won Biorh-
80 ~ ,,,nt.,a,. ro,. corot,p acaIrg
efsle'h' tue munster ,or iV'o's" ''''@'' %
to Count Won lihtzleid-Nlidcp the Ger
man ambassador at London. dated Feb
r1ary Is. 1856 with reference to the ru-
marks Of the earl OF nimberly then sec
President Krueger's toast in honor of
Emperor William upon the question of
the mtter's birthday. In this message
baron Nnrschnll Won Rieborstein declares
Tho maintenance of the TransVanl az an
lndrpcndent state in the sense OF the
treaty Of 1854 and the upholding of the
sam quo regarding the railways and
harbor OF Deiagoa bay lie added that
pr. Jameson's idea that Rhodesia was TO
become a commercial union or fedora
nntogonistic 10 Gcrmany'g Interests
rSs German atnbassad3r M London re-
piled. saying the marquis Of Salisbury
G ap aa% In - the ' wish hs the statu QUO
IN on ie peeSm 1iS 3D. ISL Ss5 he Germans of