Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-09

South Africa at Once.
Berlin, Jan. 5.-The invasion of the
Transvaal by DR.. Jameson and the
forces of the British South Africa COM
feeling Of hostility to England and
evoked an outburst similar to that pro-
duced by President Cleveland's mes
sage on the Venezuelan question in
America. The general belief that the
seeming duplicity on the part of Brit
ISL statesmen is deliberate and in pur-
suance of their policy of keeping
Europe divided into camps, in order to
facilitate English aggTessions and en-
CIoachments in Africa and elsewhere,
has received supposed confirmation in
the news of JamesOn's venture. In
spite of the disaVoWal of the British
secretary Of state for the colonies, Mr..
Chamberlain, of any knowledge or
responsibility for the step taken by
Jameson, there is little doubt felt here
that it was prompted in high quarters
and the weighty terms of the en-
peror'S message are interpreted as in
dicating the same mistrust of English
protestations which are felt in govern
ment circles. Every body understands
that the emperor's message to Presi-
dent Kruger is not due to any mere
impulse, but was decided upon and
drafted after grave council of the
ministers, and it must therefore be
regarded as an open statement in re-
gard to the change in policy in Ger
many towards Great Britain. The i'm
mediate news of the invasion of Trans
wall was received Tuesday evening,
and the emperor summoned at once
the minister of foreign affairs, Won
BiberStein, and DR.. Kayser, the direc-
tor of the colonial office, and spoke in
strong terms in regard to the breach
of international law. The latter Of
fetal Immediately sent the British
government note asking, CURLY, for
the meaning of Jameson's raid.
The statement is made on good
authority that Germany has already
come to an agreement with France to
arrest the British advance in South
Africa and that 1900 German vOlun-
teers, we'll equipped, will start on board
a North German Lloyd steamship dur
ing the coming week for Delogoa bay in
order to assist the Beers.
At the New Years reception at the
palace, Emperor William was frigid
in his treatment of the British am
bassador 1t was remarked that his
majesty barely addressed few words
the other hand, the emperor's recep-
ton of the United States ambassador,
Runyon, was most cordial. Beside
the usual congratulations, his majesty
took pains to manifest the undiS
turbed relations of intimacy between
Germany and the United States by
talking with Runyon most pleasantly
and amicably for some time. The an
ti-English feeling has been all along
fed by the Bismarck press which re-
preached the government for truck
ling to English insolence," but the
emperor and the government have
hitherto withstood these taunts. Now,
however, vigorous anti-English pol
icy may undoubtedly be anticipated.
Incidentally, this has helped Germany
to view the British-American difficult
ty with different eyes. The anxiety
taken here in regard to the American
loan shows this. Bankers of Berlin,
Cologne and Frankfort fell over each
other in their haste to have a snare in
it and the United States embassy was
overwhelmed throughout the week
with inquiries as to the precise terms
of the loan, proving conclusively that
the American credit was unimpaired
in the money market.
1t is now openly rumored that there
is a triple alliance between Russia,
Germany and France and that in event
of war between England and Germany,
its force would soon be felt.
London, Jan. 2.-There is now no
his troops were Worsted in their in
vasion of the Transvaal. The battle
lasted from until II p. M, and DR..
Jameson lead the three attacks in per-
son. The Boer position was a right
angled one and DR.. Jameson attacked
it at one point, and in entering the
angle had the fire of the Beers on his
front flank. The Beers were much SUI
perior in numbers and their position
was unassailable.
Dr. Jameson and $50 men were
taken prisoners and sent to Pretoria.
DR.. Jameson was not wounded. About
80 Englishmen were killed in the con-
flict.
The Standard, which may be re-
garded as directly representing the
views of the British government,
warns foreign nations IN general, and
Germany in particular, that Great
Britain will tolerate no interference
and that lin spite of threats of the
German official press to make things
unpleasant for Great Britain, at
Washington, Constantinople and Pekin
We shall defend our own with ali the
means at our disposal, let our assail-
ants be who they will or as many as
they will" This utterance upon the
part of the Standard is a sample OF
the remarks on the subject made by
the British press and coming from the
lions that Great Britain and Germany