Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-13
ENGLAND'S BLUE BOOK.
It Contains All of the Dispatches Which Passed Concerning the Trouble in South
 Africa.

London, Feb. 12.-The government has Issued a blue book cont aiming the dis patches which passed between MT. Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies; Sir Hercules Robinson, gov ernor of Cape Colony; President Kruger of the South African republic, and others in regard to the disturbances in the Transvaal. The book contains a dis patch from Sir Jacobus A. Dewet, the British diplomatic agent at Pretoria, ad- dressed to Sir Hercules Robinson, which announces that President Kruger, upon hearing that pr. sJa meson and his followers had crossed the frontier of the Transvaal, made an appeal to the gov- ernmentS of Germany and France for their intervention. In consequence of the receipt of Sir J. A. Dewet's dispatch to Sir Hercules Robinson MT. Chamberlain telegraphed to Governor Robinson on January 13 as follows Great Britain will resist at any cost the interference of any foreign power in the affairs of the Transvaal. The suggestion that they had contemplated such steps was met in this country by an unprecedented and unani- nous outburst of, public feeling. Great Britain will not tolerate any change in her relations with the Transvaal'
 Prior to telegraphing Great Britains positive refusal to permit any foreign in- terference in the Transvaal, MT. Cham berlain wired Governor Robinson in reply to an inquiry from President Kruger in regard to the destination of the new fly ing squadron of British war ships that it was not the present intention of the gov ernment to send the squadron to South Africa, as already three British war ships had been sent to Delagoa Bay, the rendezvous of number of foreign war vessels. Later Mr. Cha mberlain inform ed Governor Robinson that England while respecting the independence of the Transvaal on the subject of conventions would maintain her position as "a para mount power at all hazards.
 Concerning Dr. Jameson's raid MT. Chamberlain telegraphed Governor Rob 1nson instructing him to represent to MT. Cecil Rhodes, the premier of Cape Colony, that Dr. Jameson had been gull ty or nl1bustering and to inform him that 1T 1t should be proved that the British south Africa company was cognizant of ms movement or privy thereto, the gov efnment would be called upon to revoke the company's charter. Tn any event ne said, the company would be compelled to pay an indemnity
 To this cablegram Governor Robinson replied that he had MT Rhodes deela- ration that Jameson had acted wholly without authority The blue hook also says that MT. Chamberlain telegraphed on January 13, that the United States government was informed that John Hays Hammond an American citizen had been made a prisoner. charged with treason. MT. Chamberlain instructed governor Robinson to take, upon behalf or Hammond and the other Americans arrested, the same measures as should be taken on the part of the British sub jects
 The blue book also contains a Ietter from Hon. Thomas P. Bayard. United states ambassador, expressing the Amer lean pOVPrODnpnt'c oiat courtesy of the British government to- wards American and her citizens