The sun., 1896-09-06
10000 Beers" This. then Is why the citizens
OF johannesburg did not go out TO meet Dr.
THE WALK rHnouon 1o, 600 BoEns.

10000 Beers" This then is why the citizens EN-
OF Johannesburg did not go out TO meet Dr'
Jameton.
THE WALK THROUGH 10000 BoERs.
In the first place, they had never intended TO
do so; nor had they ever made any promise to do
so, II was Jameson who was coming to help
fact that they had not gaaranteed him any aid,
even :, they had thought that nc conrey1Sa Rssdea
to A'SS him h'a unless as Ssy means sSoso sSs
same moment to hand the city oyer oyer
What Is more m no@S eo than ali
else besides, ls that there was no suspicion In
the minds OF any ono in Johannesenrg tina. that
during his ride.
As one Of Jameson's officers expressed IT to
shS Se '% s.
would ls g through the Trnnsvaai like glitter
why Jameson started when he DID, aga sgainstt
snd inS With saeS .S
force but the reason that probably Is nearest
sTSose men are are fuptiSs = iI.* he said: I'm
going TO stir them up" That speech undoubt.
assigned 70 him. and he thought the Others others
expedition would come to nothing. He wanted
the acclaim which would follow his invasion Of
Of his doing so was slipping from him through
the half-heartedness of the men OF Johannes
None of the men whose plans no wrecked
assigns any motive to him other than the
love OF fight. the desire to be, in the CEN
creased reputation that. would have come
to him. They describe him as man who
have @ NJ made d' Himself J A' fioh n in Mashenaiand
had he wished to do So and that in tho
self, but that in this case he failed because
he undervalned his friends and overvalued
stas1F unins hs w.rs %nsm in he much
greater danger for months than was Jane
during oE the three day' Of his ,or rd 5;
safe conduct out OF the country he had en-
tered against their entreaties required much
did that the Beers were only too an Iious to get
them there on any count. than 1t y3 would have
hand, TO attempt an Adelphi melodrama rescue.
JAcoBUs DE VETS PERFIDY.
On the night Jameson WAS marched a prisoner
20 Pretoria the Reform Committee was all but
even then it could not tell the excited people
that there were, not oyer 1900 guns In the
Jameson's brother stepped out on the balcony Of
the Gold Fields building and assured the mob
was going forward during. the ride, and that
even had he known that his brothers life was at
impossible to have helped him. that the people
were quieted and dispersed Three days later
the Reform Committee was placed IN @ jaii; ogpo m
Wet, the agent OF the English Commis ssion. that
II 1t agreed to armistlce IL would not be mo.est-
ed. This promise he now denies having m ade,
and MIR. Joseph Chamberlain 10 attempting TO
support him In his denial in tho face OF pub
Tho matter will be finally cleared up when the
Parliamentary Committee meets next fall.
Younghusband. the author OF Where Three
Nations Meet" as to the conduct Of the Reform
Committee after it went to Jail is interesting MS
coming from one who on the spot as spec
tator only and In no way interested IN the reyo-
nd rarfa nf ard he
cannot be accused. for can show that they did
not fear to face death, even in the terrible form
one of those critical days after Jameson had
surrendered they were told that the Beers
That thai thsy should epis.ly ,ssiIip away from
myself present on the occasion. and heard Col.
Rhodes and Mr. George Farrar say at once that
Tended ike men to stay where tney wee The
others agreed with them. and. with one or two
exceptions. the entire committee save them
cut any attempt TO escape.
NO CowARpICE on THE COMMITTEES FART.
MAY ! therefore ask their countrymen to
been cast upon them7 To face any lawful
punishment they are prepared. They did
% not 1.on in to arsrs land sS have @ ssaS ssas
the tauu;s OF cowardice from their fellow
c2untrym,e1n they feel is the crnoest blow
them and cruel to their children after them.
And now, when the severest sentence that can
by law be given has been pronounced against
them. III not Englishmen show their Justice
by repeating the sentence of cowardice they so
hastily passed upon Johannesburg and give the
refortners In their hour OF trouble the sympathy
There is one story OF Mr.. Hammond which
was told me by others OF the Reform Com
mittee, and which, while 1t will not surprise
those who know the man man WI! Siyo an MD idea
inond was very Ill during his imprson-
ment and In consequence permitted to go
ha n n ia lAnl nHAr hAnt-
bail. He was at that time under sentence Of
fifteen years imprisonment, and the bail was
pay. pay waich amounts to sl75,ooo. lie did
not give his parole to return to jail. and
meant nothing more than tho forfeiture Of
his bail. the amount OF which he could have
s tho o. Se
every man he met WAS his friend. He could
reaching the Cape have stepped upon the fret
Transvaal from him forever.
HAMMOND FACED THE MUSIC.
THAT is tho last you will see of Jack Ham
sHd S Kras'! srsa
II Mr.. Hammond would wish 10 escape.
j know Mrs. Hammond, and she Is too
Hammond cams back 70 pTst"rn and
admittance what, for all he then knew. meant
fifteen years OF hts life in prison. and the jailers
wicket that when he threw his valisc which
he had carefully packed with whiskey and
cigars for his three fellow prisoners. at one Of
them, the Boer picked It mp without exam.
lining II and carried II to the cell which HAM
mond. Rhodes, Phillips, and Farrar shared in
common. Hammond had gained his tenn porary
liberty because he was ILL., and no did not take
advantage OF that act OF kindness on tho part OF
the Beers 70 fly the country, and SO leave his
fellow conspirators TO suffer a punishment
which. II deserved BY one. was deserved by all.
II was case OF conscience and Of moral IA well
Rs physical courage.
And when people accuse tho Reform Com
mittee of cowardce and of being men who
failed to keep their word they should put
before them these two pictures ono
Of the Englishman Jameson. surrounded
by his 500 troopers, saying: "Thoso men
at Johannesburg are funking u. ! am going
to stir them mp" and three days later rails
Ing the white flag; and the other Of the Ameri-
can Hammond. when still shaking with fever,
he returned 10 serve out his sentence and stood
alone at midnight knocking for admittanco at