The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-10
KRUGER TO VICTORIA
Courtesies Exchanged But
the Beers Still Hold a
High Tone.
WANT COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE
Uitlanders Disarming Slowly
New Flying Squadron
Trouble at the Cape.
Bp Cable to the United Press.

LONDON, Jan. lU, lS96.-The Govern
ment has received a cablegram from Sir
Hercules Robinson. Governor of the Cape
Colony, embodying President Kruger s
reply to the message communicated to
him by Mr. Chamberlain expressing the
satisfaction of the Queen at President
| Kruger's decision to turn over the Brit
ish South Africa Company prisoners to
officers of the Imperial Government. The
reply is addressed to Governor Robin
son and is as follows:-
I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of the telegram received by Your
Exceilency from the Secretary of State
I doln lor the COLONIES, requesting you, by
inform me of her message, in which her
majesty expresses her satisfaction at my
decision to hand over the prisoners to
already informed your Excellency it is
h really my intention to act in this sense.
50 that Jameson and the British sub
Jects under his command may be pun
ished by her Majesty's Government. 1
will inform your Excellency of my final
decision in this matter as soon as Jo-
hanneSburg shall have reverted to quiet
ness and order
In the meantime I request Your Ex-
cellency to assure the Queen of my
high appreciation of her words and in
proffering her my respectful good wishes
to 2 express my thanks for the same,
Signed, S. j. p. KRUGER
"a ueSpdlCH IFOm JOHdHHSSDuTS says
the Standard of that place publishes the
statement that the release of DR.. Jane
son and those of his followers who We're
taken prisoners by the Beers will be
made conditional upon the abrogation of
the convention of 1884,
despatch to the Central News from
Berlin says that unless Great Britain
satisfies the demands of President
KfIlo uI oh he oh ion re
the convention of 1884, by the terms of
which England exercises suzeranity over
the TransvaaI Republic, Germany will
urge Kruger to appeal to the European
powers to support him in his demands.
A despatch from Cape Town to the
Pail Mall Gazette under the date of
January g. says it is asserted there that
Cecil Rhodes was aware of the whole
plot which led up to and included DR..
Jamesons raid into the Transvaal.
Rhodes. the despatch says, is i'll at Cape
Town.
1t is reported that DIR. Jameson will be
taken to Natal, where he will be en-
barked for England to be tried upon
charges of violating the Foreign Enlist.
ment act. which declares it a punishable
offence to prepare a warlike expedition
against a friendly State.
Mr.. Chamberlain has cabied to Hof-
naeyr, the leader of the Afrikander Bund
la party having large majority in the
Cape Parliament and supporter of Cecil
Rhodes and the British South Africa
Company informing him that there. will
Africa Company's raid into the Trans
vaal and that further violation of the
territory of the South African Repub-
1t is reported that the inquiry will be
conducted by a royal commission, which
stances Of the whole affair.
The Queen has addressed an autograph
letter to O. NJ Joseph chamberlain Sec
ing, him for his services. in Connection
with the disturbances in the Transvaal
Mr.; Chamberlain. Secretary of State
to visit the Queen.
A despatch from Cape Town under the
Gate Of January 8. says that Messrs, ".
operate with the new Premier Of Cape
Colony, Sir J. Gordon Sprigg.
despatch from. Pretoria dated Janu-
ary G. says that prior to the issuance of
the Transvaal Governments proclamation
up their arms by six O'Clock on the even
ing Of January TO- Sir Jaeobus A. De Wet.
e hasten the Work e a 70
arning the revolutionists. A government
commission, was sitting at johannesburg
of the condition of surrender Sir A. J.
De Wet was to attend the sittings of this
commission and render it all assistance
possible.
The despatch says that 10000 Beers are
under arms and would not return to their
homes until the matter of disarming the
Uitlanders was finally settled
A despatch from Pretoria says that the
Transvaal Government are greatly dis
pleased at the slowness of the Uitlanders
in delivering. up their arms. They are
reported to have had in their possession
10000 rifles. whereas only 1900 have been
sequence of this the Government have is
sued a proclamation, declaring that unless
all the arms are delivered up by six
O'Clock on the evening of January TO- the
defaulters will be dealt with according to
mands Of the Government % will be be paroled, olr ed
with the exception of the leaders of the
revolt. who will have to suffer the pen
The Maxim -Nordenfeldt Company, man
.ufaeturers of arms at Erith. on the
Thames. have obtained permission from
truck loads Of small arms to Pretoria for
the Transvaal Government. The arms
have already been shipped
Mr.. George &c J. Gosschen. g First LORD Of
mouth mo- a'itt,i today 1s where he Inspected the he
ships at that yard which are destined
for the flying squadron.
The Pail Mall Gazette asserts that
fast cruisers, is about to be formed.
today and closed STEADY alhrs rail- ra
road stocks were slightly better, the
transactions being confined to inside
Argentine securities
In mining shares there was only small
business, but at fractional advances.
Free State TO Germany.
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