The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-30
RUMORS OF A COMPROMISE BY
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS
ARE FALSE.
MK|NLEY IS FOR SOUND MONEY.
So Senator Sherman Says, and He
Ought to Know-Republica Women
Hold a Convention in Illinois.
Other Political Pointers.

anu members OF the mouse OF commons
have formed South African association
for the purpose of the support of Mr..
Chamberlain's policy.
A dispatch to the Times from Pretoria,
| says: President Krueger's reply to Mr..
Chamberlain will be considered shortly.
1t is understood that it is a diplomatic
masterpiece. | believe the contents are
as follows.
THE Transyaal government objects to
the discussion of reforms on the ground
that England has admitted that it can
not interfere with Transvaal internal af-
fairs. AT the same time private sug-
gestions from the British government
will always receive consideration. If
the revision of the London convention
| and the superceding of it by treaty of
| amity and commerce, containing most
favored nation clause can not be dis
cussed unless the alleged grievances of
the uitlanders are also discussed, the
Transvaal government prefers to leave
matters in statu quo and will limit its
demands to an indemnity for the Jameson
raid.
THE president points to the necessity
of his presence in Pretoria ut the meeting
of the Volksraad as an objection to his
visiting England and suggests that mat
tiers should not be pressed now. England
can, however, he says, still facilitate the
visit by accepting the basis of discussion
which the president has already pro-
posed.
He frankly admits that his admins
tration is improbable and that the govern
ment is not always in the right, but he
takes objection to a guarantee against
foreign attack. This was never asked, he
says, and article four of the convention
was unnecessary for that purpose.
,I,,., l,n ,,,A hat \,
patience and forbearance both sides to
the difficulty may be overcome. He ex-
presses the hope that wounded feelings
may be healed and friendly relations re-
stored"
The Daily Telegraph says, in an edi.
torial:
ut will not make any difference wheth-
er President Kruger comes or not. 1t is
the Beers loss, not ours. President
Kruger knows that the real effect of the
Transvaal trouble would be to make
| sooner or later, a British African empire,
having no more contented and prosperous
subjects than the Dutch"
The Times commenting in an editorial
upon President Krueger's reply, suggests
that England also can leave matters as
they are, including the indemnity which
must be claimed. if at all, from the
chartered South African company"
The Daily Telegraph has Pretoria dis
patch, which says:
1t is reported that an arrangement has
been arrived at by which the rank and
file of the nation reform committee will
pay II nominal fine. The leaders will re-
ceive a severe penalty, but it will not 90
beyond a heavy fine and a term i'll prison.
TO HEAR KRUEGER'S EXCUSE.
London, April 27.-In anticipation of
the statement of Colonial Secretary
Chamberlain regarding the invitation eX-
tended to President Kruger of the
Transvaal to visit England, there were
in the galleries of the house of com
mons today larger number of visitors
than had been there on any, occasion
since the reassembling of parliament.
On rising, Mr.. Chamberlain said that
Presidents Krueger's reply to the invi-
tation must be considered in connection
with the communications which had pre-
coded it, The most important point
was that President Kruger, referring
to the request for a definite reply to the
invitation, says that he feels confident
that the secretary of state for the colo
MES will feel and appreciate the diff
Guilty of his position and that it appears
to him wiser not to press the question
of his proceeding to England in view
of the coming session of the vOlksraad
and the desirability of his presence at
least at Il portion of the session is appar-
ent.
Under the circumstances. continued
Mr.. Chamberlain, the government was
reluctantly withdrawing its invitation,
and had asked Sir Hercules Robinson,
the governor of Cape Colony, to send
Sir Graham Power the imperial secre-
tary at Cape Town, to England in order
that the latter might receive Instructions
regarding further negotiations.
In conclusion, Mr.. Chamberlain said
that the government hoped to lay the
correspondence on the subject on the
table in the course of the week.
HAMMOND PLEADED GUILTY.
Pretoria, Auril 27.-The trial of the
members of the national reform commit
tee of Johannesburg was resumed today.
John Hays Hammond, the American
mining engineer, pleaded guilty of high
treason, following the example of the
other leaders for the reform committee.
Mr.. Hammond was prevented by ILL
ness from being present at the time the
other leaders made their plea.
ANENT VENEZUELA.
London, April 27.-The first lord of
thp trpa sury Mr. I RoIfour ro,ly