New-York tribune., 1896-01-08

Issued In the name or the Queen directing tne
officers Of the British South Africa Company
in charge of the ordnance and reserve ammuni-
ton al Buluwayo and Fort Salisbury to hand
the same over to imperial officer. Orders
were also sent on January to the Civil Ad-
mnstrator at Buuwayo calling upon all citi-
zens to maintain law and order This order was
faithfully obeyed. The excitement viii be al
layed. Governor Robinson says when it Is
known that DR.. Jameson and his comrades
have been released.
THE BOERS FOUGHT BY SEARCHl.lGHTS.
dispatch from Cape Town says that. after
nghtfall the day Of the battle between Dr.
Jameson and mis- followers and the Beers. the
latter used searchlights. themselves remaining
under cover, and relying upon their sharpshoot-
to pick off .Jameson's men.
dispatch to the Central News dated Jo-
hannesburg. January 3. gives brief report OF
an interview had by the Central News repre-
sentative with Dr. Jameson. who was sent az
a prisoner to Pretoria. The doctor said;
only crossed the frontier because OF the urgen;
burg and because fully believed that
large numbers OF my countrymen ah1 i,,.oc couT.
try-women were in dire peril Of their nFes, !
was only to save them and protect men EN- ,.ia, &
moved. could have beaten the Roefs II & she Pm Pm
of Johannesburg had made any etort 10 heip pd IN
selves. which | was led to expect they .Wouldl ~
Help did reach at NrlgelS I,li, anu "
could not break the Boer line We fought uniil ,r we
were dropping TO the ground exhausted ana our
The Roers were in strong position and in strong
force and unable TO shiit them put Il ~ aie
way ito Krusersdorf which they could easIiy n"rs
done it would have prevented tie su2pNRs Roers O.
which enabled them to hold out against our at
acks. As It was. SPECIAL u9in lnc',, 10 tbe Roars
without hlndrance. ~
dispatch received to-day from Johannes
burg. dated January ,. Gays 1t mas Ira"1pre IRE 1p,a
that upon the arrival Of the news OF Or: Jat Jate
sons advance. Mr. Eloff. President hrub--
grandson. rode unattended to meet the i'Ilisn
South Africa COmpanys force. with VieW ~
persuadine them to return. He met them at
Zwaartla:igte and vainly urged them 10 retire
He was placed under arrest until tha ioloWlns
day. when he was liberated and ms morse re-
turned 10 him. DR.. jameson retained ms arms
telling him 70 call for them at the Government
Offices in Pretoria.
CONTEMPT FOR THE UITLANDERs.
1.-THE Westminster Gazette has dispatch
from Cape Town which says:
\ general feeling OF nauseatng CONTEMPT Tor the
Titlanders of Johannesburg exists mere I'M, leT.-
Ing INK o,IefIv down after Turing DR. Jameson into
Ever
"'rhe Standard" of johannesburg. has tele-
eranha1 70 London under the date OF January
3 that 1000 Boers. with Maxim guns. surround
Cd DR. Jamesons men and 100 of the latter
were killed or wounded. After Jameson and MS
men surrendered. they were dsarIaed ana
marched to Pretoria. A revulsion Of feeling has
set I'm AT Johannesburg. and the reform leaders
are roundly Denounced for their desertion of
Dr. jameson
The STANDARD" says:
II was mob revolution. in which The main popu-
iaron did not Join
Sir Hercules Robinson. Governor Of the Cape
Colony. IS now at Pretoria.
ImmDdiateIv after Great Britain offered as
sistpuce to the Beers the stores were closed
trade became stagnant and women and children
began leaving for the coast in coal. cattle and
horse trucks and every kind Of vehicle avaiia-
BILE The scene at the railway station was In
describabs The town Is perfectly orderly
dispatch from Johannesburg. dated January
2 says that one Of the agents OF Reuters Tele-
gram Company was arrested there as biltish
South Africa Company spy.
Another dispatch from johannesburg. dated
January :. says that deputation sent to Pretoria
had concluded three day armistice in order to
permit the arrival of GoTernor Robinson who
was expected to arrive in Pretoria on January !.
In the mean time the National Union of Uitland-
,rs control the town.
\ proclamation issued Dy Governor Robinson
has been published warning British subjects in
the Transvaal against Joining Or jameson who,
the proclamation declares. has been guilty Of
armed violation Of the territory OF a friendly
STATE.
Lord Salisbury visited the Foreign Office this
afternoon and Immediately after his arrival re-
ce,ved Mr. Chamberlain. and iIter received Count
Won Uatzfedt the German Ambassador The
interview between Count Won IiatZfeldt and the
Prime Minister lasted for half an hour. Subse-
ouentlv Lord Salisbury received Baron de Cour
Gel the French Ambassador. After these inter-
views Lord Salisbury started for Hatfield House.
his home in Hartfordshiro
VON uoHENLOtE NOT IN DIsFAvOR.
Berlin. Jan The Emperor and Prince Won
UohenIohe are I'm complete harmony as regards
the policy OF Germany toward the TransVaal
Government. and there is no truth In the story
that the Chancellor had offered his resignation 10
the Kaiser The report which was circulated
Yesterday. originated on the Bourse and had the
effect il was doubtless intended To haVe-that OF
Thr .'Tageblttt' says that after his audience
with the Emperor yesterday Dr. L"Ni secretary
Of state of tn, TIansvaal GoVernneni' eXpressed
himself as entirely satisfied. Immediately after
iea vinp the presence Of the Emperor Dr. Leyd
sent A long cable dispatch to President kruger
The story printed in Cape Town dispatch TO
.Thc Times" Of London. that Or. Leyd. with
secret fund at his disposal has floated Ger
man colonization company 10 introduce 5000
German military settlers into the 1ransVaal Is
declared upon semi official authority 10 De a"So-
lutely urfounded.
DR. Levd has received n teiegraphic communi-
cation saying that the position at Johannesburg
is reassuring
BRITISH VOLUNTEERS EAGER.
THEY NUMBER \ QUARTER or \ MILLION OF MEN