The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-09
SOUTH AFRICA MORE SERENE.
TIRE BoERs TO TREAT THE PRISON
ERS LENIENTLY.

squadron Organized by the British
admiralty to Go Into Commission
5nn. t4.
London. Jan. S.-An official dispatch
fronl Pretoria says DR.. Jameson will be
-elassed and handed over to Sir Hercules
P,binson. governor of Cape Colony, on
the frontier of the TransvaaL
Desnite the receipt of evasive replies
srnn1 Sheerness and Portsmouth to in
aIiries i'm regard to the Times assertion
T,4t orders have been given to put SIX
r.7rshiDs i'm commission, il is known that
fba report that a flying squadron rs 10 pe
ss'S,le5 is true. The squadron will COM
iri-4 the armored battleships Royal OAK
and Revenge and the cruisers Glbral-
far Hermione and CharybOlis.
In political circles II IS DeueNeQ tne
farmation of flying squadron indicates
tba+ The situation is graver than was
hitherto thought. The afternoon neWspa-
sers will approve the preparations Tor
TT1r Some urge revocation of the char
Ter Of the British South African Company,
after which England viii be able 10 hght
Germany with clean hands II IS an
ro1rced upon official authority that Ad-
niraI RaWsOn, commanding the cape
and West Africa squadron has been
oriered to keep the flagship st. George
at DelogOa Bay. I'll.
The ST. James Gazette, in an article
under the caption, Getting Ready ana
tbp Globe, in an editorial headed Iak-
ing up the Guage," call attention to the
i,1,aDinitv displayed by all classes and
narties in Great Britain in resisting the
taiser's message to President Kruger.
Tho directors of the British South Atrl-
"a company have held repeated meetings
during the past week and since Monday
thav have met twice daily, but they nave
made no statement to the press. 1t is un-
derstood that Mr.. Chamberlain, secretary
of state for the colonies, has orQefed lHe
directors to obtain from Cecil Rhodes a
detailed statement of his knowledge of Dr.
Isnason's movements prior to the latter
raid into the Transvaal, otherwise the
charter of the British South AFRICA Com.
many. would be revoked. The anxiety OF
the directors increases as the Gays go py
without bringing any statement from MI MI
Rhodes. whose only reference 10 ~. > dIllS- tl.
son was made in a dispatch recelNtu mere
m Ian. /. in which he said that DR.. jane
Son had acted without authority
The following statement mas peen is
sued by the colonial office: "GoV. Ropln-
SON of the Cape Colony telegfapheu 70
MIR Chamberlain, secretary OF state loE
the colonies, from Pretoria, on Jan. q ~. 4
communicated to F. J. Newton, secretary
of the colony of British Bechunaland, your
telegram of the 5th and received re-
plv from him that he had been absent
from Bechaunaland nearly fortnight
rri0r TO the raid in the TransYaal lie ar
rived at Mafeking on Dec. 20 and heard
then. after the telegraph line had been
closed. that Dr. Jameson force was ledV-
ing That night the wires were cut ana
the first message that got through on Dec
30 was YOURS, directing me to send DR..
Jameson an order to return. About one
fifth of Dr. Jameson's force started from
Mafeking and the rest from P1ctsanl, IN
the British South Africa Companys new
territory DR.. Jameson lett only ten po-
lcemen in the whole of the Bechunaland
prOteCtorate, and of these four We're dolnS
customs duty. The whole country was
sentative of the British South Africa
Company i'm Mafeking and no magistrate
i'm the company's territory. fhere was
only one representative of the company IN
the lower protectorate, and he had Joined
Jamesons forces
Gov Robinson adds: Newton will
come to Pretoria at my invitation to con-
fer with me in regard to reducing the
protectorate.'
berlain on Jan. z: Johannesburg surren-
deTed Internationally this afternoon and
gave up its arms. President Kruger has
intimated his intention to hand over
Jameson and the other prisoners upon the
frontier of Natal. You may be satisfied
that the crisis is over and all danger of
further hostilities ended
Mr.. Chamberlain now considers the crisis
oyer and will recognize the service OF the
staff Of the colonial Office during the pc
riod of tension by entertaining them at a
dinner at the DeVonshire Club. The din
ner will be a private affair
All parties join in paying tribute to Mr.
Chamberlain's energy and skill IN MS
handling of the difficulty.
dispatch to the Central News from
Capetown says that the imperial officers,
with the Black Watch regiment VIII go
and disbanding of the British South Afri-
ca COmpany'S forces.
A dispatch from Pretoria, dated Jan. g.
says the prisoners of Dr. Jamesons Iol-
lowing are loud in their praise of the
treatment they received at the hanqs
of the Beers, while the burghers deeply
resent the action of DR.. jameson Ihey
are intensely angry at the necessity OF
leaving their farms, and demand speedy
and final settlement of the questions at
issue and fun and free possession of the
fvu sta1 ,F,ax~ 1a-
rule of the Beers.
OF the prisoners, the men were con-
fined in the race course enclosure at Pre-
lorla, and the officers in the town Jan,
Dr. Jameson, Sir John Willoughby and
the Messrs. White were deeply detected at
the result of their movement, Dr. Jane
son refusing to take food for some time
after his Imprisonment.
The Central News is authority for the
statement that Lord Salisbury has noti-
lied the German government that Great
Britain will defend the rights in the
Transvall secured to her under the con-
NeDtton of 1884, at all costs,
The generosity shown by President kru-
ger is admitted everywhere. At the clubs
mere ii is a matter of speculation as to
&hat terms will be made by Sir Hercules
RobinsOn, governor of the Cape Colony.
Inc concensus of opinion is that President
NIuger will eXpel the leading agit2torS
IN the band of whose participation in the
conspiracy against the Transvaal govern
LEM ne possesses proofs, and that the
oIltish government will punish the other
participants. It is also believed that the
bIiush South African Company will be
uelged to pay a heavy indemnity, and
WI lose its administrative rights in the
dgJolning territory
very thing is quiet about the govern
iileHJ oilces this evening. Lord Salisbury
a. I5ylnS ball at Hatfield house, his seat
4H Hertforshire
"a dispatch from Capetown received to-
j-ist says that DR.. Jameson and those of
loHoWers who were taken prisoners by
E boers have been released and handed
go, go 10 Sir Hercules Robinson, the gov
,ioT or Cape Colony.
~ ffetoria dispatch says 1t is reported
- mat the Transvaal government has
handed the banishment from the coun-
~ or Cecil Rhodes and DR.. Jameson, and
Prf . payment of a large indemnity by the
It!sh South Africa Company. Nothing
ta sIoWn or this report in official quar-
ahd It is not believed.
1T eQltoriais of the leading papers to-
TiIoW VIII laud the generosity and pru-
~ bs'ee on PRESIDENT Kruger and assure him
frII' England appreciates them at their
~ ~ value. All of the papers viii praise
c0l9nlal Secretary Chamberlain for his
Tg.Fse throughout the difficulty The
,9lly chronicle win congratulate him
S!iH having secured peace with honor
snare Of praise
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