New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-05

II will doubtless be news 10 many OF The
Tribune readers that there are within the limits
of the United States spots over which our Gov
eminent has no authority or jurisdiction. ana
which are 20 all intents and purposes foreign
territory and. theoretically. subject to alien
rulers They are situated right within the very
precincts of our National Capital, and belong TO
one or the other of the great Powers OF Europe
which have acquired them by purchase for the
purpose Of erecting their embassies thereon. TO
such an extent is this diplomatic fiction OF extra
territorialty carried that when the Crown Prin-
cess of Brazil, prior to the overthrow Of Dom
Pedros empire. was on the eve OF her CONNIE
mont at Paris she had herself conveyed to the
brazilian Embassy in order that the terms OF
,h. Imperial Brazilian Constitution might De
fulfilled, which required that every Prince IN the
line Of succession 10 the throne should be born
an brazilian territory Elsewhere in our issue
OF to-day will be found an interesting account
Of these foreign "Impera" in the American I'm
pcrio"
It would appear that the death agony OF Span
,sh msrule in the New World may not be far
distant For il is officially announced at Madrid
that thu insurgent Cuban forces have invaded
the province Of Havana. and that the capital OF
the island Is threatened This constitutes
practical admission on the part Of the Madrllene
Government that all the efforts OF SPANS fore
most generai-backed. as he has been. by an
army Of 10000 well-equlpped soldiers-have
proved powerless 20 restrict the instruction to
the eastern portion of the island. The onward
progress OF the revolutionlsts, whom Marshal
Martinez Campos contemptuously described as
"a mere handful of negro desperadoes,' has been
marked by the gradual extension Of martial law
over every province Of the island, and It's proc
lamation at Havana last week may be consid-
cred as the inevitable precursor TO the dawn OF
q brighter era-one Of freedom and Of indie
pendence-f0r the beautiful island KNOWN Us Tie
Pearl of the Antilles
A clew to the motive which induced so level
headed and canny a Scot as DR. jameson to I'M
dertake his apparently insane invasion OF the
Transvaal may be found in letter OF hA-a'-
tache." which we publish to-day. From this II
would appear that the sole object OF the DOCTOR
has been to bring about forfeiture Of the char
ter of the British South Africa Company win
view of furnishing some plausible excuse 10 the
unfortunate stockholders for its failure TO pay
dividends The company is alleged to De IN ii
bad way financially, and It's collapse would
bring much public obloquy upon the aristocracy'
the Court and even upon the royal family itself
For when the undertaking was first organized
BY Cecil Rhodes. he was clever enough to secure
the Duke Of Abercorn. Lord Grey and the heir
apparents son-in-law the Duke OF Fife as part
ners. and 10 interest many influential people in
society. in politics and among the members Of
the reigning house in the affair. Most Of these,
II is said, sold at a fantastic premium shares
for which they had paid only a nominal price,
I'D now the present holders Of the stock are