New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-01
RHODES FULLY IMPLICATED
SERIES OF CIPHER TELEGRAMs EH-
,,,prrEp IN EVIDENCE AT PRETORIA

THEY SHOW THAT THE JAMESON RAID WAS DE-
11nERArELY PLANNED. WITH THE hNo"N
rncr AND AID OF THE SOUTH
AFRICA COMPANY.
,..-,. Anril s0-A great sensation has peen
.a bere by the publication OF series Vi
.,oeran,s that were entered as evidence d. '"o
.,o, ~ the members Of the REFORM Co'hini''ee
Those kilograms 1t Is said here sno" oe''"N
orv doubt whatever that the raid OF Dr' 'a"ieso"
MAS not the result Of desire 10 pro'eo' .ne
women and children Of Johannesburg III 'ne
avent OF q rising there, as has peeh SO seuuiou'''
.u,,,.d nv cetrain English newspapers, put was
Tho outcome OF a carefully prearrangeo pan oii
Tho mart OF certain individuals OF the oou'h
Africa Company TO seize portion OF the ran"
vaa, a portion we'll known to be the rch eoio reei
', yy,twatersrand. on which johannesburg Is
located l.,
.,n,er-and on their face were apparently harm-
less business messages that had passed between
a,Verent men connected with johannesburg ana
tho South Africa Company AT the time Dr.
Ior,eson and his compa lions were captured py
.ho poers the latter found in the Doctors bag
= r.v for code messages This was taken pos
oss,on NJ nv the authorities, who later obtained
~. MASSAGE containing words corresponding
Nth those in the key In certain cases the
words in the original messages couid not DC
decphered by the use Of the key, ana IN these
cases the code words were read as part OF the
dispatches
Tho dates of the elegrams ranged from De-
csmher 7 TO December 29. Following are ex-
tracts from the messages:
December II.
Colonel Rhodes johannesburg. to White Mafeking i.
January. No more room for them ,...,,,.- 20
Stevens. Cape Town. to Colonel Rhodes ''nahe'-
Jameson wirs. most strongly. urging no postpon,
,,c shareho.ders' meeting. Let Hammond INFORM
weak partners that any delay most lnJuliuubs, lnJb ,s
Hammond, johannesburg. to Cecil Rhodes cape
Cannot arrange respective interests without Belt
FlotatIon must be delayed Until his arrival
On december 10 Belt replied that his health
nrevented him from going to Johannesburg ana
asked where the hitch was
December IS.
suggest rat Immediately nsSrnst odd @ ronnSs MnSs
Grey 10 forward as soon as possible zyT aTs rUsnaS
Of his surplus ammunition 10 1ardneT 'hor9, ,rl'o
Colonel Rhodes. johannesburg to Cnar'er cape
INFORM form c. j. Rhodes, stated chairman won't Leave
unless special letter inviting HIM Dehn,'e n eotssnn
anoe Dd DSe he VIII leave There must be departure
this as subscribers agreed 70 'ake srars
dspA'-are. December o.
Belt has telegraphed urging start hotatOn new sT
e,mpany Reply WIN you can hoa'' 81 '""' "
vsee Jameson same day.
Harris also sert dispatch similar to the above
Z, Dr. Jameson at Pitsan-
December q.
Harris. Cape Town. to Colonel Rhodes. Johannes
Rat has wired Phillips assuring him That Chair
man starts Immediately the fota;ion takes place.
No invitation necessary r..o,,,.r %
Harris Cape Town to Jameson Pitsani s,,r,.
Company win be foated next Saturday midnighr
They are very anxious that you do not start be be.
fore and secure telegraph 9ices stienee we
Cecil Rhodes johannesburg. to Charter, Cape
Absolutely necessary postpone notation. Leonard
left last night Cape Town
On December 2s Harris repeated the last-fnen-
toned dispatch to DR.. Jameson. adding:
You must not move until you near again. 100
awful Very sorry.
On the same date Jameson's brother tele-
graphed from johannesburg to Dr. Jameson, In
forming him that It had become necessary TO
POSTPONE the "hotation" through unforeseen and
unexpected circumstances and until we nave
c. J. Rhodess absolute pledge that the au-
thority Of the Imperial Government will not be
insisted upon"
On December 27 Harris sent dispatch to DR..
Jameson referring to shareholders meeting
to be held on January 6. and requesting him to
wait patiently
On the same day Harris sent another dispatch
to DR.. jameson referring to the distribution Of
the British South Africa Company's police.
On December 2S Harris in another dispatch to
DR. Jameson. stated that Leonard and Hamilton
had informed him that the movement was un-
popular In johannesburg This message closed:
1--WE cannot have fasco."
On December 2S Dr. jameson telegraphed to
Dr. Wolff a.. johannesburg, saying:
Meet me as arranged before you leave. which
will enable us to decide the best destination.
Make cutting tonight without fail. Have great
faith in Hammond. Lawley and miners with
Lee-Metford rifles"
The Harris whose name appears in these dis
patches Is evidently DR.. Harris secretary in
South Africa Of the Chartered Company.
London April SO."The Daily News" COM
menting upon the latest Developments in the
case. will tomorrow say:
III the issues involved were not so serious 1t
would be tempting to lnger on the farcical
side Of the revolution. which went off at half
cock" 1t adds that 1T does not assume that
the London section Of the Chartered Company
was privy TO the transactions disclosed, but in
asmuch as the South African section evidently
was. the Government will Immediately have to
face a demand for the revocation of the COM
pany's charter. The paper closes by asking why
Dr. Jameson has been made scapegoat
'The Standard" will say: "It will be very
hard to maintain henceforth that the inter-
vention Of the companys forces was a simple.
unprecedented outburst of chivalrous hu
manity. many anxious to picture IT,"
Discussing the obscure passages in the tele-
grams. THE Standard says 1t Is Of the opinion
that 'fotation" does not refer to any financial
scheme. The word chairman" appears to mean
DR.. Jameson. not Rhodes. although the latters
position. as revealed by the kilograms. Is not
easily reconclled with the assurances he gave
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain unless the mes
sages pure fabr!cations. THE Standard"
pays q tribute to the superior sagacity OF the
Boer officials In outwtting the plotters. and to
their marvellous shrewdness In withholding the