Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-03
SOUTH AFRICAN TROUBLE pr. Jameson Met and Fought the
 Boers. WAS LICKED AND CAPTURED The South African Company Ordered to Dis
 avow Jameson's Act.
THE DUKE OF FIFE ORDERED TO RESIGN
MT, Chamberlain Advised to Cancel the Charter of the British South Africa Company-All Sorts of Rumors
 in the Air.

London, Jan. 2-It was affirmed on the stock exchange at noon today that blegram had been received from Johan- nesburg stating that Dr. Jameson had ar rived there with his followers, and all was quiet there. The Globe publishes a news agency dispatch from Berlin saying it is sstated there that Dr. Jameson has ar rived at Johannesburg, and has had friendly and pacific communication with President Kruger of the South African republic.
 MT. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, has issued a state ment announcing that Governor Robin son of Cape Colony will start for Pretoria this afternoon to assist in the peaceful settlement of the Transvaal difficulties. MT. Chamberlain had a satisfactory in- terview this morning with the directors of the British South Africa company, among whom was the Duke of Fife.
 The Pail Mall Gazette asserts that 1000 armed men, who have been in readiness at Buluwayo to march into the Trans vaal, are probably now en route for that territory.
 The directors of the British South Af- rica company held a meeting at noon to- day to consider the dispatch of MT. Chamberlain ordering the immediate dis avowal by the company of any knowl- edge or responsibility for Dr. Jameson's act in leading an armed body of men into the Transvaal
 The Star advises MT Chamberlain to cancel the charter of the British South Africa company. The queen has ordered the Duke of Fife to withdraw from the directory of the British South Africa company.
 A dispatch from Johannesburg, South Africa, dated December 30, says the peo- pie there are greatly excited. Numbers or Boers are to be seen riding through the streets, which adds greatly to the public excitement performance of "Othello" was given on December 30 at the Standard theater in Johannesburg, which was crowded with people of all classes. The orchestra played the "Volk- slied" the national air of the Transvaal, whereat the audience drowned the music with groans and misses. The orchestra then played God Save the Queen" when the people rose and cheered.
 A mass meeting of the Australian res idents of Johannesburg has been held, at which the chairman proposed that in- fantry and mounted companies be raised to resist the Boers
 The Westminster Gazette says It is re- ported that Dr. Jameson, the adminis- trator of the British South Africa com pany, who led force of 800 armed men into the Transvaal, has been made a pris- oner.
 A dispatch has reached the colonial of- fee stating thatDr. Jameson has had battle with the Boers before Johannes burg, resulting in his surrender. A num- Der of his followers were killed and wounded. No details are given.
 The dispatch received at the foreign office announcing that an engagement had taken place between Dr. Jameson's force and the Boers and that the former had been compelled to surrender. was sent by Sir Jacobus A. Dewete, the Brit ish agent at Pretoria. an
 The following dispatch was recelveo late this evening from Sir Hercules Rob- inson, governor of Cape Colony:
 Cape Town, Jan. 2, 1896. S:25 p. m.-A messenger overlook pr. Jameson ten miles on the other side of Elans river. The messenger brought back a verbal message that the dispatch received by Dr. Jameson would be attended to. The force was saddling up. and at once pro- ceeded eastward. Dr. Jameson thus erred and disregarded both my messages. Sir Jacobus Dewete, the British agent at Pretoria, telegraphs this morning that It would have been impossible for him to have gone to Dr. Jameson. If it had been possible his mission would have been fu- tile. as the fighting commenced at o'clock yesterday afternoon"
 The messenger referred to by Sir Her. cules Robinson was one which was sent to Dr. Jameson with orders instructing the latter to return to British territory and to abandon his aggressive movement against the Boers.
 The Chronicle in it's issue tomorrow win claim on high authority that the re- belIion has been smoldering in Bechuana- land for six months and that during that time Dr. Jameson and his followers were silently arranging to descend upon the Transvaal The paper hints at certain matters to the discredit of the honor of the Englishmen. of which matters, 1t ssys, MT. ChamberlainI Is cognizant. The colonial office, it adds, is also aware that the Hon. Cecil Rhodes, prime minister of Cape Colony, would have to supply the money for Dr. Jameson's escapade.
 All the morning papers will publish edi- torials on the subject of the invasion of the Transvaal. They deplore the result. which they say will involve the gravest consequences. They contend that noth- ing but success could have justified the invasion. As the movement has miser- ably failed. it has seriously damaged the future of south Africa. The papers pre- dict that the bloody feud between the English and the Boers will be excited to fury and that probably cry will be raised to wipe out the stain of the second humiliation inflicted upon the British army by the Boers, but they declare that such a demand cannot be encouraged. All the papers condemn Dr. Jameson's rashness and disobedience.
 
 Dr. Jameson Lost Heavily.
 Cape Town, Jan 2.-The Cape Times has a dispatch from Pretoria dated yester- day saying that the latest news from Krugersderp was to the effect that there had been fighting between the Boers and the force led by Dr. Jameson and that the lattec had suffered heavily.
 Twenty-two Burghers were wounded and twenty-three prisoners were taken
 It Is reported that further British South Africa company force is being mobilized for the purpose of entering the Transvaal. A Kaffir command Is forming on the Bechuanaland frontier of the Orange Free State with the object