New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-24
DR. HMESON IN ENGLAND.
HE AND HIS OFFICERS sEQUESTERED ON
BOARD THE VICTORIA.

THE UITLANDERs on WHOSE INVITA-
TIoN THEY UNDERTOOK THE
RAID - CHEERING CROWDS
FOLLOW THEM IN LONDON.
Plymouth. Feb "a, 23O m.-The transport
Victoria anchored in the Sound at midnight AS
soon as It was learned that she had arrived
boat tnat had been chartered by the press repre-
sentatives put out to her. When the press poat
attempted to run along.ide the trai port she
was warned off the warning being accompanied
by the information that no communication wou4u
be allowed with the prisoners.
Several officers Of the Victoria were on DECK
and they were questioned at long distance regard
ing DR. Jameson and his officers They declined
to give any information beyond the statement
that all the prisoners were well and that Dr.
Jameson was asleep It IL believed that for the
present the precautions taken by the Government
will prevent any OF the prisoners being inter
viewed hut every effort will be made TO secure
their version Of the events that led to the IN
vesioo of the Transvaal and the occurrences that
took place thereafter, story that the pupiic Is
eagerly awaiting.
No CROWD TO CHEER IN PLYMOUTH.
p,vmouth. Feb. 23.-The British steamer Har-
,ocb Castle from Port Natal January 2S ar
rived here at sos o'clock THE morning, having
on hoard 3O5 troopers who took part IN Dr'
Jameson's raid into the Transvaal and who were
compelled TO surrender to the Roers. These men
were turned over to the English authorities py
the Boer Government and the former oruereu
that they be brought to England. The officers OF
the expedition. including DR.. Jameson are on the
+ransnort Victoria which is expected to arrive
soma time during the night Among the men
on the Harlech Castle there were six ILL.,
Shortly before II 80 o'clock a tender went
alongside the Harlech Castle. The troopers
were all mustered on the deck OF the steamer
and their transfer to the tender was quchN
accomplished. 1t thought that much en-
,husiasm would le displayed on their arrival
here. as there is scarcely doubt that their
raid Illegal though it was. caused much popu-
lar admiration in England The fact did not
bear out expectation. There was no crowd
present to witness their decentralization from
the tender and there no cheering.
A majority Of the troopers We're attred in the
no,,ce uniform of the British South Africa Com
pany but a number of them wore nondescrpt
garments Overcoats and other clothing SUIT
able to this climate were supplied them' ana
they then looked far more comfortable 'han
they did in the early morning. Ihey are d
swart hardy looking lot Of men. Iheir ages
ranged from twenty to thrty-five Many OF
them belong to some of the best families in Eng
land having gone to South Africa whefe they
could do work which. had they done 1t here.
would have caused them to have been iooKeu
down upon by their acquaintances
The representative of the United Press talked
with a number Of the men. Their stories OF the
fight. which ended In their surrender at Krugers-
dorp, varied widely. Some Of them said 'ha'
when they surrendered to the Boer force their
ayha
declared that there was no lack OF ammunition
The,, all agreed that the Beers lost from l'O TO
ooo men killed though II is has been denied by
tho Roers themselves. one OF the complaints
that has been repeatedly made against '"e
Roers' method Of warfare is that they VIII ho'
face their foes in the open. hiding behihd "'''
and rocks and in gullies and picking thcH enc
r,,es off without themselves being seen. II tn'y
followed this method in their attack on III 'd''-
SOME force and ii has been repeatedly stated una
they did il IL hard to understand how their IosS
Gould have been az heavy as the troopers asS'' l.
ono of the men. however said that he had seen
the official Boer return Of their dead anu '""'
this showed that 1872 were killed.
In one particular all the troopers were IL
,.., oo,rae,pent. and that was in denunciation
~ the Uitlanders Of johannesburg VINO '''
sao,orod had induced them to enter the Trans
o~1
taIn tbero though they Ghc foreigner) had
large and well-armed body Of men, who' II '"eS
had been sent to Dr. Jameson's aid, would nave
,,,. an ontirelv different face on the affair Inc
men were very bitter in their expressions
against the JohannesDurgers
chort,v after the troopers had been Iahoeu
tbev were supplied with railroad tickets al inc
oxnenee Of the Government, and all Were ''l'''e
d,ately shipped to their homes Many W iran .a'r
arc Irishmcn and ScOtchinen. some nv 80, 80,
interests In Mashonaiand. anu i eNt'u' 20, thare 4
70 South Africa when quiet Is re- toTed tIiete'
nrnber ~ of the men said that the goa neiuS
e,f Mashonaland Company would give al "a '''0
Yartv a bonus Of f1O0 In London .,o
A large number OF newspaper renreseh'aa.iN'' a
. "a here Their interest Is centred IN Ut '"'l'
son and the other officers on the N'c,o, on"
every effort will be made 10 secuie iN 20, The
With then, 1t IL thought. however that t...
Cnvcrnment has made arrangements 10 prevent
th.,r mr. soners from being talked TO Dy news
paper men.
ENTHUSIASM IN LONDON.
1ordon Feb "a majority of the troopers
arrived at the Paddingtsn station TINS evening
from Plymouth. moderate-sized crowd was III
the street. but none Of its members even 'h'us"
thcv were relatives Of the men. were allowed 70
artor .be station Most OF the crowd believed
that DR.. Jameson and his party had arrived
and they refused to De dlsabused
When the cabs and carriages conveying the
men issued from the station the crowd cheeIeu
them Justify. The troopers enjoyed thelr recep-
ton. and waved their hats in response to the
cheers AS they proceeded eastward their uni
forms attracted attention. and large crowds loi-
lowed the vehicles cheering and roaring for Dr.
jameson. nj, am
There was big demonstration In Piccadlly
Circus where the crowd was SO dense that the
carriages proceeded with difficulty. There was
a great contrast between the reception accorded
tho man in London ana IIyfnOutH. Inc en-
thusiasm displayed here showed that Dr. jane
son is a popular hero in London
The statement made some days ago that, after
Mr. Chamberlain's interview with Cecil Rhodes.
the Government had decided that ii was impor-
tant To prevent DR.. Jameson from communicating
nth anybodv before he delivered to justice.
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