The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-08
READY FOR WAR.
England Organizes a Flying.
Squadron to Head Off
German Ships.
COMMANDERS ALL NAMED
johannesburg Surrenders to the
Beers Kruger Saved
Jameson.
SOUTH AFRICAN DIE 1lORS WORRIED
Kaiser Wilhelm Sends an Auto
graph Letter to the Czar-Tak-
ing Up the Gage.
SOUTH AFRICAN DIE TORS WORRIED
BIZ Gable 10 the United Press.

Bu CdOte 10 the Ustated Press
LONDON, Jan. s, 1Ss6-It is announc-
ed upon official authority that Admiral
Rawson, commanding the Cape and
West Africa squadron, has been ordered
to take his flagship, the St. George, to
Delagoa Bay.
1t is stated this afternoon that Ad-
,Iniral Rawson, commanding the British
Cape and West Africa squadron, who
was ordered to proceed with his flagship,
the st. George, to Deglagoa Bay, is al
Teady on his way to that place, where
several warships will assemble
Despite the report of evasive replies
from Sheerness and Portsmouth to in
Eauiries in regard to the Times as
ssertion that orders have been given to
put six warships in commission, it is
known that the report that a flying
squadron is to be formed is true. The
Admiralty are now preparing lists of the
officers and men for the squadron, which
will comprise the armored battleships
sRoyal Oak and Revenge, and the cruis-
Aers Gibraltar, Hermione, Charybdis and
aTheseus.
The Admiralty this afternoon issued
sthe names of the new commanders of
athe vessels composing the flying squad
IRON and the men who are detailed for
lservice on those ships. The new squad
iron is ordered to be in readiness for
itnavigating duties on January IA.
The new flying squadron will be put
into commission on January A.
The Governors of the Portsmouth and
Sheepshead dock yards declared this
morning that they had not received any
orders to prepare flying squadron, but
said that several ships were available
for such use Immediately. In political
circles it is believed that the formation
of flying squadron indicates that the
situation is grayer than it has hitherto
been thought. The afternoon news
papers all approve of preparations for
war. Some of them urge the revoca-
tion of the charter of the British South
Africa Company, after which England
would be able to fight Germany with
clean hands.
The .st. James Gazette" in an ar
ticIe under the caption Getting Ready"
and the .fGlobe,', in an editorial headed
taking up the Cage call attention, to
the unanimity displayed by all classes
and parties in Great Britain in resent
ing the Kaisers message to President
Kruger.
A despatch from Pretoria, dated Janu-
ary 6, says that Sir Hercules Robinson,
Governor of the Cape Colony. after con-
su1ting with the heads of the Transvaal
Government informed the people in the
Rand that they would be allowed twenty
four hours, from noon that day, to iay
down their arms Internationally
A despatch from Cape Town, dated
january 4, says that if DIR. Jameson
should be executed hostile feeling would
become so greatly aroused that the Brit
ish Government forces would not be able
to prevent a race war in South Africa.
An official despatch from Pretoria says
that Dr. Jameson will be released and
handed over to Sir Hercules Robinson,
Governor of the Cape Colony, on the
frontier of the Transvaal.
despatch to the Central News from
Cape Town, under the date of January
A., says it is reported that the High
Court of the Transvaal Republic order
ed that Dr. Jameson be shot, but Presi-
dent Kruger refused to sign the. war
rant for the execution. This report is
not confirmed.
The following statement has been is
sued by the Colonial Office:-''Governcr
Robinson of the Cape Colony telegraphed
to Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State
for the Colonies, from Pretoria on Janu-
ary Z: I communicated to Mr.. F. J.
Newton Secretary of the Colony of
British Bechuanaland, your telegram of
the 5th and received a reply from him
that he had been absent from Bechuana-
land nearly fortnight prior to the raid
into the Transvaal- He arrived at Mafe-
Z king on December % and heard then, after
the telegraph line had been closed, that
Jameson's force was leaving. That night
the wires We're cut and the first mes
sage that got through, on December 80.
was yours directing me to send DR.. Jame-
son an order to return. About one
fifth of Jameson's force started from
Mafeking and the rest from Pictsani in
the British South Africa Company's new
territory. Jameson left only ten police
men in the whole of tho Rechuana1aftc
protectorate and of these four were doing
customs duty.
ssFhe whole country was virtually un-
policed. There was no representative of
the British South Africa Company in
Mafeking and no magistrate in the com
pany's territory. There was only one
representative of the company in the
lower protectorate and he had Joined
Jameson,s force
"Governor Robinson adds:-tNewton will
come to Pretoria at my invitation to
confer with me in regard to reducing the
protectorate.'
Governor Robinson telegraphed Mr..
Chamberlain on January 1:-Johannes-
burg surrendered Internationally this af-
ternoon and gave up arms. President
Kruger has intimated that his intention
to hand over Jalneson and the other pris-
oDers upon the frontier of Natal You
may be satisfied that the crisis is over and
ali danger Of further hostilities ended."
Al despatch to the Central News from
Cape Town says that the Imperial off,
GERS with the Black Watch Regiment
will go to MafeAing to supervise the
disarmament and disbanding of the Brit
fsh South Africa CQmpany's forces.
Mr. Chamberlain now considers the
prisis oser aud VII recognize the SER.