The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-02
EDGLAND'S NEW WORRY
Stock Exchange Excited Over
South Afriea's War Clouds
Victoria Acts.
BIZ Cable to the United Press.


LONDON, Jan. 2, 1S96.-A despatch from
Johannesburg, South Africa, dated De-
eember 30, says the people there are great
ly excited. Numbers of Beers are to be
seen riding through the streets. which
adds greatly to the public excitement.
A performance of 'Othello" was given
on December 3d. at the Standard Theatre,
in johannesburg, which was crowded with
people of all classes. The orchestra play
ed the "Volkslied," the national air of
lhe Transyaal, 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 Australian residents
Of Johannesburg has been held, at which
the chairman proposed that infantry and
mounted companies be raised to resist
The Pail Mall Gazette says that DR..
Jameson upon receiving summons to
proceed Iq'ass to Johannesburg to resist the
ministrator Of the British south @ % Afr M
can Company and that his followers
also also severed their connection with the
u was affirmed ON the Stock Ex-
change at noon today that a cablegram
isat nad in been received from Johannesburg
there with his followers and that ali
was quiet there.
asrhs The &C Globe be publishes b,t a news agency
stated there that DR.. jameson has ar
rived at Johannesburg and has had
ITrlendiy and pacific communication with
can Republic.
The Times in discussing the situation
IN SOUTH Africa claims to have author-
has eommanded the Duke of Fife, hus-
pand Of Princess Louise of Wales, to
Btisb FBssgn s sopb fca as director of the
Secretary of State for the Colonies, to
eancel sas the charter of the British South
The stock Exchange market was
greatly excited, at the opening. and and
eincts Of the Exchange s discussing m sns pree t5e
Transvaal situation.
,a, South Africa9 shares were in a pan
opened lower, Consolidated Coal
1ls 10, lower Second rate shares were vir-
American railroad stocks were firm:
other @ securities were lower.
The market closed better, though the
were better but foreign securities We're
irregular. Chartered South Africans had
a total DECLINE Of S-S; East Rands. IA
were few dealings in mines pending au-
tnentlc news Of the TTansvaal situation
tMr. JoSepn chamberlain, Secretary of
state fer the Colonies, has issued a state
ment announcing that Governor Robin
son of the Cape Colony will start for
Pretoria this afternoon to assist in the
peaceful settlement of the Transvaal
difficulties.
Mr.. Chamberlain had a satisfactory in
terview this afternoon with the directors
OF the British South Africa Company.
among whom was the Duke of Fife
The statement made yesterday that
Germany had officially Inquired Of
Great Britain what steps the latter
Government intended to take in regard
to the invasion of the Transyaal by the
British South Africa Company is con-
The Pail Mall Gazette asserts that
900 armed men in readiness at
Buluwayo to march into the Transvaal
are probably now en- route for that ter
The directors of the British South
Afr ca Company held a meeting at noon
today to consider the despatch sent bv
Mr. Chamberlain ordering the irnmedi-
ate disavowal by the company Of any
knowledge of or responsibility for DR.
Jameson's act in leading an armed body
of men into the Transvaal.
fNhe directors themselves profess to
be entirely without knowledge of Jane
sons movements.
The report that the Queen has order
ed the Duke of Fife to withdraw from
the territory of the British South Africa