New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-06

,,.,.ctsrv Committee Of Inquiry,
~ large number OF people were
rsp" crate and that Greece was suppo..e
COINS II saw" he added brisKiy, that
the "..,,v the same thing" This analogy
thai ,o.n suggested by any one else. Inc
hs' =, the Transvaal was a nhous'e's
invas' ,,.cu,ators' buresque dishonora-
co"eu' ,-ous conspiracy OF the capitalists OF
Die vmd and their millionaire Pauons a. ~, s's
the h" A. Rhodes and his feliow-in'risusIs nd1
vast for.u .s,,, revolution and the consolidation
By q su,.,,ye properties The Greek raio
OF spe1SS ste is not a sordd political adventure
ess" ch,valrous campaign unasr'ahe - ,o' ~. ~
II obiect Of delivering Crete from the
humane ~ oppression and persecution
gains ,he wires were cut al MaIeking anu
When nv -actous tale of knght-errantry IN be-
!ns :; inperilled women ana ch,'oiei "as
ban "a rom the Cape to LONDON IN eApI~ha
grapmJa ,usfiication Of the raid II was let
tion anu Jameson had obtained at Johannes
ter n;S weeks before. and had supsequehtiy
ouI s,, 10 Mr. Rhodes. The date was a.eleu an. ~
shown. sent from the Cape 10 LONDON so as 10
the ies" ,ha world TO believe that lie was IN
indue AZ johannesburg. and that Dr. Jane
oAnst "a started in response 10 an uisen. SUN sum,
cons Tor and relief Mr. hnGoes SH 81,
msUu nom this mposture when questioned oy or
a an,n Uarcourt and revealed an amazing
W. of sensibility respecting dsinsehuous
ia. .,s.s for deceiving the English people
IN n,sdss was managing director. had failed
Mi. "a The working OF reefs in Mashonaiand
u.yos,able and il had met with serious specu-
pIs reverses in Matabeleland he cast COW
az. az sna greedy eyes upon the rich gold teids
e.o. S. Transvaal The millionaires associated
y. ,,s hin, instigated revolution with his KNOW
ssa and approval, and then desired 10 VIII
S-ov from IT, For month or Two clpheI us
oIa ..s v.ere exchanged respecting the hnan-
Pc revolution and finally Dr. Jameson TOOK
c en ~, in his mouth and bolted." These min
&c sneculators who were good Tor nothlhs eA-
rspt 10 draw dividends to consolidate seu ,,cas
"a IN deceive the public by spurious romsnces
az. ,.s ,rauauent date lines. lacked the disln-
,erested virtue of Greek patriots
w Rhodes was the most conspicuous coionlai
- - Greater England. and he had rendered
nS ,erdtd service for the Empire. He was ex-
80 to he a commanding figure at the COM
r.r,.,aa's inquiry. like Warren Hastings al the
|.r,ous trial described by Macaulay' ne h"s
r-nved a nervous and irritable witness without
to.,ass q, perception or breadth OF mind or
s,stesmanlike qualities. He has not SHOWN or,
dinarv shrewdness in approaching the sehet ,
.rnrd NJ cross-examination. when was IN the
s,-ac,ion 81 establishing the fact that the press
ura for revolution came from cape Iown anu
~, from, johannesburg. He appeared 10 greater
advantage on the second day than on the nrS'
Sar N me hearing and cont-ived 10 introduce
he High Commissioners name without iHlph,
% ling him il previous knowledge OF the red'
Mot; but he was not. on the Whois: eo0u VII
ness and did not reveal the intellectual Keeh-
r.ss and strength Of character which ne mas
been supposed 10 possess While he proiessed
n be anxious TO assume full responsibility LOT
his publlc acts in connection with the rald ne
v,as either ignorant OF important details or else
cvnicallv evasive in his explanations He has
NOT yindicated his reputation as a really great
man in the service Of the Empire
MORALS OF THE TWO RAIDS.
Wha. has been more significant than the tes-
,I,onv Of the real chief Of the conspiracy against
the Transvaal is the scornfu and contempiuous
manner In which M. Chamberlain has reported
and the House Of Commons has received the
Transyaa, Governments claim for damages
AGAINST the British Government. This has &C.
CURED during the week when Mr.. Rhodes. with
an oste,tatious air OF frankness has admitted
that while Premier of Cape Colony he lnsugated
and directed a revolutionary conspiracy against
the Transvaal Republic. whose autonomy ana
INDEPENDENCE guaranteed by treaty law
Nj Chamberlain. with ample evidence or pre-,
meditation. has read the items o: material anu
intellectual and moral damages as insolehti!
as though they We're overcharges IN trades
mans bill and has spared no effort TO conceaI
his resentment and defiance. The House OF
Commons has laughed over the performance as
though II We're the best joke OF the season.
Nothing could have been more insulting and irrl-
ta;ing to the Government Of the Transvaal IMAM
the manner in which its claims for damages
from, an unprovoked and untustifiable invasion
OF it's territory have been received by the House
Of Commons.
Indeed no two movements could be more un-
like in motive and in practical results than the
raids which Mr.. Rhodes audacicusly compared
The Invasion Of Crete was as humane ana pHil-
anthropic as the raid in the Transvaal was NOR
cenary and sordid one was based on religious
sentiment and the higher morality OF CIVILIZATION;
and the other was speculative scrample or
gan!zed By A combination Of stock promoters
with an ambitious Premier as It's leader, disloyal
u a great public trust. one Is an nohorapie
passage oe European history. in which cou-
"a seolIs II exctable people has set an illustrl-
ous example for powerful nations; and the other
is one OF the most discredtable chapters IN me
annals Of Greater England. ~ r