The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-06
THE TRANSVAAL INVESTIGATION
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING INTO A
FUNNY FARCE.
CHAMBERLAIN IS INVOLVED
COMMITTEE DENOUNCED FOR NOT
TRYING TO GET AT THE
TRUTH.
LONDON PRESS ALL OF ONE OPINION
Honor of England Involved in q
Thorough Probing of the No
torious Jameson Raid.

LONDON, June 5.-The parliament
ary committee which has been inquir-
| ing into the Transvaal raid is assailed
| by a storm of denunciation owing to its
! decision not to press the production of
| the missing cable messages exchanged
| between DR.. Rutherford Harris and
! Cecil Rhodes and certain parties in
England. The newspapers Of all shades
of opinion view this decision with the
| greatest distrust and Insist that the
reputation of Great Britain is involved
in a thorough probing of the matter.
The Daily News publishes a regular
| indictment against the committee and
asks why the latter has not insisted
upon the production of the cable mes
sages or of the colonial Office copies
Of these messages; why the committee
| has not insisted upon the production of
the confidential communications be-
tween the colonial Office and Sir Her
! cUles Robinson Oord RoSmeaO, the
J then governor Of Cape Colony; why
| Lord Grey, who conducted most of the
negotiations with the secretary of state
for the colonies, Mr. Chamberlain,
was not called, and why Mr.. Rhodes
the cable messages. The Daily News
i also cites a number of cases where
clues and questions affecting the CO.
| lonial Offices connection with the af-
fair were not followed up or were not
asked, and concludes:
| "The committee has been commit
| tee of no inquiry. Unless it reconsid-
ers it's decision it will cover itself with
ridicule and contempt and strike a ia
| tai blow at the efficiency Of parlia-
| ment."
The weekly newspapers are equally
emphatic in summing the work of the
! committee. The Speaker says: THE
committee threatens to finish the pro-
| ceedings in an ignominious and dis
creditable collapse. The inquiry can
only be regarded as fiasco and must
necessarily confirm, in the opinion Of
| the world, many charges made against
| Mr.. Chamberlain in connection with
| the raid. The evidence proving or dis
| proving the charge that Mr.. Chamber
| lain was cognizant of the insurrection-
ary movement at Johannesburg, and
| that he was prepared to use the Brit
ish forces to assist the movement has
! the connivance of Mr. Chamberlain
himself. and unless he can vindicate
himself it is his duty to resign
The Saturday Review says: 'The
! committee has brought the methods
of parliament in committee into dis
credit and has lessened the respect
| with which the house Of commons has
| hitherto been regarded. The blame for
| this pretentious fiasco must fall upon
| Mr.. Chamber Il. He proposed the
| committee and his chosen court has
been unable to clear his own charac-
! ter s.-t
The most slashing attack comes
from the pen of William T.
Stead, who, although pro-Rhodes,
urges that full light be turned
upon the whole matter. He
| proceeds in immoderate language to
| describe the proceedings as a most
| shameful conspiracy, which suggests
falsehood to conceal the truth and
mislead the nation, declaring that the
committee is deceiving the public III
order to screen Mr.. Chamberlain, who,
according to Mr.. Stead Ought to have
owned frankly that he winked at the
patriotic but revolutionary enterprise"
| Continuing, Mr.. Stead says: tMr
| Chamberlain no doubt would have had
| to resign, but it would only have been
a temporary eclipse, and his position
with the country would have been
honest course, the watchword seems
to have been given as lie, lie'''
| The king Of Siam, Chulalongkorn l.,
| who Is now in Rome on his way to the
| jubilee festivities here, after leaving
England will proceed to New York in
his own yacht, the Maha Chakskri
! He will cross the United States. stay
! ing a sufficient time in different Amer
| lean cities to enable his yacht to pro-
ceed from New York to San Fran
| cisco, where he will embark for his
| home. The date Of the kings arrival
at New York Is not fixed.
COMMISSION WILL FAIL.
In spite Of the cordiality with which
| the United States monetary commits
sion has been received on all sides in
| France, it is not believed anything
practical is likely to be accomplished
| there. Much has been made Of the ut
terances Of M. Meline, the French
premier, at last weeks banquet; but
he carefully pointed out that he spoke
| in his own name, and not In behalf
| Of the government Of France. It is
also known that he has declared France
| would not take the initiative unless
certain that Great Britain would take
| part in the movement. Unfortunately
| for their usefulness in France, at least
| two out of three Of the American COM
| nissioners do not speak a word of
French, and neither does the official
secretary Of the commission. The awk-
| wardness Of this was shown at the
| banquet, when the American visitors
could not respond to the toasts.
| It is impossible to escape the jubilee
echoes. Already everything is turning
upon that celebration, dress, decoration
and entertainments, while there Is a
shrieking chorus from the press warn
ing everybody against all imaginable
disasters which, 1t is claimed, are likely
| to ensue. It is even pointed out that
the proposed bonfires are likely to set
the whole country in a blaze, while
| other correspondents are so impressed
with the importance Of the jubilee that
they are not satisfied with the name
| of England or Britain, and want Eng
| land to be rechristened Wiseland, the
| first four letters being the initials Of
| Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England.
! This is capped by another correspond
ent, who wants the empire to be called
| EnWlscolia, so as to bring in the colo
| nies Of England and that all the sub
| jects Of the queen be called Enwisco-
| hans.
Jubilee seats swindling is rampant.
| Sharpers are meeting the incoming
| steamers at Port Said, Brindisi and
| Queenstown, and are selling to unsus-
picious passengers unexisting seats to
view the jubilee procession. Many
Americans have been victimized in this
manner at Queenstown.
| Complications in regard to the spe-
cial embassy Of Mr.. Whitelaw Reid are
| already on the horizon The 0IleeIl