The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-27

Responsibility for the Actual Crossing
of the Transvaai border, Which He is
Perfectly Safe in Doing. Having Been
Already Punished for it-Foreign News
! London, March 26.-At the session To-
day OF the parliamentary committee in
| curing into the Transvaal raid, the sec
rotary OF state for the colories. Mr.. Jo-
seph Chamberlain, continued his exam
| ination Of Mr. ". P. Schreiner, who was
| attorney general of Cape Gloomy az the
| time Mr. Cecil Rhodes was premier. Al
| the questions put indicated desire 10
| the Transvaal.
Following Mr.. Schreiner, DR.. Jameson,
| leader Of the British military forces, told
the story Of his movements, which has
| frequently been rehearsed in print. He
sought 70 justify his actions by pointing
! out the critical condition of tina Uitland-
ers in the Transvaal prior to the raid.
DR.. Jameson exculpated Rhodes from
the responsibility of having ordered the
! final move Of the troops across the Dor
| der, saying that he had managed the
| step on his own accord.
| Jameson's statement continued:
in the middle of 1894. Mr.. Rhodes and
| Mr.. John Hays Hammond Che Ameri-
! can engineer) were with me in Matabe-
| land, when the position OF the Transvaal
| and the grievances Of the Uitlanders
| were freely discussed. Mr.. Hammond
asserted that it was impossible for the
| economic conditions Of the Rand TO con-
| tinue, and that unless a radical change
/ was made there would be rising OF the
| people of Johannesburg.
81 was much impressed with Mr.. Ham
mond's representations, and afterwards,
in company with Mr.. Hammond, L went
| to johannesburg and Pretoria and YER
flied the accuracy Of his views. The re-
suit Of those Investigations were that the
, chartered company's police and volun-
teerS pera prepared so that If a revolu-
| ton occurred and help was needed We
should be in position 10 send it.
Subsequently, in 1895, revisited
johannesburg and found the people de-
termined to bring matters TO an issue.
In the course Of a protracted conference
the leaders in formed me regarding their
wishes and plans. The first proposal
was 10 act alone, but my troops were to
be in readiness on the border in case they
were required. Later, the leaders con-
cluded that there was no hope Of sue
cess without the help of an armed force,
and they decided that the only way to
obtain reforms was to change the ad-
minstration Of the Transvaal, and that
the safest mode of effecting this would
be TO have sufficient force at Johannes
burg to induce President Kruger 20 take
plebescite of the whole populati ton, 10 de-
eide who was to be president. They
therefore invited my help, and il was ar
ranged to take my force to Johannes
burg to maintain order to and 10 bring
pressure TO bear upon the TransvaaI
while the redress OF the grievance was
enforced by them.
Therefore 1 obtained the letter signed
by the leaders, with which this commit
Zee is familiar, and it was agreed that
simultaneously with the rising in johann
nesburg, at the end Of December, l was
to start
DR.. Jameson, it appears. afterwards
told Mr.. Rhodes of his arrangements.
and the latter agreed to them.
The statement then deals with the pre-
parations 10 force the frontier, arousng
the suspicious of the Beers, and the com
muncations between DR.. Jameson and
the leaders at johannesburg, the latter
never intimating any intention of aban-
doning their determination to appeal TO
arms.
The statement next refers TO the report
of tn egrave situation in the Transval
and adds:
Under my arrangement with the
tentative but to proceed. and started
the same day"
The statement concludes:
mo communication whatever was re-
ceived from Rhodes or from any one at
Cape Town directing or authorizing my
formal move 10 johannesburg. 1t was
entirely on my own judgment. Major
Heavy did not bring me a message from
Rhodes
The committee put few questions to
DR.. jameson. Replying 70 Sir Henry
Campbell, Liberal, DR. Jameson said he
knew he mad not done the right thing,
because he had not succeeded, adding
that if ne had succeeded he knew he
would have been forgiven. Naughter)
The committee then adjourned.
aux, a gasfitter. charged with the muir
der, in April. 1896, OF Baroness Henry. a
wealthy widow OF good position, who
was found strangled in her bed at her
residence in this city. ended today.
Courleois and Retiaux were sentenced 10
death and DeVos was acquatted.
CAUGHT THE FEVER AT BENIN.
Cape Town, March 26.-There are 700
men o. the British fleet now at Sinons-
town suffering from malarial fever con-
t-acted during the recent expedition 10
Benin.
ALASKAN COAST WRECKS.
Vic5orial, B. C. March 2S.-News has
reached here that the steamers Willipa
and Dora have been wrecked on the
Alaskan coast. No lives were lost.
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
Berne. Switzerland, March 26.-The
tundesrath has made proposal to pu--
chase all the principal railways Of Switz- |
erlaud. The price set is 9si. 3s4.769 francs.
K is proposed 10 raise the funds for this
purpose by a loan reasonable in sixty
years.
TO PAY REICHSTAG MEMBERS.
Berlin. March eS.-The reichstag today, !
by vote o. 10 10 "a. adopted the Radi- |
cal Peoples party proposal for the r~s-
ment Of members OF the reiChSIS.
LORD PLUNkET WILL DIE.
Dublin. March 26-The Hon. and /
Most Rev. William CoCynsham Plum (