The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-30
Mass Meeting of UftIanders at Which
strongly WOrded Petition to
queen Victoria Was Adopted.
BOER NEWSPAPERS BITTER
MASSACRE OF ENGLISH MINERS
URGED BY THE RAND POST.
President kruger Said to Dcprecate
the Warlike Utterances-British
Attacked by African Rebels.

LONDON, Dec. "a disquieting situa-
tion is developing at johannesburg. Accord
ing TO the latest advices from there the
place is seething with discomfort, as on the
eve OF the Jameson raid, in consequence of
recent and proposed government measures
which the uitlanders regard being fresh
series of impositions. In addition racial an
imosities are intenslfying the vexatous
treatment of the British Indians and Cape
Boys, which is arousing much bitterness.
There was serious development last even
ing, when q Boer policeman murdered a
man named Edgar, entering the latters s
house and shooting him. The policeman was
arrested on the charge, but upon the fol-
lowing day the charge was reduced to one
of manslaughter and the policeman was al
lowed his liberty on bail. The British agent
demands restitution of the charge of muir
der and a mass meeting, which was attend
ed by five thousand uitlanders, was held
at johannesburg on Sunday to protest
against the murder of Edgar and to pre-
sent the British consul with a strongly
worded petition to the Queen, reciting the
wrongs of the uitanders, appealing for pro-
lection and demanding such other steps as
may be found necessary to terminate the
existing intolerable state of affairs" There
were no speeches, owing to the law pro-
hibiting political gatherings The demon
stration was very impressive. The petition
was presented to the consul ON the balcony
of the consulate, the whole multitude signi-
flying their assent by uplifting their hands.
The reference to the Boer policeman ELECTED
shouts of Lynch him.! The meeting, how
ever, was peaceful with the exception of a
slight affray with the police at its conclu
sion.
A VENOMOUS EDITOR.
The newspapers publish venomous articles
on the subject. The Boer organ, the Rand
Post, on yesterday discussed the prospect
of war with Great Britain and advised that
on the first British act of war the women
and children at Johannesburg be given
twenty-four hours to leave and that the
whole place be then razed and that 'the
perpetrators of these turbulent proceedings.
if caught, should be thrown into the deep
shafts of their mines, with the debris of
their machinery for costly shrouds,' and
adding that "the whole of johannesburg
will exult IL the Afrikander ward is con-
verted into a gigantic rubbish as a mighty
tombstone for the Shutdown authors of the
monstrous deed" The -Volkstein
suggests that Jan. 2 be observed as Jameson
day and that DR.. Jameson be burned in
effgy
The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily
Mail says: president Kruger in the course
of an interview has asserted that he depre-
Gates the warlike article published on
Wednesday by the Boer organ, the Rand
Post, and declares that he will prohibit the
So
The Johannesburg correspondent of the
Times telegraphing Thursday says: Yes
terday's issue of the Rand Post contains
further infiammatory articles. The paper
calls Saturdays proceedings rebellious plots
against the existence of the republic and
styles the petition "a lying and libelous
document compiled in conjunction with the
British agents office 1t suggests that if
a couple of wire pullers were shot it would
avert formal war and says that Great
Britain should be requested TO appoint a
new consular staff, failing immediate COM
pliance with which request the exequateurs
of the members of the present staff should
be withdrawn
The Johannesburg correspondent of the
Daily Mail, who utters warning against
the optimist reports cabled to London in
Krugers interest, says: 'I have inter
viewed the British consul, who said that
the Saturday demonstration impressed him
AS based upon deep public feeling, while
the deputation which presented the petition
was, to his personal knowledge, composed
of men of high character and standing.
Signs are multiplying that the uitlander
sentiment has been reused to the point of
asserting claims for justice. The eX-reform
leaders are debarred, under pain of banish-
ment from interfering in politics, but they
declare that despite Pretoria terrorism they
will not keep silence much longer. The
present temper of the community is such
that opposing demonstrations will almost
inevitably be followed by serious riots /
learn on high authority that during the
negotiations at Pretoria regarding Satur-
days demonstration the British agent care
fully avoided any admission that the British
government assented to the public meeting
act. He even suggested that Great Britain
might test the legality of that measure un-
der the London convention. The present
position has aroused the deepest public ex-
citement known since the Jameson raid, and
it is plain that something must be done
quickly to terminate humiliating and in
tolerable situation