Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-19
Party to Jameson Raid.

New York, Oct IA dispatch to the
World from London says: The calling
out of the militia indicates plainly that
the British government considers it
necessary to take timely precautions
against some foreign complication which
threatens to supervene in the Transvaal
trouble. In the first instance the militia
is only to be employed to take the place
in the home garrlsons of the line regi-
ments that are going to South Africa.
The government has not thought it ad-
visable, in view of the hostile feeling
evoked in Ireland by the attack on the
Boer republic. to reduce the Irish mill
tary establishment below its normal
strength of 10000 men, and it is intended
to set free the regular troops stationed in
Ireland for war service by substituting
English militia battalions in the Irish
garrisons, the Irish militia being sent for
duty to England. This calling out Of the
militia has added appreciably to the
general estimate of the gravity of the
situation.
W. I. Stead has issued a pamphlet on
the Boer war entitled Are We In the
Right? An Appeal To All Honest Men"
1t is a powerful indictment Of Chamber
lain's diplomacy, bringing in the strong
est relief the persistent provocative
course followed by the colonial secretary
throughout the negotiations with the
patent object of forcing war on the
Transvaal. The most sensational part
of the pamphlet is Mr.. Stead's solemn
declaration that Cecil Rhodes informed
him that Mr.. Chamberlain was privy to
the Jameson raid and that the parlia-
mGntArV inGllirV into fhp priuin nf that
conspiracy was hushed up because a
point had been reached in the investiga-
ton which, if exceeded. would implicat te
the colonial secretary directly in the plot.
In his pamphlet Mr.. Stead says:
Before the prime minister of the cape
went very far in the conspiracy he found
it necessary to enlist the support OF the
colonial Office in his designs. He sent
over to London DR.. Rutherford Harris
with instructions to inform Mr. Cham
berlaln of what was brewing. Mr.. Har-
ris executed his mission and cabed to
Rhodes the result of the interview. At
first Chamberlain refused, but subse-
quently, after Harris had spoken openly
to Mr.. Fairfield of the colonial office and
had communicated to Chamberlain the
contents of a cablegram from Rhodes,
warning him that il he thWarted the
conspiracy England would lose South
Africa, Chamberlain gave way on the
convenient pretext for protecting the
builders of the Bechuanaland railway
from savage tribes. Further, Kruger
had heard that communications between
the conspirators, emissaries and the colo
NAL office We're close and constant and
during the whole month of November
cablesrams were constantly passing and
repassng between the conspirators at
CaretoWn and his trusted emissaries and
friends i'll London, who We're. on his be-
half, keeping the colonial office in touch
with the movement. He knew also that
on November 4 Mr.. Fairfield advised the
removal of the imperial troops before
the ugly row began, in which the leading
role was to be played by the forces of the
chartered company"
This letter is one Of the few documents
that are in evidence. He has heard also
that so far from Mr. Cha mberlain know
ing nothing of the complot, he took 50
keen and close an interest in its develop
ment that he insisted that Jameson's
men should go IN under the union jack
and that the next governor of the Trans
vaal should be appointed by the colonial
office. Further, he knows that just be-
fore the raid took place cablegra m was
received at CapetoWn from a trusted
friend Of Rhodes in London, who imme-
diately after long interview with Mr..
Chamberlain, teegraphed 10 hurry up.
President Kruger also knows that when
Rhodes Went home to face the music
after the raid his first step was to send
Mr.. Hawksey to tell Mr.. Fairfield of the
existence of the cablegrams which passed
between CapetoWn and London which
established the completely of the colonial
office in the conspiracy.
In the house of commons Philip STAN |
hope referred TO Mr.. Stead's positive
charges as matters Mr.. Chamberlain |
should not be allowed to ignore
Mr.. Chamberlain will speak today. His |
a n In Stead x,.itb = ,o
keenest interest.