Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-03

Is Britain to have a Dreyfus case at
home, following the mlsfortunes OF her
army abroad? Is the question asked By
L0nndon correspondent.
A promise Of something Of this sort
is found in the revelations OF the Bel
gian press with regard to most sem
sational cable and mail correspondence,
in which the name Of Hon, Joseph
Chamberlain. secretary Of the colonies,
and father Of the present war, figures
with much prominence.
The public has heard but little lately
OF Mr.. Chamberlain. Very luckily for
himself he has contrived 10 keep In the
background. while enraged public opin-
ion has been mauling Landsdowne,
Goshen and Wolseley, those three nota-
bles being meanwhile busy writing
anonymous letters to the editor Of the
Times blaming one another for the bril-
liant African achievements.
CHAMBERLAIN DRAGGED FROM
THE SHADE.
Then the Yeomanry organization, the
departure Of Bohs and Kitchener, at
tracted the popular attention from the
author OF the whole trouble Joe Cham.
berlain was beyond the firing line. And
he would have felt as happy as he
could under the circumstances had not
some frivolous person INDUCED in the
pastime Of exposing MI Chamberlain
and furnishing such palpable proofs Of
the truth Of his statements that the
only defense attempted by the London
papers Is a complete ignoring Of this
accusation, while the provincial Eng
! lish press, not so generally under the
management Of Mr.. Chamberlain as the
| papers Of London. energetcally cell
upon him to retire The revelations OF
! the independence Beige" OF BruXelles,
| have had the effect Of totally dlscredit-
| ing Chamberlain In his own country.
! Speculation IL assigning the authorship
| Of these revelations TO DR.. Leyds, while
some who are credited 9Th knowing,
! have named Stead. Whoever the author
| Is. he has at last brought light into "A
mysterious affair, and the astonlshed
world beholds a preyfus case. inside
out, only more fragrant, played In the
heart OF the most enlightened, civilized
| and righteous nation that ever existed
or will exist These revelations COM
| prise 20 letters and cablegrams that
have passed between the following par
ties; T.. Fairfield, Chamberlains right
had man at the Colonial office; Mr..
Hawksley, the manager OF the Chart
erad company (RhOdes' company.
Messrs. Cripps, Bingham and Wynd-
ham, members Of the British parlia-
ment and OF the South African com.
mittee which examined Rhodes as 10
| his having instigated the Jameson raid
| and acquitted him; DR.. Harris. the
| agent Of Rhodes in London at the time
| Or. Jameson and r. J. c.. initials which
| conceal no less a person than Mrs.
| Richard ]. Chamberlain, the sister-in-
| law Of the colonial secretary. or the
| authenticity Of the cablegrams there
| cannot be the least doubt
MORE LETTERS TO BE PRINTED.
The letters could be claimed to be
| forgeries, but the author says that he
| has plenty more and can prove their
| authenticity, while no attempt has been
made to refute the allegations. They
have been met with silence that is
| equivalent TO q confession. AS to the
| letters. these throw a peculiar light
upon Mr. Chamberlain, who had the
audaclty to declare before the South
African committee that he had known
nothing Of the intended raid into the
| Transvaal, and that he had at no time
authorized Fairfield TO strive for the
acquittal Of Rhodes by all means in his
| power, knowing well that discriminating
evidence existed proving the falsehOod
| Of his declarations. The Independence
Beige also exposes the trial itself and
proves II to have been farce in fact,
II shows the Rhodes trial TO have been