St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-01-24
THE JAMESON RAID.


ASAHtSo CONVERSATIONS he mas ndO VIII
President Kruger, and describes seI
eral interviews in which the Jameso
raid was talked over On one of thes
occasions, President Kruger said:
DO you mean to tell me that you
not know that the men who organized
and engineered the raid organized /
for their own benefit? They had decided
how they would divide the Trarsvaa
and how each of the parties was tC
have certain interests in this country.
Many reformers who were put in jail
were perfectly innocent. They were
ignorant of the schemes Of the men from
the inner circle. There were only II
men in that inner circle, and they were
to divide the Transvaal among them
selves.
They and their companies found the
money for the raid DO you think we
are so innocent as not to know that
Rhodes, metaphorically speaking, held
pistol at the heads Of certain men in
England, and said to them: If you
do not support me, shall denounce you
and your completely in the raid"
At this stage, according to Mr. Robin
son, President Kruger became more ex-
cited and shouted so loudly that people
IN the street stopped to listen to the con-
versation. Mr.. Kruger then said:
And now you are demonstrating with
me about arming. 1t is true. I am
arming, and it is because see clearly
that must defend my country"
To this Mr.. Robinson replied: The
British public is aroused. If any at
tempt were made again to enter this |
country there would be a great outcry
In England, and the imperial authorities
would take steps to punish the organ
iZers and to prevent such free looting
expeditions"
President Kruger approached Mr..
Robinson, placed his hand on his Shout
der, made violent effort to suppress his
excitement, and said: you mean well,
but l have lost all confidence What
has happened would take place again,
and / am determined to guard against it.
Later Mr.. Kruger said: What is to
prevent Rhodes and his coadjutors again ,
engineering some diabolcal attempt ,
against the independence of my coun- :
try?"
The Birmingham Mail, the organ of g
Joseph Chamberlain, says: We under g
stand, on the highest authority that If :
the government is defeated in parlia- G
newt ." the question of the war the cab +
met will Immediately appeal to the b
cOuntIy, all the ministers having decided &
to stand together and not to permit any v
individual minister to be made the b
scapegoat. h
General Buffers latest authentic word I
as to what he and his 10000 men are do s
Ing was wired from Springfield after his I
irst forward step. Striving to think g
'ut the unknown, London is confused b
~ surmise and rumor and disputed by O.
suspense.
Spencer Wilkinson, the lucid military tt
xpert OF The Morning Post, asserts that is
he Boer force In northern Natal is Il
anger than General Buffers and Cen
raj Whites combined, so that the Beers
re able to leave force around Lady,
NTH larger than that within the town OR
nd yet to oppose General Butler with a
orce superior to his own.
Reports from the Boer camps affirm fo
nat the circle of investment has been TN
rawn closer by the occupation of some to
Ills nearer the town, thus liberating 70
endorsements to oppose General Butler. of
The Daily News suggests that multi tn
lde of the rumors that originate in OF
outh Africa and London are given cir
ncy by the English military authorities st;
i order to mislead the Beers The war or
n NJ b.A loi
re almost barren. Nevertheless, the az
lstruments on the loops connecting the
ar office with the cables continue to pc
lick. III
The yeomanry recruiters are disturbed TT
y the fact that they are able to get only tn
1R companies out of up du
Yards of 1000 applicants In the metro hi,
'olitan districts. All the other applt- ale
ants fall short of the requirements. az
)ne thousand would be regarded as n Gre
Iery small number even were all ac- 55
epted' The provinces are doing better ha
tithough to raise 10000 appears far from 407
he easy matter it did fortnight ago. {
Among the minor perplexities of the Ur
var Office is strike among the military Gel
ailors, which causes delay in uniform ag
ng the recruits.
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The correspondent of The Times at tn
Lourenzo Marquee, telegraphing last pc
Saturday, says: The Free State has III
now called out every available man. in re
GLIDING the leading merchants, who have az
to enjoy immunity. The
Volksstem, in the course of an article ii,
obviously inspired, vindicates the gold AZ
tax as a political move, holding that. IL In
the assumption be correct that the bulk hc
Of the Rand shares is held on the con- ST.
tinent. Germany, France and other %
countries must recognize the desirabil. r.
ity of bringing the war to a speedy close OF
1t adds that every day the war con- In
tinues costs the shareholders Ell mn u,
A threat of confscation will be used IA NJ
enforce the tax. 49,,
With the invaluable assistance NJ n va
considerable number of British subjects az,
the Boer government is steadily increas. "A
ing the yield from the mines, thus se-
curing funds to pay foreigners employed y,
In the manufacture Of explosives. shells 80
and other agents for the prosecution NJ w
the war. The time must come when the G.
imperial government will proclaim that IT
such British subjects will be prosecuted 49,
LOT treason or deprived of British citizen.
ship.
Little Mary, aged five wears was dt
greatly interested in the story of the ye
1ooo samaritan, as related by her Sim. A