The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-21
JAMESON RAID UP AGAIN.
Attempt TO Reopen the Inquiry In
the House of Commons Is
Voted Down,

LONDON, Feb. 0.-In the house OF COM
mons today David Alfred Thomas. liberal.
moved the reopening into the Jameson raid
inquiry.
Mr.. Chamberlain said there was abso-
lutely nothing in what had happened since
1897 which could be raised as ground for
a second inquiry. He then proceeded to
review the whole history of the commit
tee. and repeated his previous declara-
ton, especially referring to tie Hawkes.
ley kilograms
Continuing. Mr.. Chamberlain said:
III this matter had not been complicat-
ed by political matters and personal ami
nosities no man in this house would have
said there was shadow OF ground for
such an inquiry. The object of these PER
sonal attacks is TO prevent me from parti-
cipatng In the Transvaal settlement"
Mr.. Chamberlain further declared. az to
the kilograms exchanged between Mr..
Rhodes and his agent, that they We're sent
confidentially and he returned them say
ing he had objection to their publica-
ton. Since June 8, 1896, he had not seen
the kilograms which were produced and
examined by the committee. AS to the let
tiers, Mr.. Chamberlain said they were
stolen from Mr.. Hawksley's desk and Or.
Leyds offered to pay G10O for them. They
contained nothing unknown to the commit
tee
Mr.. Chamberlain confessed that Mt one
time he felt bitterly against such iusinu-
ations. which chose repeating them did
not dare to assert they believed they should
be brought against me after twenty-four
years membership in the house of COM
mons"
Continuing. he said he was not hopeful
that anything he or the house could say
would silence his foreign critics. but no
one in Great Britain for whose good opin-
ion he cared would he affected by the
charges. The manner of conducting the
business OF the committee anA-rhe clos
ing of the inquiry, he declared were both
carried out as suggested by Sir william
Vernon Harcourt, who certainly did not
desire to shield anyone in the colonial
office.
Mr. Chamberlain further said that the
honorable members opposite did not want
an inquiry.
They want an execution" he added.
Let them do their worst. i am perfectly
ready. ! rely upon the good sense and gen.
crosby OF the house and country, The at
tack will recoil upon those who made IT,
At the conclusion OF his remarks Mr.
Chamberlain was heartily cheered by the
minlsterialsts
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, who was
active member OF the parliamentary
committee which inquired into the Jameson
raid. followed SIR William Harcourt said:
ION the very face OF It. the former COM
mittee's report did not find that there had
been full inquiry. as indeed there had not
been. The suspicious against the colonial
Office were not the work of political adj
versaries, but rather OF men, who for their
own objects. stop at nothing in the way
OF mendacity, forgery and fraud. The
authors of those suspicious were the agents
OF Cecil Rhodes To cover their own guilt
they sought to assert the completely OF the
colonial office. DIR. Jameson told Sir John
Willoughby, man OF unquestioned honor.
that the government was behind the raid.
and Dr. Jameson has not denied f."
Mr.. Chamberlain-Yes he has.
Sir William Harcourt continued:
"The instruction was promoted by tho
fouiest frauds. Was there ever anything so
abominsble as the Rhodes telegram to
Jameson. two days before the raid. putting
Ia his mouth TO lie about the objects of
the raid? When the colonial secretary. af-
ter the raid, asked for an inspection Of
the kilograms Hswkesley wrote back that
this was unnecessary as the colonial =ecre-
tary knew all Therefore. suspicious were
set aaoat by the agents OF Rhodes, hut
then there was no suggestion that they
We're covered by the completely Of the
colonial office. That Is what / want to have
shown up, | want the transactions OF these
men brought to light. Rhodes has decelv-
cd everybody The raid was made By gold
and lies
The house rejected the motion to reopen
the inquiry by vote Of 9s against 1852.