The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXIX._NO. 39, PRICE FIVE CE AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMESON, Crossed the Frontier Response to Imploring Appeals. THOUGHT MANY IN PERIL in Could Have Beaten the Boers If Johannesburg Had Made an Effort to Help. EXPECTED AID DID NOT COME. | Invaders Fought Until Exhausted and Ammunition Had All Been Spent. LONDON, E Jan. 7.—A dispatch to the Central News, dated J January 3, gives a briefgre f an inter- view with Dr. Jameson, v sent asa prisoner to Preto “I oniy crossed doctor, *‘because made by the inhat he frontier,” said the > irgent appeals Jobannesburg, and because 1 d that large numbers my « n and country- women were in dire peril of their lives. I the Boers if the people ad made any effort to 1 T was led to expect elp did not reach us at not break have be: Johan could £ of hely ves, wk H d we could » thems: 0. tuntil we were dropping to ed and our ammunition If the men of Johannes- »ved the railroad to Krugers- have done, e prevented the supplies of taken to the entrenched abled them to hold out -—— WRITTEN BY THE QUEEN. A ZLetter Rebuking E for His Att LONDON, ENG., Jan. 7.—The Westmins- tte says the Queen has written a o the Emperor of Germany, rebuk- him for his attitude in regard to the Transvaal, especially in the matter of the ongratulatory message which his Majesty President Kruger. s Robinson, Governor of William scretary, irom Pretoria, under v’s date, that an order has been sued directing the officers of the British ) Africa Company in charge of the ordnance and ammunition at Buluwayo and Fort Salisbury to hand the same over to an imperial officer. Orders were also sent on January 2 to Buluwayo calling upon all ens to maintain law and order. This order was faithfully obeyed. | The excitement will Robi Jame leased. The St. James Gazette says: “We would be allayed, Governor when it is known that vr. on and his comrades have been re- n say rather face a rupture with Germany than 10 renc the stipulation of the conven- tion of 1884, that any international ar- rangement made by the South African republic requires the consent and ratifica- tion of Gre: . Political c London maintain that if it be true ti > Emperor of Germany has promised to recognize the' independ- ence of the republic pointing a Ger lent Consul at Pretoria it 1 tween Great Britain and ( The Johannesburg Sta London, under the d a revulsion of feeling h: nesburg, and that the Joudly denounced for Dr. Jameson. “It was a mob revolution,” the Standard eaid, “in which the main population did not join.” Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of Cape Colony, is now at Pretoria. S s WAR SEEMS PROBABLE. instead of a mean war be- rmany. ard has cabled January 3, ‘hat t in at Johan- orm leaders are heir desertion of of England Agitated by the Decided Action of Germany. } NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 7.—A special cable to the Sun from London says: Dis- patches received in London after midnight from Berlin reiterate, in terms which al. most compels belief, Germany’s intention to declare the independence of the Trans- vaal republic. The London morning papers just issued creditthe announcementand they interpret that it means war. It should be said in explanation of this interpretation that the editors of the principal London journals were invited to meet Mr. Chamberlain yesterday. The results of the inspiration Teceived at these interviews are words that will send the country to arms as soon as they are read. There is no longer any attempt to con- ceal the fact that war is not only possible, but probable. Even the radical Daily Chronicle, in a leader fully indorsing the Government policy, says atthe outset: The tension is so extreme at the present moment that every man on these islands sbould feel resting upon him' a heavy sense of responsibility. We assume that the defensive forces of the empire will be ready. Itis plainly intimated in the inspired editorials that England is prepared to deal both with tiie German Ewmperor and with any dictator, plainly meaning Mr. Rhiodes, who may assert himself in British Eouth Africa. These allusions strengthen the belief that a revolution has been at- tempted or is now existing in Cape Colony under Rhodes’ leadership. - THE SITUATION Prospect of a Clash Between England and Germany. LONDON, Ex Jan, 7.—The Times| will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Berlin saying that the situatior 18 still viewed by these competent to judge as GRAVE. ¥, has wired Mr. Chamberlain, | by ap- | being much graver than appears on the surface or than the actual relations be- tween Great Britain and Germany seem to show. Dr. Beelaerts von Blokland, the Minister of the Transvaal to Germany, and Dr. Leyds, Secretary of State of the | Transvaal, have daily conferences with the | Foreien Office officials. It may ‘be | assumed that whatever course the Trans- vaal decides to adopt it will be largely shaped in accordance with their reports to Pretoria. It is stated that Dr. von Blokland and Dr. Leyds are alsoin frequent communica- tion with the French Embassador in Ber- lin, whose views are reported to accord with those of Germany relative to the guarantees to be demanded to secure the future independence of the Transvaal. The decision to land German marines at Lorenzo Marq and to march them to the Transvaal was not a mere threat. The news of Dr. Jameson's defeat arrived just in time to avert the dispatch of final instructions to that effect. The writer of the dispatch declares that | this necessarily involves the existence of | prior agreement between Berlin, Liston and Pretoria, and shows that Germany for | some time has been maturing schemes to | arrest the progress of British ascendancy in South Africa. He adds that there is still in some quar- ters in Berlin a desire to avert irreparable | estrangement with England, but that the | anti-English current is running so strong that it may carry the Government into deeper and stormier waters than those who swing around with it anticipated. ——- TROGPS FOR CAPE TOWN. | England Will Send Strong Re-enforce- ments at Once. LONDON. ExG., Jan. 7.—The Telegraph will to-morrow say that the Government has decided to send to Cape Town as soon as possible strong re-enforcements of cay- alry and infantry. Itadds that a second regiment which is under orders to return home from Ind:a will stop at Cape Town, | while other regiments selected from the | First Army Corps in England will shortly leave for that place. | The Telegraph further says that a firat- | class British cruiser has been ordered to proceed to Delagoa Bay. A dispatch received to-day from Johan- nesburg, dated Januar; it has transpired that upon the arrival of the news of Dr. Jameson’s advance, Mr. Eloff, President Kruger's grandson, rode unat- tended to meet the British South Africa Company’s force with a view to persuad- He met them at Zwaartlaagte, and vainly urged them to | retire. He was placed under arrest until the following day, when he was liberated and his horse returned to him. Dr. Jame- son retained his arms, telling him to call for them at the Government offices in Pre- | toria. | The Daily News will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Vienna saying that the | German Government, fearing that peror William’s message to President Kruger would oifend Emperor Francis | Joseph, has explained to Count Gelu- | chowsky, Minister of Foreign Affairs, that Emperor William did not intend to oifend | England. His message was merely meant to encourage the free states of South Africa to maintain their independence. A similar message has been sent to Rome, where, it is stated, the opposition intended to use the incident against a remewal of the triple alliance. |ing them to return: | WILL KELINQUISH ARMS. Uitlanders Ready to Comply Demands Made. | LONDON, Exc., Jan. 7.—Sir Hercules | Robinson, Governorof Cape Colony, cables of the Transvaal, | under date of to-d that he has received | a messace from the reform committee at Johannesburg stating that the Uitlanders have resolved to comply with the demand of the Transvaal Government that they relinquish their arms. The people, the committee added, are placing themselves unreservedly in his hands, being confident that he will see that justice is dore them. sir Hercules then quotes a gessage sent by Sir Jacobus Dewet, the Brifish political | agent at Pretoria, to President Kruger, J containing the reform committee’s formal | resolution declaring that the committee With the | from Preioria, cap! | had instructed its followers to lay down their arms, relying on the Transvaal Gov- ernment to maintain order and protect life. The resolution requests that the | armed burghers in the vicinity of Johan- | nesburg be removed. Sir Jacobus Dewet added to his message that he was convinced that the foreigners would eabandon their arms without fur- ther difficulty, and urged that the republic operate with the committee for a day or two in restoring the normal condition of affairs in Johannesburg. Sir Hercules concludes his dispatch by saying he hopes now to be able to confer with President Kruger and the executive council relative to the prisoners and the redressing of the grievances of the foreign residents of Johannesburg, AT S CONTEMPT FOR UITLANDERS. Accused of Cowardice in Not Assisting Dr. Jameson. LONDON, Ex6., Jan. 7.—Lord Salisbury received Mr. Chamberlain and the Ger- | man Embassador at the Foreign Office to- day. The interview between Count von Hazfeldt and the Prime Minister lasted | for half an hour. Subsequently Lord Sal- | 1sbury received Baron de Courcel, the French Embassador. After these inter- views Lord Salisbury started for Hatfield 4 House, his home in Hertfordshire. A dispatch from Cape Town says that | after nightfall on the day of the battle be- _tween Dr. Jameson and his followers and | the Boers the latter used search lights, | themselves remaining under cover and re- lying upon their sharpshooters to pick off Jameson’s men. The Westminster Gazette has a dispatch from Cape Town, which says: A general feeling of nauseating contempt for the Uitlanders of Johannesburg exists here. This feeling is based upon their obvions cowardice in sitting quietly down after luring Dr. Jameson into his blunder and offering him no assistance whatever. Im- mediately after the invading forces offered resistance to the Boers, the stores were closed, trade became stagnant and women | and children began leaving for the coast in coal, cattle and horse trucks and every kind of vehicle available. The scene at the railway station was indescribable. A dispatch from Johannesburg, dated January 1, says that a deputation sent to Pretoria had concluded a three days’ armistice in order to permit the arrival of Governor Robinson, who was expected to arnve in Pretoria on January 4. In the meantime the National Union of Ut- Janders controlled the town. } A proclamation issued by Governor UNCLE SAM—"REALLY. I OUGHT TO RECOGNIZE THIS YOUNG WOMAN." !Robinton has been published warning British subjects in the Transvaal against joining Dr. Jameson, who, the proclama- tion declares, has been guilty of armed invasion of the territory of a friendly | state. | | ———— FOR A FLYING SQUADRON. A Naval Force to Be Dispatched to Dela- goa Bay. ¥ LONDON, ExG., Jan. 7.—The Times to- [ morrow will say that orders have been | sent to Portsmouth, Devonport and Chat- | ham for the immediate placing in com- | mission of six ships to form a flying squad- | ron. It is understood that captains for | the vessels have already been chosen. The | object is obviously to have an additional squadron to go anywhere. The squadron | will be composed of two first-class battle- ships and two first and two. second-class cruisers. The names of the vessels are vet | unknown, but there is hardly a question | that erther the Royal Oak or the Revenge, now at Portsmouth, will hoist a pennant. The Endymion and the Hesus, now at Chatham, are likely to be two of the cruisers selected. The paper adds that it has also been decided to dispatch a naval force to Delagoa Bay, but whether it will | be composed of vessels from the cape or | East Indisn squadron is unknown’ Commenting upon these naval prepara- tions the Times will say it hopes that, as nothing can be gained by keeping the | Mediterranean squadron at Salonica, it will shortiy be ordered to concentrate | where it can be more immediately avail- | able in case of need. Relative to the report abo ut Germany ordering marines to the Transvaal, the Times refuses to believe the report until it | | shall be proved that Portugal consented for them to pass through her ferritory. | It adds, however, that it would not be sur- prised to learn that efforts Lhad been made | to tempt ber to such disloyalty to a friendly power and old ally. | e HINSES FOR WILLIAM. One Relative of the Queen Not Loved in | England. LONDON, ExG., Jan. 7.—At a large pub- lic dinner of farmers and tradesmen given | Continued on Fourth Page, | WAYS OF AGREEMENT, | How Great Britain and the United States Could Settle. NEW TREATY FAVORED. Correspondent Norman Urges a Plan to Check All Con- troversy. | ARBITRATION THE KEYNOTE. Americans Firm in the Support of Cleveland in the Venezuelan Dispute. LONDON, ExG., Jan. 7.—The Chroni- cle’s Washington correspondent, Henry Norman, cables as foilows, “Thore isa heroic way of settling the whole difficulty, fraught with honor to both Governments and with results of priceless worth to both peoples. The pres- ent delay consists in the fact that the United States Government considers itself in honor bound to insist upon a certain course, which the British Government considers itself in honor bound to refuse to adopt. Every day spent here has con- vinced me more strongly that it is impos- sible to exaggerate the seriousness of such | an international situation. If the British public is misled by the optimistic senti- ments of New York it may find itself sud- denly face to face with appalling danger. If the American Government acts only in the belief that because Great Britain is threatened with a European crisis there- fore she will knuckle down to any Ameri- can demand it may suddenly discover that the Europeau crisis has blown over and that war with England is on its hands. “I once more repeat my solemn convic- tion that the overwhelming majority of the American people will support their Government in war on behalf of the prin- ciple of arbitration where American inter- ests are believed to te invelved. At the same time I positively reassert thatthe President and Cabinet earnestly desire an amicable settlement, and individual mem- bers of the administration confess that they utterly fail to comprehend the reason for England’s attitude of mere blunt re- fusal. In all the Government depart- ments here the situation is regarded as very serious despite every effort made on behalf of peace. “Now, the kernel of the dispute being the principle of arbitration, the solution may be found therein aiso. If Lord Salis- bury will =ay that, although he must maintain his refusal to arbitrate on Vene- luela by itself, Le is prepared to conclude a treaty with the United States under which all questions failing of diplomatic - settlement shall be submitted to arbitra- tion and that tnis of course would include Venezuela, as the greater includes the less, the American Government I know will receive this communication with warm sympathy. Herein is a dignified and indecd the most simple and friendly escape from the deadlock. “‘Remember that a resolution to this effect was adopted by Congress on April 4, 1890, and responded to by a resolution of the House of Commous, supported in its decision by Mr. Gladstone on June 16, 1893. A second joint resolution of Con- gress was: introduced in the Senate by Benator Allison on June 20, 1894, and re- ferred to the committee on Foreign Rela- | tions, where it still remains. ““Two things block the way. The first is that if any arbitration treaty was ever under discussion it was laid aside when Congress, by refusing to pay that $425,000, temporarily invalidated the Paris Bering Sea commission award. But as I have al- MORO CASTLE Calvorio © Rosorio ® Yervoco, /"e/gnoo./,;»o VO ., ¢ \ OUTLINE OF THE COUNTRY AROUND HAVANA. [This map was made especially for “The Call.”] [ Loguaes Guong, ready cabled, 2 treaty is partly concluded to America, Canaaa and the British Embas- sador in Washington have all assented, placing this matter in a direct way of set- tlement, I observe that the statement is to-day cabled from London that this treaty isblocked by Canada’s refusal. The statement is entirely baseless. Canada has formally and finally agreed. it only awaits théassent of the Foreign Offica for this treaty to bécome operative. I re- assert there is both surprise ana regret felt here at the delay. Itisurgently desirable that this treaty be pressed forward. As soon as this is done the first difficulty will have been removed. “The second difficulty is the English feeling that any action taken now would appear to be due to American threats. In | reply to this it is quite certain that neither Mr. Cleveland nor Mr. Olney consider themselves to be threatening England. They only desired, after years of fruitless diplomatic discussion, to make the atti- tude of their own country clear beyond the chance of further misunderstanding. If Lord Salisbury hasany doubts upon this puint an inquiry through the regular diplomatic channels to Mr. Bayard or Sir Julian Pauncefote will, I am convinced dispel the notion that the American Gov- ernment deliberately adopted a menacing attitude improper in diplomatic commu- nication. Moreover, if Lord Salisbury is aggrieved by the expressions of the Ameri- can Government the American Govern- ment in its turn corsiders itself legiti- mately aggrieved by Lord Salisbury’s tone and his virtual pooh-poohing a doctrine which they had formerly declared they regarded as vital to the National welfare. Therefore the sentiments balance each other, and there isevery ground for mutual agreement and assurance that no offense was intended. “These two are the only things in the path leading to a grand recognition before the whole world of the principle of arbi- tration between civilized nations. The British public is ready; I am confident that the American public is equally ready, and I know the American Government 1s ready. This being' so what blocks the way to an almost immediate removal of Venezuela from the field of international discussion and the complete restoration of cordial relations between the two people who, while only too ready to ftight for principle, are even more ready to agree on a civilized settlement henceforth and for ever? If Lord Salisbury is able to move diplomatically in the direction indicated it is certain that the meeting of the Vene- zuelan commission would be instantly ad- journed until the time was ripe for com- mon discussion of the question, when the treaty should become law. I will only add if it were my last word it would be a lamentable mistake for England to be- lieve that there is any division of opinion worth considering in thisconntry. Wash- ington, far more than New York, pulse of the United States, and I have been feeling that puise for over a we and I assert, despite criticism or contra- diction, that America will speak with practically one voice in support of the Cabinet in the Venezuelan matter. If Lord Salisbury decides that it is impossi- ble to take any step let him and England at least recognize what is the alternative.” The Times' editorial, cabled to the papers here to-day, is calculated to pro- duce a great and most favorable effect. A few more such wise, conciliatory and statesmanlike utterances on both sides and the nations will be marching hand in hand down the Christian road of peaceful negotiation. Commenting on the foregoing dispatch the Chronicle will to-morrow say : “The vital and absorbing feature of the controversy is that America desires arbi- tration and we cannot refuse the request. It is slowly, we. hope surely, entering the minds of our statesmen that in orderto do justice to the American case we must look at the Monroe doctrine from the American voint of view. Here the hair-splitting of ingenious lawyers and academic essayists help very little. We have to take into ac- count & deep-rooted National sentiment, which has a way of getting itself recog- nized in policy and in action without the sanction of theoretical rules. “Lord Salisbury may argue this, that the American doctrine is not incorporated in the code of international law. The American answer is: ‘What we call inter- national law is merely the customs ob- served by European states in their rela- tions with each other,which have been de- termined by the dominant powers.’ “England has been foremost as a maker of international Jaw. It requires no ex- ceptional gift of perception to see that the United States aspires to the same leading role in politics on the American continent. England filled Europe with glory and was herself a benefit to mankind in the period of Napoleonic wars. The international law which is to govern the American con- tinent is in progress of formation, And we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that since the United States is the dominant power on that continent, they will not fail to exercise that paramount influence which is incidental to the position.” —_——— ARBITRATION IS PROPER. FProfessor Uncle Sam. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 7.—Profes- sor W. Hudson Shaw of Oxford Univer- &ity, in speaking to-day of the Venezuelan controversy between England and the United States, expressed some opinions of the feeling over the question in his coun- try that are at variance with the idea that prevails here of the position of Great Britain. “I am only eight days from England and was there when the war scare over the Venezuelan affair first started,” he said. “Being a university extension lecturer and constantly going from city to city I had unusual opportunities of meeting all classes of the people of England in many sections of the country. I am sure I know the sentiment of the people on the matter. ‘““President Cleveland’s message came to the English people like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky. The feeling there was one of unutterable astonishment that any trouble could nccur between England and the United States. This feeling pervaded An English Who Indorses all classes. The feeling of the English people for their American cousins is year by year becoming more sympathetic, and among educated people in England the thought of war’ with the United States seems impossible. “There is no single Englishman that does mot accept the Monroe doctrine as Jaid down by President Monroe and which it might be called the extension to it which holds that no European power should encroach an inch on this conti- Continued on Fowrth Page. is the | WILL RESIGN THE COMMAND, General Campos Soon td Give Way to a Younger Leader. SAYS HAVANA IS SAFE. But Senor Pierra Declares That the Capital Is to Be Taken. GOMEZ READY FOR INVASION. Spanish Volunteers and Citizens Pre~ pared to Join the Insurgents at a Signal. LONDON, ExG., Jan. 7.—The Times will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Mad- rid stating that despite official denials of the report that Captain-General Campos will resign his command in Cubs, public optnion accepts as a fact the possibilify of his handing over the active command of the operations against the insurgents to a younger general while he retains the posi tion of Governor. Itis well known that the health of Marshal Campos is not robust. DL . 7.—The sh Minister received to-night a tele gram from Madrid stating that Marshal Campos, in a telegram received there this morning, say; “The main body of the enemy hag marched to the province of Pinar del Rio. I have advanced the columns of Generals Valdez, Garcia, Navarro, Echague and Luque to follow them. I have the other columns on the railroad between Havana and Batabano. They will take rations and proceed to-morrow in a parallel line to occupy the line from Mariel to Artemisa. *‘The columns of Pratz, Galvis, Fort Al- dacoa and the battalions of Valercia and Espana are chasing the smalil bands that are burning cane and committing other depredations. The situation in Cuba from a military point of view remains un- changed. The insurgents have proceeded west without daring to stop in any place, and are avoiding all encounters. Nothing is in danger and it is absurd to suppose that they will pretend to attempt to sur- round or enter Havana, when, until the present moment, they have not dared te enter any town of medium importance. “In the Department of the East,in the vrincipal villas and even in Matanzas, nothing of importance has occurred, not- withstanding & large number of troops have been withdrawn from there. That shows that the insurgents have no means and are not supported by the population.” NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 7.—The Re- corder will say to-morrow: Senor Sidel Pierra, a Cuban merchantof this city, who has been in communication with friends among the insurgents, scoffed yesterday at the statement that General Gomez did not intend to make an attack on Havana. Senor Pierra declares positively that the insurgent general will make the attack and take the city. It is not Gomez’ intention to remain in Havana any longer than it will take to ransack it for arms, ammunition and sup- plies and recruit his forces from sympa- ihizers who are kept under cover by the presence of the Spanish seldiers. Gomez is now within thirteen miles of Havana, and one of his first moves will be to cut off the city’s water supply. Senor Pierra made the rather startling declaration that Gomez could take Havana with 2000 men, and in supportof this state- ment he said that the Spanish volunteers were so thoroughly dissatisfied with General Campos that thev were ready to do anything to aid the insurgents. Itis said that they intend to make certain de- mands upon Campos asa pretext, which they know he will refuse, and then will give a signal to Gomez to make the attack, when the volunteers will promptly desert to the insurgent rank: There are 35,000 citizens in Havana old enough to fight and the maiority of these are 1n sympathy with Gomez and only await deliverance from the presence of the Spanish soldiers to throw their support in aid of the revolution. Gomez, Senor Pierra declares, will go into Havana with 2000 men, but will leave it with 4 force of at least 30,000. - PREPARED IN BOSTON. Misleaaing Reports as to the *Capture’” of Havana. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 7.—The Chi- cago Associated Press last evening circus ated a report that Havana had been captured by the Cuban 1nsurgents, Strangely enough, this startling announce- ment did not come direct from Havana, as it naturally and very promptly would if the insurgents were realiy in possession of the Cuban capi but it was projected upon the public in Boston, obviously the headquarters of the “reprgsentative of the Chicago Associated Press in Havana.” As might have been supposed, this whoily unfounded and inexcusable report found | its way to Havana, and its receipt imme- diately provoked an emphatic though en- tirely unnecessary denial. Through the medium of a United Press dispatch cabled from Havana, not Boston, the reading public of the United States were informed that the city was in a per- fectly tranquil state, and that not the slightest apprehension was felt by the in- habitants or officials in regard to its im- munity from investment or capture by the insurgems. When Havana 1s taken by the nsurgents, 1if ever it should be, an- nouncement of the event will not be cabled from Boston, but from Havana, and that t00 as quickly as its captors can send out to the world the news of their victory. This alleged Havana dispateh, via Ba- tabano and Boston, has the flavor of much of the matter contained in the palpably false and plainly home manufactured “dispatches” which the Chicago Asso- ciated Press are accustomed'to send out daily. A few weeks ago one purported to com