The Transvaal Crisis.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 201, 27 February 1896, Page 3

The Transvaal Crisis.

o TRIAL OF DX JAMESON. THE DOCTOR~~APPLAUDED BY THE PUBLIC. fPer Press Association^ London, Feb. 25. After much mystery Dr Jameson arrived in London to day. There was 1 some cheering as he stepped out of the train. He was charged at Bow street, together with Willoughby and other officers, with maktng war on a friendly State. The hearing was adjourned for a fortnight. Bail was allowed in £2,000. The troopers denounce Thatcher as an impostor, and accuse him of being a spy. They assert lie took no part in the fighting, and that his letters are untrue. February 26. Dr Jameson and his officers are charged under the eleventh section of the Foreign Enlistment Act. The court was crowded, and Dr Jameson ■* and his men were wildly cheered The ' Magistrate (Mr Brigge) expressed his indignation at the conduct of the crowd, the offence on which the men were charged being, he said, of the highest possible gravity. The Law Officers of the Crown will conduct the prosecution. Pretoria. Feb. 26. The Volkstein explains there was a misprint in its statement regarding the telegram sent to Dr Jameson. It meant to say the Reform Committee had sent the telegram. Capetown, Feb. 26. Trains from Cape Colony are delayed for honrs daily in the Transvaal owing to the authorities searching for arm?.