THE JOHANNESBURG RAID.

Hastings Standard, Issue 6, 2 May 1896, Page 3

THE JOHANNESBURG RAID.

REFORM PARTY VERY BITTER

PETITION A<; .\ INST IMPPJSONmknt.

JAMESON IN ST PITTED BY CECIL RHODES.

THE TIMES OX THE SITUATION

P::etoi:ia, April i>o. The excitement continues, and the Reform Party are v. ry bitter regarding the heavy sentences parsed oil the prisoners. It is considered the pleading of guilty was ill-advised. The majority of I'm* pvitsont-rs declare that they would have been aide to prove that tin y only signed the manifesto. A number of leading burghers have signed the petition asking that the imprisonment shall not b; enforced. CAPE Town, May 1. Telegrams put in as evidence at the trial of the Reform Committee at Pretoria tend to show that llho*.!cs, Hell, and Harris {secretary of the Chartered Company at the Cape) swayed the reformer's movements, and there was a daily exchange of cypher messages from December 7th to 30th regarding the raid and arranging plans. It was also asserted that Jameson received his instructions from Cecil Rhodes.

-•The-k r >y te the c-ypbeT imniuTii Jameson's papers at Poorsknorp. Pakis, May 1. The Pretoria correspondent of Le Temps states that the Government possess proof that Sir Henry Loch, in July, 1894, discussed the invasion of the Transvaal with the reformers, and offered to assist them. It is also stated that he inquired from Phillips the extent of their arms. Loxfos, May 1. The Times considers that recent events show beyond the possibility of donbt that Rhodes, Hull, and Harris were privy to Jameson's movements ; that it is gravely damaging and clear that Mr Cecil Rhodes consented to support Sir Henry Loch, which indicates he was aware of the intention of the Uitlanders to forcibly redress their grievances.