Trouble in the Transvaal.

Manawatu Herald, 14 January 1896, Page 2

Trouble in the Transvaal.

Owing to the improved outlook of uffdirs in the Transvaal, the War Office has decided not to mobilise troops. The Times states that the German newspapers, which seemed to be officially inspired at the invasion of the Transvaal, explain that the landing of marines at Delagoa Bay was merely intended for the protection of the German residents in Pretoria. The Italian press condemns the imprudence of the Emperor of Germany. The Boers fed the starving prisoners on the battlefield, and admit the gallantry displayed by Jameson's parly throughout the fight. The Chartered Company has requested the Government to make an enquiry into the circumstances which led up to Jameson's expedition. The Boers assert that they possess written evidence of the existence of a plot to annex the Transvaal. The Queen sent a message to President Kruger, in which she expressed herself gratified at bis decision to set free the prisoners captured at Krngersdorp, and hoped that the negotiations for a peaceful I settlement would be conducted in a harmonious manner. Portugal maintains* that the neutrality of the Transvaal will not permit German and British military forces to land and traverse Portuguese territory. Six torpedo-destroyers have been added to the new flying squadron, and six to the Channel fleet. Affairs in the Transvaal are quiet, and business is being resumed, The Reform Committee is assisting the Government to collect arms. All except the leaders are to be granted amnesty who surrender their arms. Herr Hofmeyer has cabled to Mr Chamberlain that a radical change is necessary in the South Africa Chartered Company, which endagers peace in the Transvaal, and demanding that an exhaustive enquiry be | made into the charges of conspiracy. Mr Chamberlain, in reply, states that an enquiry is certain, and that at present the chief object is to prevent embittered relations arising be-

tween the British and the Dutch in the Transvaal. Twenty»two members of the Reform Committee, including Colonel Rhodes, Sir Drummond Dunbar, Lionel Phillips and Dr Saner, have _"*ssn arrested on charges of treason B^Tnd conveyed to Pretoria. Dr Jameson has been formally dismissed from the position he held in the Company, and Mr Newton, of Bechuanaland succeeds him. The Emperor of Germany has replied to Her Majesty's rebuke for his message to President Kruger congratulating the latter on maintaining the independence of the Transvaal. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph wires that in reply the Emperor's language mutually proffers the hand, and confirms Prince Hohenlohe's assurances that - there wa3 no intention to cast a slur on the dignity of Great Britain. President Kruger has cabled to the Queen highly appreciating her mes> sage, and declaring that the prisoners will be released when quietude is restored in the Band. President Kruger proclaims that the originators of the recent plot misled the majority of those taking part in it, and urges the people to conduct themselves in such a manner as to admit of reforms being carried out. He adds that the Government can ask the Volksraad to forget and forgvie,