Trouble in the Transvaal.

Manawatu Herald, 16 January 1896, Page 2

Trouble in the Transvaal.

9 The rank and file of Jameson's ill-fated party have left Pretoria for Natal, whence, with their officers, they will bo deported to England. It is Mr Francis J. Newton, Colonial Secretary in Bechuanaland, who succeeds Dr Jameson. The Transvaal Customs officers seized a safe which was consigned to a well-known Band agitator. On being opened it was found to bo full of revolver cartridges. The Pretoria High Court has. ordered the seizure of the property belonging to . the imprisoned agitators. Three members of the Hand Beform Committee hare been arrested at Capetown on a charge of treason in the Transvaal. Seventy additional warrants have been issued at Johannesburg. All passports have been withdrawn. Mr Cecil Rhodes visited Kimberley, where he received a great ovation. He announced his intention of adhering to politics. The Standard correspondent states that President Kruger did not ask for an abrogation of the treaty. The Orange Free State delegates declare that they possess evidence of a plot by the Chartered Company to seize the Transvaal and that Jameson's attempt to reach Johannesburg was part of the scheme. Mr Bhodes telegraphed to the New York World that the Uit« landers are largely composed of Americans, who possess nine-tenths of the wealth in the Transvaal. He says the Uitlanders are certain to attempt from time to time to obtain their rights, and he appeals for the sympathy of the American people towards England as against Germany. He asks that this sympathy should be given instead of the two nations bickering over the Venezuelan boundary question. The arrests in Johannesburg include Dr Jameson's brother and the whole of the leading miners. The transfer of property is forbidden. Twenty thousand people who fled from Johannesburg when the outbreak of a revolution seemed imminent are now returning to the city. Two hundred additional warrants have been issued against Johannesburg residents. During the crisis many wealthy Jews fled from the Transvaal— some dressed as women, and others as negroes. Bir J. Gordon Sprigg'3 new Ministry is composed principally of members of the Afrikander Bund Party. The Times warns President Kruger that his wholesale arrests in Johannesburg will require justification. The Times says that the message from Mr Reid, Premier of New South Wales, to Lord Salisbury on behalf of the Australian Government shows the unity of the Empire. The same journal states (hat Great Britain is still confronted by a most critical outlook. The Standard, in an inspired leading article, states that the relatives between England and Germany have resumed their normal condition. Mr Chamberlain receives an ovation wherever he appears. When he entered Cabinet he received a round of applause from the other Ministers. .Half a million ex-volunteers are willing to join the reserve. The Daily Chronicle declares that one-third of the British batteries are without field guns, and that the artillery has no reserves. German importers complain that the tension caused by the crisis with Great Britain is proving ruinous to trade. In response to a request of the United States Government Mr Chamberlain will afford the American section of the Uitlanders the same protection as the British receive. Cabinet has decided to allow Mr Chamberlain a free hand in the Transvaal difficulty until the crisi3 is ended.