War in South Africa and the Dark continent from savagery to civilization : The strange story of a weird world from the earliest ages to the present, including the war with the Boers .. . to Newcastle, Natal, where theywere turned over to the British authorities. In this trip they were compelled to go through the pass betweenLaings Nek and Majuba Hill, where the British under Sir GeorgeColley were so disastrously defeated February 27, 1881. Dr. Jameson and the officers of the expedition, it was added, wouldbe kept at Pretoria until the terms of the indemnity to be paid by theBritish South Afric
War in South Africa and the Dark continent from savagery to civilization : The strange story of a weird world from the earliest ages to the present, including the war with the Boers .. . to Newcastle, Natal, where theywere turned over to the British authorities. In this trip they were compelled to go through the pass betweenLaings Nek and Majuba Hill, where the British under Sir GeorgeColley were so disastrously defeated February 27, 1881. Dr. Jameson and the officers of the expedition, it was added, wouldbe kept at Pretoria until the terms of the indemnity to be paid by theBritish South Africa Company were settled. A large safe which was consigned to one Farrar, one of the im-prisoned Rand leaders, was opened by the customs officers and wasfound to contain 100 revolvers and 7,000 rounds of cartridges. A proclamation issued by President Kruger January 10, 1896,said that he had long meditated an alteration of the constitution, butthat he could not accede to unwarrantable demands. He had intended to submit to the next session of the Volksraad alaw granting a municipality to Johannesburg. Dare I do so, con-tinued the proclamation, after what has happened? I will give the. * flHHHHH^. | .y^p - J$|yMHBttMtt|ft| l^Kr ? 1 B * f^ 3 1- :l ?H Bi ^ Mk1 Bkri. «fl | [ 1 f frl I f. HBHI ^.xl ^| m -? ? ,-il4 . v4 ?Kf^rail w| THE JAMESON RAID. 201 answer myself. I know that there are thousands in Johannesburg towhom I can with confidence intrust this. Let the Johannesburgersmake it possible for the Government to appear before the Volksraadwith the words, Forget and forgive! At a meeting at Manchester, England, January 15, presided overby Arthur J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, the chairman, in thecourse of an address, made incidental mention of Emperor William ofGermany, which was greeted by his hearers with groans and hoots. Referring to the Transvaal difficulty, Mr. Balfour declared thathe could not discuss the gravity of the offense of those who would bearraigned for
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