THE JAMESON RAID.
(P<r P/v.-v Atxociutvm.—<_ '"pip i'ilit.) London, Feb. 20. Before the House of Commons Transvaal Raid Committee Mr Cecil Rhodes admitted that Lord Rosemead, Governor of Cape Colony, was aware of the JUand movement. He was willing if the rising had occurred to proceed to the Rand and mediate with a view to gaining large civil rights for the Uitlanders. Lord Rosemead was not aware of the preparations for Dr •Jameson's raid or Mr Rhode's connection therewith. H« denied informing the Chartered Company or the directors, except possibly Mr M'Guire and he only cabled to Mr Harris, his London agent. He admitted his conduct was indefensible except from the point of view that his object was to advance the interests of South Africa and the Chartered Company. He desired a Federal union leaving the Transvaal inclusion to a plebiscite. He believed it was intended that the scheme of Mr R. J. Robinson, the South African millionaire, for a Republic should replace the larger scheme.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 253, 22 February 1897, Page 3
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166THE JAMESON RAID. Hastings Standard, Issue 253, 22 February 1897, Page 3
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