THE JAMESON RAID
THE COMMITTEE OP US T QtflßY'
ADMISSIONS BY MR RHODES
[Per Press Association.!
LONDON, Feb. 20.
Before tlie House of Commons Committee, Mr Cecil ßhodes admitted that Lord Rosmead was aware of the Rand movement. He was willing, if a rising had occurred, to proceed to the Rand and mediate, with a view to gaining larger civil rights for the TJitlanders. Lord Rosinead was not aware of the preparations for Dr Jameson's raid, or Mr Rhodes' connection therewith. He denied informing the Chartered Company or the directors, except possibly Mr M/Ghiire, and he only cabled to Mr Harris, the London agent. He admitted that his conduct was indefensible, except from the point of view that his object was to advance the interests of South Airica and the Chartered Company. He desired federal uuion, leaving the Transvaal's inclusion to the decision of a plebiscite. He believed that it was intended that the scheme of Mr J. B. Robinson, the South African millionaire, for a republic, should replace the larger scheme.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5803, 22 February 1897, Page 1
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172THE JAMESON RAID Star (Christchurch), Issue 5803, 22 February 1897, Page 1
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