Show I THE NEWS IN LONDON Big Sensation Expected When All Particulars Come London May 16The arrests at Johannesburg Jo-hannesburg are probably connected wIth the mysterious dispatch received at Johannesburg from Pretoria on May 12 saying a special train fully equipped with Boer artillerymen guns and a searchlight apparatus was being held In readiness at the capital of the I Transvaal The statement was then declare without significance but to days news throws a more serious light on the movement and it is certain there will be a great sensation in Lon don when the news at the arrests becomes be-comes generally known The afternoon newspapers today print special dispatches from Cape town saying seven men have been arrested i ar-rested at Johannesburg and have been taken to Pretoria The government of the colony It further appears is considering con-sidering the matter secretly The news has caused great excitement throughout through-out South Africa The Standard and Diggers News the Boers organ in London has a dispatch from Pretoria which says that warrants i war-rants were issued yesterday evening by the state attorney and were executed at midnight The dispatch adds a plot or rebellion is alleged to have been maturing for four months and the accused ac-cused who are said to have been engaged en-gaged by the South African League had already enlisted 2000 men Cecil Rhodes the former president of the Cape Colony and who is interested In the British Chartered South African company informs the Associated Press that he has heard nothing about the arrests at Johannesburg and knows nothing about the reason for which they were made Joseph Chamberlain secretary of state for the colonies who was interviewed inter-viewed in the lobby of the house of commons this evening said he had heard nothing officially regarding the arrests In the Transvaal and did not think that too serious a significance ought to be attached to them No information in-formation has reached him from South Africa he asserted that could lead him in any way to anticipate or to explain ex-plain the arrests The news caused considerable excitement excite-ment among the members but little disposition was manifested to credit the rumors of a rebellious conspiracy a i3 |