| Show THE INQUIRY a the commons will Invest leale transvaal troubles london feb 16 the parliamentary committee recently appointed by toe house ot commons to inquire ino the causes and circumstances of the troubles in the transvaal bagan its sittings today mr cecil rhodes was the first witness examined he wae in sympathy with the Uit landers in their grievances and to assist a movement designed to obtain for them their constitutional rights be bad placed on the transvaal under orders of dr jameson a force of troops with instructions to act should certain events arise at this point sir william harcourt interrupted mr rhodes and asked was your object to overthrow the transvaal Trans vail government mr rhodes replied that the overthrow of the government was not his object but merely to bring about a change he admitted the probability of his having done wrong in placing dr jameson with bis men on the frontier but jamesine Jame sone invasion of the transvaal he was not responsible for as jameson had gone into the without hie rhodes authority was asked whether he had informed the british high commissioner in south africa sir hercules robinson of hie designs and replied that he had not sir william harcourt asked why he had not informed the british high corn and mr rhodes answered you had better get an answer to that question from lord it was impossible be said that the present state of things in johannesburg and other parts of the transvaal should continue the geiple would not their agitation agit acion until they obtained their civil rights |
