On Tuesday Dr. Krause was brought up at Bow Street
and charged with high treason and inciting to murder, the senior Magistrate, Sir Franklin Lushington, hearing the case. Mr. Muir stated the charge with great fairness, as well as great clearness. The chief evidence against Dr. Krause is contained in letters alleged to have been written by him from London to Broeksma in Johannesburg,—Broeksma, being the man recently executed for conspiracy and treason. In these letters, which showed, among other things, that Dr. Krause was in receipt of money (£40) from Dr. Leyds, and that one of Dr. Krause's correspondents, Marie Pleydall, was in the habit of translating the _Daily News for ex-President Kruger's benefit, there were repeated references to a Mr. Forster, an English barrister practising in Johannesburg, who had taken a strong Outlander line when Dr. Krause was Public Prosecutor for the Transvaal. These letters, which, of course, till the decision of the Court can only be properly described as alleged to have been written by Dr. Krause, contain such phrases as the following:—"' In some legal manner this man must be got out of the way, cost what it may. His influence is damaging.' In another letter respecting Mr. Forster, the prisoner wrote : Everything is going on here in the same old way. The lies published here are unbelievable, and the
person " F." of whom I wrote is the cause of this want our people to be kept aware of this, so that he can be shot dead in some lawful way, or otherwise put out of the way. It is absolutely necessary. The sooner the better for our cause.' On August 24th Broeksma was arrested. After this man was in custody one of the prisoner's letters was received, in which he said F.' should be put out of the way." The rest of the evidence was of minor importance. We cannot, of course, comment on the evidence in any way while Dr. Krause is on his trial. The prisoner was remanded for a month, when further evidence will be produced.
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