Trouble in the Transvaal.

Manawatu Herald, 18 January 1896, Page 2

Trouble in the Transvaal.

President Kruger threatens to cancel the miners' licenses. He has made a large seizure of the property of the Union, indicating that he thus intends to compensate the country. Owing to his knowledge of the existence of the conspiracy, President Krnger had arranged to mobilise troops, and surround Johannesburg. Bettlebem and Leonard Joel have been arrested at the Cape for treason. The Boevs declare that only onethird of the rifles have been surrendered. Dr Leyds, Secretary of State for the Transvaal, was the ambassador from the President to Germany in connection with the trouble here. - Mr Ohauiberiain has decided to remove Sir Jacobus de Wet, the British agent, from Pretoria. Among those arrested in Johannesburg is W. Davies, an Australian. In a message to the Volksraad, President Kruger asked that the Assembly should in its calmer moments discuss the causes of the dastardly plot to overthrow the Republic. " He announced his determination to establish the rights of the Republic on a more secure basis. The meeting of the Volksraad was marked by exciting scenes. Instructions were given to increase the artillery by 400 gunners, and thanks were tendered to the Orange Free State, Sir H. Robinson and Sir J. De Wet. The Assembly then adjourned. Mr Chamberlain is afraid that the wholesale arrests by President Kruger will endanger the industries and commerce of the Transvaal, and has asked Sir H. Robinson to explain the nature of the charges and the probable punishment. The Boer 3 are disarming. Twelve thousand traversed Johannesburg, and flatter themselves that thpy can overawe the residents. The Volksraad of the Orange Free State has carried resolutions declaring that the State will always assist the Transvaal, and demanding that the charter of the British South Africa Company be cancelled. Herr Hofmeyer, leader of the Africander Party, states that in the event of an Anglo German war, England would acquire the German colonies, including Damaraland, which, he thinks, would not be altogether an unmixed evil. The Emperor of Germany's action in the Transvaal difficulty was, to his mind, undeserving of serious consideration. The Transvaal burghers are petitioning President Kruger to revoke the British suzerainty. The Chartered Company's troop of horses at Baluwayo has been disarmed. Mr Cecil Rhodes has left Capetown for England.