CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 1 July 1899, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

The Transvaal.

A meeting attended by six thousand citizens, waa held in Cape town to c insider the position of iffnr3 in the Transvaal Republic. Tho Mayor (Mr T. Ball) presided, md tha proceedings throughout were of a most enthusiastic character. It wi3 decided to ioiti;ito a monster petition from'the inhabitants )f Gnp? Colony, Natal and Rhodesia to Her Mij.??ty the Q i=en, praying than steps may be taken to secure quality of rights for old and new settlers in the Transvaal. The petition also expressees the hops th:it the eff jrt3 in thit direction now b^ing mads by tha British G)■ vernoient will not 03 rolnxed. The lion. T. L. G'-abam, Q C . -VI.L.C, Attorney. General of Ope Colony, declared that nnw was th r.imfi for action. He said that unles-f President K-agat_ receded from th" position which wa3 taken up, war would ba inevitable. Ho coo. t,hat Sir Alfred Milner, thBritish High Commissioner, in hiconference with President Kruger at j Bloemfontein, erred on tha aide of ! moderation. If Great Britain receded from her present attitude, her paramountcy in South Africa was doomed. Sir Gordon Sprigg, formerly Prime Minister, said he foresaw a danger of Cape Colony seceding from Great Britain unless Sir Alfred Milner was solidly supported. Various speakers thank* d the Australian solonies for the sympathy which colonists there had expressed with the outlanders. Mr Fischer, a membar of the Executive of the Orange Free State, has baen visiting Pretoria in order tn urge President Kruger to accept th enfranchisement, proposals recently outlined. These were to offor th^ outlanders the franchise after six years' residence, the concessions to apply retrospectively ; also to abolish one naturalisation clauses. It; is believed here that MFischei's mission has proved succeafull. The British Government has hired six transports, which are to ba ready for any emergency in view of the state of affairs in the Transvaal.