CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 6 July 1899, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

The Transvaal. A Reuter'a Agency telpgram state' chit Mr J. EL Hofnisyr, leader of thp Afrikander Party in the Cap? Colony Bous3 of Assembly, and the Hon A J. Herholdfc, M.L C, Secretary for Agriculture, have, at the request of the* Cipe Colony Ministry, undertaken to proceed to Bloemfontein Oiange Free State, to confer with two Transvaal Ministers with the view of bringing about a settlement of the existing difficulty.

The foremost members of the Raads declare that the concession? proposed by P.eaident Kruger in his conference with Sir Alfred Milner, B itish High Commissioner, at Blosmfontein in May, are th u'raoat that can be offered to the ouHundera.

o>mmandan(> V-'join, in the new Wit watersrand member of the First Riad, in thanking the electors for his return, declared that therf wis but little chance of a settlement of the present difficulty in consequence of the ferm -nt created by the new.-? pipers. H* also referred to tbf gaaech delivered at Birnrnshara by M. .Caamberlain, Bdtish Sacretaiy •■if 'dtate fir tbr; colonies. M' C'jtimb'^rlain'^ reference to tinTransvaal as a " festering sor« " which polluted South Africa, was he Slid, an insult. Agitators and praa3 writers had p'iMonpd Mr Oiarnberlain'd mind, inclining him to war. The Biera however, war** nit to ba intimidated into relin their rights. At meetings held at Durban. Pietermaritzburg, and Q leen's Town resolutions were passed which emphasised those carried at tht* great Capetown, demonstration. The speakers at the meetings warned Great Britain against countenancing the intolerable oppressions and tyranny of the Transvaal Govern ment which, whilst it was allowed to continue not only lowered the fc-ge of the British Empire, but also endangered the loyalty of its colonists in South Africa.

A Green Book which has been issued at Pretoria contains a despatch dated the 9 h May, by Mr R-ii'z, State Secretary of the Republic. M. Rei'z deniesi the existence of the suzerainty which Great Britain chilli? to px=?rci3e over the t»aasvaal and haughtily declines to continue unnecessary discussion on the subject. T?he oufclanders insist on equality of language and rights and they have some misgiving* on this score on acoouofc of Mr Chamberlain's recent remark that their representation under Sir Alfred Milner's proposals would not exceed one fifth of tha members of the Firgt Raad.

Mr Hofmeyr, whose silence has been commented upon, now recommends that a compromise sbo ild be accepted somewhat abort of Sir Alfred Milnar's proposals in regard tt the franchise.

The outlook U generally con sidered to be grave.

It is feared in some quarters that the Hon. W. P. Sohreioer, M L.A., Prims Minister of Cape Colony, is dallying with the matter.