The Transvaal.

Manawatu Herald, 25 July 1899, Page 2

The Transvaal.

The outlanders in the Transvaal have called a meeting for th" ourptse of condemning the new franchise law, and demanding h nore complete settlement of their ••laim*. Mr Cecil Rhodes, in addressing a meeting in Capetown sriuted tb^ idea of war between Great Britain md the Transvaal in connection with the claim* of the oufclander*.

Mr Chamberlain, Secretary of for the Colonies, has con firmed the statements already mad" *9 to the nature of the franchise con cession. He added that he had leard unnofficially that it was th'--intention of the Transvaal Legislaturo 0 also giva seven new seatn to diaricts which are chiefly inhibited by ilien*. If that proved to be true, h noped to be able to arrange the '■msi* ef a settlement on tha liaep aid down by Sir Alfred M'lner, British High Commissioner for South AfriM. AUhough there weiv 1 number of conditions which had ha Pn retained, and possibly sorn^ «">f Imperial value, in the conc^eion*. he was confident that President Kruger would con3ent to reconsider question* of detail, and not alloy the concession?, or permit them to b^ rnullifiad by fnture legislation or by idminHntion.

At th a . meeting of the Sinth \frcan League it w>« declared lhat Mia reitriction^ impogfil by th" Volk^raad^ would render th a practically valueless for outlanders.

The recent speech of Mr Chirabar lain British Secretary of Sate for th Oolonies, has dispelled tho alarm which was felt at Johannesburg thr •he British Givernm^n 1 ; w-\s ab-.xr in acc-'p 1 . a wale enmpromi-^.

Sp'oial cablegram* to tho " Standard " and tha " M'>rn ; ng Post f> report tn fcha latest action of th Bon. W. P. Schre'n >r, Premier of n .&p?. Colony, in ivgard to thTransvaal difficulty. Tin nussagp" stats that Mr Schreiner on hearing that Great Britain was reported t< have shown a disposition to com prornisa in thfl nutter, telg'aphofl to President Kramer exhorting him to yield no further, out await an

Imperial despatch, which would probably open the door to arbitration, air Sebivin^r concluded hi* telpgnmi with ;hfl words " F^srina ltnte " haste slow y). /***&> The Imperial Gwrnra^nt continue to make precautionary pre pirationsin rgard to South Africa. Eleven batteries of artillery are now r ady for despatch from Woolwich.