MR CHAMBERLAIN'S TOUR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 8, 10 January 1903, Page 3

MR CHAMBERLAIN'S TOUR.

ni FRBSS ASSOCIATION. ! Caps Tows, January 8. j - Mr Ohamberlaio, *t a banquet inj Pretoria, delivered a pp»e:h similar to ' that cabled ot> November 6tb. - Omitting all reference to rebels, he taphaioeed that tiie war had left suffering and losses on both sides. The Government/a policy was ooe of union atd conciliatiou its far as this promoted union. Everybody desired conciliation •"but it wa« not conciliation to try ;o . meet their opponents' views if they simultaneously alienated their friends. (Cheers), it was useless to make C-in-ceesions if t'ey were interpreted as weakness and used for advancing fresh 'demands. „Mr Chamberlain advocate l ?, besides . an alliance, a fusion of the races. , fie stated that the Botr leaders had -accepted as frankly as anyone could desire, the result of the war and the terms of the settlement. He accepted their assurances and believed them to fee perfectly sincere. Britain would execute the terms of the settlement in the spirit and in the letter and expected tke Boer* to do likewise. He hoped and prayed that whatever controversies might arise regarding the future, there would be none on racial lines. The prosperity of the country ' was dependent upon the relation of that hope. Regarding the contribution to the cost of the war he would rather return - home emp'y handed than be the bearer of an arrangement extorted ' from an unwilling people. i Mr Chamberlain announced £n«Uy i that he snl Lord Milner hid agreed i ; open a scheme to expedite the settle • , ment of all claims for compensation. ; MO UNDUI TAX&TION. HONOUR OF TRANSVAAL INVOLVED. Received 9.51 p.*. Caps Town, January 8. Mr Chamberlain, at the Pretoria • banquet, said it was not intended to unduly incroasi taxation so as to ; hamper the prom.pt and rcasonabfe de- 1 : velopmeut ef the country. 1 The overwhelming case he presented was for a reasonable contribution from - the Transvaal towards the cost of the ' ; war. He would despair of Imperialism 1 . if ha thought 8ou»b Africa was s) indifferent to ite honour as to allow the Motherland to bear increased taxation " for generations while the Colonies were making a profit. The audienc9 was pirtly unsympathetic, and there were some interruption!. PLAIN SPEAKING. - Received 16, 0 20 am Cap« Tows January 9. Mr Chamberlain, replying to the Boar - - Conference addrcs*. said he had been , ' better pleased to hea r , b.-s-des requests, ' some recognition of the Government's 1 achievement on their beh -IF. Le*', he . said, thd Bierd forgive th -ir own people > who surrendered and assisted Britain, before ta'king of a gone'al amnesty I about which the Vfrveniging agreement ' w«s silent. Muck bid b«en done for the ' robe's, ou'eide whit hid bsen done • andir pressure. It would be useless : far the exiles to return unless they accap.ed the Yeraeniging egreemanN j Burghers iu Europe should prove th?ir .loyalty by accounting for the money : ' they took to Europe. Mr Chamberlain concluded by spying , he fiimly declined to reopen negotu- ■' tions, or to go behini the Vereenigiog * enns *