SOUTH AFRICA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 52, 2 March 1903, Page 3

SOUTH AFRICA.

HOFMEYER'd FAITH IN FEDERATION. THE OONCIIi'ATI' N CIRCULAR. FOREIGN PRESS KULOOISE CHAMBERLAIN'S LABOURS. Per Press Association. Received 1,5 3 p.m. Cape Tows, February 28. Hofmeyer, on being interviewed, stated that for 30 years he had newr wavered in his beli-f that federation on the Oinadian model would eventually be necessary. He said that the conciliation circular represented the views of the entire bond. It requests the recipients to u e their personal influsccj to csnsign to oblivion the bittercess followicg the war, otherwise peace and prosperity would be retarded. London, February 28. The Temps, a leading Paris jrnrral eulogis 8 Mr Chamb:rla<n's herculean labours, and admits tliaa he has done everything to promote a general reccn-1 ciliation. I Other European organ s , especially , those at Vienna and Berlin, acknow- ] ledge the surprisingly good results of Mr Chamberlain's m's^io<\ The Onsland (Afrikander Bond organ) publishes a circu'ar, which the] deputation promised Mr Chamberlain 1 sEould be issued, embodying Hof-; meyer's speech and asking all toe:-' operate in the rapprochment and re-! conciliation of the Du ch and British. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHED. COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME. BTRINGENT IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE. Received 1, 4.51 p.m. | Cape Town, February 28. j An Ordinance issued at Pretoria! establishes an Education DepartmeLt,' together with elementary schools, high schools, and a university; aUo technical, refoimitory, and other schools, which are to be free, or otherwise. Instruction in the Dutch language is limited to five hours a we k, including religious instruction. An amended peace preservation Ordinanc?, issued at Pretoria, increases tie stringency of the rules for admission and residence in the colony. Heavy penal ies will be enforced on holders of forged permi's.