SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8061, 17 March 1906, Page 3

SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS.

FURTHER DISCUSSION IN THE COMMONS. Received 17, 12.7 a.ni. London, March 10. Mr Byles, ou Wednesdaj, moves in the House of Commons a resolution censuring Lord Milnei'. Mr Kincaid Smith moves, and Mr Fienues seconds an amendment declaring that to attack the policy and conduct of Lord Milner is ill-advised at the present juncture and calculated to revive and accentuate racial animosity. THE GOVERNMENT'S. RESPONSIBILITY. WILL WE LOSE THE COLONIES ? AFRICANDER BOND MEETING. Received 17,12.7 a.m. Capetown, March 16.

Mr F. D. P. Chappin, President of the Chamber of Mines, Johannesburg, emphasised the serious responsibility assumed by the Imperial Government with reference to labour. If bad times came, the whole community would suffer.

"The Times'" JohaniiGsburg correspondent says while the presence and prosperity of tens of thousands of Britishers will mean the integrity fo the Empire, their withdrawal would spell the virtual loss of one or more of the Colonics.

Mr T. P. Tiicron, President of the Afrikander party, at the opening of the Bond Congress al Ceres, said if the promise of responsible Government to the new Colonics was fairly fulfilled, the Liberals would benefit the Empire and remove lunch past bitterness, as well as bring federation nearer, He hoped the Imperial Government would have the courage and honesty to accomplish their promises regarding Chinese labor. He emphasised the necessity of" education and said the prospects of protection were encouraging. fie grieved that the consequences of the war and the drought had impaired the independence and spirit of the Afrikander farmer.