TRANSVAAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8202, 4 August 1906, Page 5

TRANSVAAL.

THE CONSTITUTION. Received August 3, 8.45 a.m. CAPETOWN, August 2. ml embers of Het Volk, and Pretoria, generally are satisfied with the new Transvaal Constitution, except that part relating to a second Chamber, which Mr Ewald Esselin, a prominent member of the Boer organisation, condemns. The Ons Land, the leading Dutch newspaper in the colony, says:— Although the Constitution is an improvement on the Milner-Lyttelton production, yes it in no way fulfils the reasonable expectations of the Boers. A reasonable degree of mistrust amongst the Boers ia still apparent. The announcement of the new constitution was received at Johannesburg with a feeling of relief at the termination of suspense. In Cape Colony feara are expressed that trouble will arise respecting the second Chamber. Opinion is divided at Bloemfontein regarding the postponement of Orange Fiver Colony's constitution. The newspaper Poet says:—The Imperial decision is a viotory for common sense. It is to be boped the Government will leave well ulone. LONDON, August 2. The Johannesburg correspondent of The Times reports that the British party is frankly disappointed with the Constitution. "THINGS MIGHT WELL BB WORSE." Reoeived August 3, 8.35 a.m. LONDON, Angußt 2. The Times says:—On the whole the verdict of South Africa and Britain on the Transvaal Constitution seems to be that things might well be worse. It simply throws into stronger relief the unwisdom of the line of aotion pursued during the last six months by a policy of interference and menace, whence any avenue of escape is welcome, however great the attendant risks are. The Daily Telegraph aays the general verdict of the colonies and the city on the Transvaal Constitution may be summarised in a phrase often recurring yesterday might have been worse." CANADIAN OPINIONS. Reoeived August 3, 8.35 a.m. OTTAWA, August 2. The Toronto Globe, referring to the Transvaal Constitution, says:— There is no reason to fear that the Boers, after their spirited struggle and their acceptance of an honourable peace, will fail to appreciate the magnanimity of now treating them as trustworthy friends. Reoeived August 3, 10.30 p.m. OTTAWA, August 3. The Montreal Gazette says that the future of South Africa concerns Australia anß Canada equally as much as Great Britain. "It ia uot for such reckless and audacious experiments as this latest Constitution that we gave so proudly the blood of our bravest," concludes the journal. THE ELECTIONS. Reoeived August 4, 12.15 a.m. LONDON, August 3. In the House of Commons Mr Winston Churchill announced that the Transvaal elections would be held not later than January.

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