THE TRANSVAAL.
MORE TROOPS. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION]. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. COPYRIGHT). London, July 18. In the House of Commons, Mr Balfour announced that an opportunity to discuss the Transvaal situation will be given before the prorogation of Parliament. Sir Alfred Milner has assured Mr Chamberlain that the latest proposal by the Transvaal would enfranchise less than half those entitled to vote under his schmne, and that it is doubtful if the Uitlanders would be able to capture any of the new seats. The Daily Telegraph states that the First Scots Guards and Second Grenadiers have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness to proceed to South Africa. Capetown, July 18. The attitude of the Cape Parliament has so impressed a seotion of the Boers that they are influencing the Baad to listen to the advice of the Progresßivißts to give sufficient concession! to secure a peaceful solution.
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Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 463, 20 July 1899, Page 2
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