The Transvaal. Pretoria, June 18.
The Government ot thj Tivinsvaal disavows any idea of calling in any toieign power to aibitrate in the differences with Great Britain. < A meeting ot tour thousand burgher,s at' Parde Kraal resolved to support President Krnger in not conceding more to the Uitlanders. General Joubeit, vice president, and four o' her members oE tha Transvaal Executive w ere present at the meeting. , June 19. , Germany supported the representation made to .Piesident Kvuger bv the Govei'mnent of the Netherlands with ivfei'eUCi to his attitude in the dispute with Great Britain. : The Johannesburg. coii'esponcbnt of the London Tunes states that Mr Kmgnr's franebi^ scheme is practic a,lly identical with the proposals he tnide at the Bloemfontein conference with the addition of discretionary powers to strengthen the existing regimen. The burgher's at Pieterbourgh have endorsed President Kruger's proposals for tho Uitla-iders' tranchise. , London, June 19. The London Daily Mail stafcep that trade in Johanneainirgis stagnant, and there is serious shoitageot labour for the mines. Hundreds" of nativos aie leaving daily. Two thousand woniea and children left in five days. • , June 20. The St. James' Gazette has pub dished General Joubert 1 s plan of, campaign in the event of war in the Tiansvaal. Boer sympathiser? and ngenfcp ,are to destroy the Cape to Buluwayo railway ; Kunberle.y will be raided, and De_ Beers' mines destroyed. General Jouhert expects to be master of Ca^ps- r town in a fortnight. The Port JShza.beth.Pretoria railway will bedestiayetl south of Bloemfontein. , Mr J. B. Bobuison, a SpuCh African . impe-owner, \\bo was jii)te.rviewt?d m JJondon* sais that the theory was- uijunfounded. The Africanders s,nd Africanders and Dutch were neujjiral ,ia -the present tf'dublsj, Add anfj&A*
would bo restricted to Transvaal. Mr Robinson has cabled to President Krnger strongly appealing to him to nidefc Sir A. Milner's views.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 11, 22 June 1899, Page 3
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303The Transvaal. Pretoria, June 18. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 11, 22 June 1899, Page 3
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