Imperial Parliament.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 28, 1 August 1899, Page 3

Imperial Parliament.

Sir PL Cambell-Bannerman, speaking in the House of Commons, admitted that the Transvaal was a constant source of danger to the peace of South Africa, but denied that, it was a case for anhed" intervent'oT. He thought thatthe Jameson raid justified the suspicion of such a step. The Government must use moral suasion, and- enli^ the aid of enlightened Dutchmenjit the Cape. , Mr Chamberlain in reply, ,sajd that the Government had four titles to in-

terfere. It was 'right of every Power to protect oppressed subjects ; the rights of the suzerain Conventions had been broken up ; while ,the promise on which the conventions had been gi anted had been falsified. The Government had no desire to haggle over details, but were bound to see the thing through. He oflered to submit the new franchise to legal experts in South Africa to ascertain if it secured to the Uitlanders adequate representation. He thankfully recognised that the colonies were willing to give active support in a time of difficulty. He declined to make pledges with regard to ulterior action, and considered that the Colonial Office had displayed excessive patience and moderation. No one desued to annex the Transvaal, or lessen its independence. He was still hopeful of a solution, because President Krugt r seemed aware that the Government and the country were in earnest* Lord Salisbury, who adopted Lord Selbourne's description of the minimum, said that President Kruger's systematic policy of encouragement of racial feeling had reduced the English to the condition of a conquered race. Loid Salisbury concluded :—" We have put our hands to the plough and will not turn back."