THE RAND BATTLE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 183, 2 August 1913, Page 5

THE RAND BATTLE.

USE OF THE TROOPS. SUPPORTED BY THE HOUSE." DEATH RATE OF THE MINERS. LONDON, August 1. In the House of Commons last night Mr. R. L. Outhwaite ( Liberal M.P. for Hanley) moved the reduction of the Colonial vote. He declared that the Imperial troops in South Africa had been used to buttress a brutal and inhuman system. Ibe death-rate among white miners was 300 per 1.000 yearly. Mr. Hnrcourt (Colonial Secretary) justified Viscount Gladstone's use of the troops, and said the Governor-General of South Africa acted promptly tinder circumstances of great difficulty and under the advice of responsible Ministers of a jelf-t-oveming Dominion. Mr. Bonar Law ( Leader of the Opposition i agreed that Viscount Gladstone's action was necessary. Mr. Outh-.vaite thereupon withdrew his motion. a. LABOUR PROCLAI-CATION. TO TEEE SPEC. AT, POLICE ("Sydney Sun" Special Service.) LONDON, August 1. Further dispatches from Lord Gladstone include a Labour proclamation pub.ished in Pretoria., stating:—"ln the name of law and order, those not having grievances are invited to enrol in the special police to intimidate citizens who foolishly think they have grievances goainst t'ne present day pernicious society. Reward, the _-lory and honour of keeping the workingman in his place. Roll Up. Rifles free, ye heroes." PUBLIC OPINON. CHANGING AGAINST THE MINERS. ("Sydney Sun" Special Service.) LONDON, August 1. The Rev. M. Furse (Bishop of Pretoria), in a letter, states that public sympathy at first favoured the men. but since the rejection of the terms offered and their attempts at intimidation, public opinion in Johannesburg bad changed. Ihe public was desirous to know the views of the. workers themselves, and believed that a barfbt would show a big majority in favour of a fair compromise.