The Transvaal

Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3102, 26 September 1899, Page 3

The Transvaal

Ijt is-alleged- that -President Kvnger, through Dr yLeyds. v "has v approached throe European* Powers- asking for their office-i in mediating with 6rreat ; Britain 1 and ' the TraiiavWal, and ythavhe^haa 'appealed to ; the Queen to preVent bloddshi&d. •"y, Oiily 120 persons; inpluding, 105 yAftikanderß, hdye JaDplied^orVt^e iran-. - chile under the new; Transvaal law. j y ' ¥. Harcourt, speaking at New , JMjiegar, saiid the Boers' offer of a five yeairi" 'franchise ought to be accepted if, ihe, conditions were reasonable and conformable to the convention of 1884, thojugh it was impossible to recognise the. Transvaal aa an independent State. Tfie Queensland /Government's offer of i ailitary assistance has been accepted, ' . 2Ar Joseph T. Tarte, Minister for JpuMio .works, Ottawa, la organising a regment. of volunteers for service in South Africa. Another prominent Canadian haa ; offered to insure, at the cost of ::_,000,000d0l (£200,000), the lives of 1000 Canadians who may vblpnteer, and so make provision for their families in the event of men being killed in battle. The cabinet decided to send an interim despatch to the Transvaal, protesting against the accusation against Mr "Grieehe. of committing a breach of faith also regretting the refusal of the last proposals, and declaring that the Government would proceed next Friday to 'formulate their own proposals. It is expected that the delay ia with a view fco allow of the arrival of reinforcements now on their way to Natal. ! . £ British camp is forming at Mt. Pleasant, site of General Oolley's camp when he attacked Majuba Hill in 1881. A complete army corps is being equipped to enable General Buller to operate with 15,000 men. It is intended to immediately occupy Laing's Nek. The Cabinet despatches hints ihat •negotiations wiih regard to the franchise difficulty are closed. Sir A. Milner will ask for an explanation of the language used by Mr Steyn on the .occasion of the opening of the Volksraad. Pome of the Auckland Mounted Riffles and Waikato volunteers are prepared to go on service to South Africa. The burghers are petitioning President Kruger for permiadion to rush the strategical points. A secret debate is now proceeding in the Haad. It ie atated seventeen hundred and fifty whites left Johannesburg last Friday. Many ladies travelled in sheep trucks The* Standard ' and ' Diggers News ; of Johannesburg, asserts that the field cornets in the Transvaal and the Orange Free State report 52,000 men as ready to take up the field. Eperts halve this estimate. A large number of residents in Melbourne are volunteering for the Transvaal including two nurse**. The defence department Wellington ia making inquiries as to the number, of members of the Mounted Corps in New Zealand who are willing to volunteer for service in South Africa ____-__*a----_--______-----M-_--_H_____avn