THE TRANSVAAL TROUBLE.
SEIZURE OF PROPERTY IN JOHANNESBURG. ARRESTS FOR TREASON. MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT KRUGER. ! MEETING OF THE VOLKSRAAD. | Press Association—By Teiejrrcph—Copyright. P2f.top.lv, January 14. | President Kruger threatens to cancel the miners' licenses, and has made a large seizure of the property of the Union, indicating that he thus intends to compensate the country. Owing to a knowledge of the existl ence of a conspiracy President Kruger had arranged to mobilise his troops and surround Johannesburg. | Bettlehem and Leonard Joel have been arrested at the Cape for treason, The Boers declare that only one- | third of the rifles have been sur- ! rendered. | Dr. Leeds, Secretary of State for j the Transvaal, was the embassy from j the President to Germany in connection with the trouble here. I Among those arrested in Johannes- | burg is W. Davies, an Australian. | January 15. i In a message to the Voiksraad, President Kruger asked that the Assembly should, in its calmer moments, discuss the causes of the dastardly plot to overthrow the Republic. He announced his determination to establish the rights of the Republic on a more secure basis. The meeting of the Voiksraad was marked by exciting scenes. Instructions were given to increase the artillery by 400 gunners, and thanks were tendered to the Orange Free State, Sir 11. Robinson, and Sir Jacobus De Wet. The Assembly then adjourned. Mr Chamberlain is afraid that the wholesale arrests by President Kruger vail endanger the industries and commerce of the Transvaal, and has asked Sir H. Robinson to explain tho nature of the charges and the probable punishment. London, January 14. Mr Chamberlain has decided to remove Sir Jacobus De Wet, the British Agent, from Pretoria. Vienna, January 14. The Austrian newspapers state that the Emperor of Germany's impetuous policy is weakening the Triple Alliance.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9315, 16 January 1896, Page 5
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THE TRANSVAAL TROUBLE.
Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9315, 16 January 1896, Page 5
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