THE TRANSVAAL.
BRITISH TROOPS FOR THE CAPE. VIEWS OF A JoEnNESBURG RESIDENT. United Press Association—By Eleotrlo Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, June 29. The Eighth Oompany of Royal Engineers, stationed at Chatham, have been ordered to the Cape. Large quantities of railway material are being sent out with the troops. JpRETOKIA,. June 29. The Outlanders* Council claims full citizenship in the Transvaal, Government simultaneously making a reduction of seats. Mr Cbambexiain's speech has-caused a commotion here. v ' MELBOURNE, June 30. Mr Woodford Leonard, a well-known Johannesburg barrister, and brother of the leader of the Transvaal National Union, who is visiting' Melbourne, in an interview, said -hat if England declared war. every .Boer would fight to the death. There would be a civil war throughout South Africa directly the first shot was fired. The Cape was full of secret agents of the Transvaal. He did not think the Boers would attack the Johannesburg mines, except as a last resource. .All the blacks would assist England against the Boers.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10886, 1 July 1899, Page 7
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