SOUTH AFRICAN FEDERATION.
FROOEEiyiNGS AT THE PRETORIA CONFERENCE. CAPETOWN FAVOURED AS PROPOSED CAPITAL. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. PRETORIA, May 7. At the Pretoria Conference, during the dcibato on tho Customs question, tii© Oa.pe and Orange River Colony dolega.tce, for tho sake of uniformity, acquiesced in, tJio continuance of preference to Britain, reserving to themselves the right .to raise objections 'later on. It is apparent that <tfoe> Conference is indisposed to unnecessarily disturb tho arrangements pending the progress of the movement for closer union of the South African Statee. The Capetown correspondent of "The Times" reports that visitors from tiho Transvaal declare that the feeling apainst Capetown as the Federal capital is almost gone, and General Botha is believed to favour Capetown.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13111, 9 May 1908, Page 9
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