A Mysterious Cable.
FOREIGN COMPLICATIONS FEARED. Telegraph. Press Association. Copyright Sydney, March 1. The Hon. A. McLean, the Victorian Premier, went so far when questioned as to say that publication of the despatch might create alarm. It is believed that the colonies are to be asked to send more troops to South Africa, so that in the event of trouble with any other Power the Imperial forces will be available elsewhere. This Day. Mr Lyne states that Mr Chamberlain's despatch contains nothing about a Russian invasion, the despatch of Australian troops to India, or more for South Africa, and nothing about part of the British army being raised and trained in Australia- Nevertheless the cable is such that he could not reveal it without permission. The Daily Telegraph disputes Mr Reeve's estimate of the Boer forces. Trustworthy correspondents had, by personal observation, and from information gained at first hand, placed the number much higher, and their estimates are likely to be more accurate tban calculations worked out by Mr Reeves in London.
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Feilding Star, Volume XXI, Issue 204, 2 March 1900, Page 2
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172A Mysterious Cable. Feilding Star, Volume XXI, Issue 204, 2 March 1900, Page 2
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