THE JAMESON RAID.
CLAIM BY THE TRANSVAAL GOVERNMENT. THE MATTER TREATED AS A JOKE. (Per Prex* Association —L'o/n/rii/ht.) London-, Feb. 19. In the House of Commons Mr Chamberlain announced that a message had been received from the Government claiming the sum of_ £677,988 for material damage result ing from the Jameson Raid, and e million in respect to damage to thi country on moral and intellectual grounds. He stated the wording o the communication was ambiguous—possibly the total amount claimed was a million but he tho.ight this.was not so.
The announcement was received with laughter. The newspapers ridicule the claim.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 252, 20 February 1897, Page 3
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100THE JAMESON RAID. Hastings Standard, Issue 252, 20 February 1897, Page 3
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