THE TRANSVAAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIX, Issue 11531, 18 March 1898, Page 5

THE TRANSVAAL.

a. EBAT BRITAIN’S SUZERAINTY. STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT KRUGER. United: Preßß-Association—By Elecia3c3Tolegß»®ll-< Copyright. Receive iMajxh 17^9^0£wa, LONDON, Maboh 16. The- Times states that at a full •meeting of the Transvaal Yolkeraad, held in President Kruger’s house, strong opinions were expressed against the British mzaramij* Th» Government-was authorised to ikato advantage of any British compliesiaen. elsewhere to renounce the.-suzer-ainty. ' BeceivedMltrdi IV.lOAOpja.. PRETORIA, MAECroiLiL : The ’ Volksraad hae been prorogaea. President Kruger, in hia closing speech, said the statement-that hehad tried to influence Judge Koize waa false. The devil Wmseltmewer spoke a.greater lie. It was imposs33e to know what would happen in the Transvaal in the immediate future, but the Boers mnet-stand together. He concluded by saying, ur SSj to Mr Chamberlain’s despatch wiD. show the 'Transvaal people a government.” Received March 18. LlOmush. CAPETOWN, MaecuJCT. It is reported that the Cape Crown law officers hold : that tba dismissal of Judge of the London Convention. Mr Cecil Rhodes states thatthe •present Government of the Transvaal only exists on the basis -of fifteen thousand votes, and embarrasses the union of South Africa. PRETORIA,,Maech -jt^. Judge Kotze has issued a mud-; festo in which he asks the eountryto decide whether it will contmnetotbo governed by an. autocrat.