HOLLAND AND THE TRANSVAAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6835, 27 October 1900, Page 2

HOLLAND AND THE TRANSVAAL.

(By Electric Tolegraph — Copyright.) (Per Press Association!. London, October 26.

Three confidential despatches havo been officially published at The Hague. On May 30th, 1899, Mr W. H. de Eeaufort, Minister for Foreign Affairs, warned Mr Kruger of the. danger of a violent solution of the troubles _ then existing in the Transvaal. As a faithful friend ho counselled tho utmost conciliation and moderation, adding that Germany fully concurred in such a i course. Mr Kruger replied that ho had always been conciliatory, and did not desire war, but was unable to sacrifice independence. He favoured granting the suffrage, but wouldnot tolerato Englishmen remaining Britishers and voting. On August 4th, Mr Boaufort urged Mr Kruger not to peremptorily refuse the International Commission, to which the President replied that the Commission was not an International one, but AngloTransvaal. On August 15th, Mr Beaufort tolpgraphed that Germany entirely concurred in the inadvisability of declining the proposal. He was convinced that any appeal to a Great Powor at such a critical moment would be barren and dangerous to the Republic.

Mr Kruger replied that the proposal would lead to very direct internal interference with the Transvaal, and that he did not intend to appeal to a Great Power.