THE TRANSVAAL.
RESIGNATION Of SIR J, DE WET.
INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT
KRUGER
THE CHARTERED COMPANY.
THE TRIAL OF DR. JAMESON*
THE BOERS ARMING.
t'fsSsAisociatioii.-filectricTelegnipb.-Copyrijhi. Pretoria, May 12. Site J. DE Wet, British agent at Pretoria, lias resigned.
President Kruger, in an interview, Said he was astonished at the official defence set up. If he had been present at the Imperial Parliament on Friday he could easily have floored the speakers' stories of intrigue with Germany. They were mere soap bubbles. It was impossible to defend the plot against the Transvaal, and there would be no rest for Africa till the men wh<t engineered it were punished.
London, May 12. Dr. Leyds has cabled that Sir H, Robinson and the Cape Government considers the Chartered Company en« dangers South Africa, He does not believe the statement that thi Imperial Government is inclined to side with Mr. Rhodes.
It is reported that a section of the Chartered Company's shareholders intend to sue Beit for damages for invasion of the Transvaal.
Jackson and White, troopers, giving evidence at Jameson's trial, denied that Rhodes wired to advance into the Baud.
The Under-Secretary of State for the Transvaal is purchasing large supplies of arms and heavy ordnance in Europe,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10131, 14 May 1896, Page 5
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