THE TRANSVAAL RAID.
SIR J. WILLOUGHBY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.
HE DECLINES TO ANSWER A
QUESTION.
MR. LABOUCHERE'S OPINION OF THE INQUIRY. THE BOER INDEMNITY. PresiAsaocintion.—lClectric Telefitapti.—Copjdfjbk London, April 2. At a sitting oE the Transvaal Raid Committee to-day, Sir John Willoughby declined to state the substance of a private letter from the War Office, Mr. Labouchere thereupon described the committee as a farce, and declared it was hushing up everything.
London, April 3. The claim made by the Transvaal Government in connection with the Jameson raid includes £462,120 as compensation to the burghers who were "commandeered" to resist the raid. This is exclusive of £136,733 for other losses, and one million for moral damage to the Republic.
At the Transvaal Raid Committee, Sir John Willoughby gave evidence. He said he told the officers participating in the raid that neither the War Office, the Imperial Government, nor the Chartered Company would bother if the undertaking was successful.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10408, 5 April 1897, Page 5
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