CAPE AND TRANSVAAL.
SPEECH BY SIR J. SPRIGG.
DOES NOT CONSIDER WAR PROBABLE. Press Aasociiitlon.— Telegraph.—Copyvlglit. Capetown, April 24. In the Legislative Assembly the Premier, Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, referring to Mr. Dutiot's motion with reference to the Transvaal, impressing on the Government the necessity for modetion, mutual toleration, and faithful observance of treaties, insisted that it was essential to maintain the Transvaal Convention. He did not believe that war with the Transvaal was probable, but if it did come the Transvaal would be responsible. The building of forts and the importing of war material was not the way to secure peace. The debate on the motion was adjourned. The Legislative Council has adopted a resolution similar tp Mr. Dutiot's.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10427, 27 April 1897, Page 5
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