THE TRANSVAAL TROUBLE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1246, 16 January 1896, Page 29

THE TRANSVAAL TROUBLE.

AN APPEAL FROM MR RHODES. NeTV York, January 13. Mr Rhodes telegraphs to the .New York World tli<tt the' Uitlande'rs are largely composed of Americans, who possess nine-tenths 1 of the wealth in the Transvaal. He says the Uitlanders are certain to attempt from time to time to obtain their rights, and he appeals for the sympathy of the American people towards England as against Germa'nv. He asks that this sympathy should be g'ifen instead of the two nations bickering over tho Venezuelan boundary question. Pretoria, January 23b

The arrests in Johannesburg include Dr Jameson’s brother and the whole of the leadins'miners.

The transfer of property is forbidden. Twenty thbxisand people who fled from Johannesburg when the' outbreak of a revolution seemed imminent arc no'w returning to the city. Two hundred, additional warrants hate been issued against Johannesburg residents. Capetown, January 13.

During the crisis many wealthy Jews fled from the Transvaal —some dressed as women, £iiid others as negroes.

Sir J. Gordon Sprigg’s new Ministry is Composed principally of members of the Afrikander Bund Party. London, January 13.

The Times warns President Kruger that his Wholesale arrests in Johannesburg will require justification. The Times says that the message from Mr Reid, Premier of New South Wales, to' Lord Salisbury on behalf of the Australian Governments shows the unity of the' Empire. The same journal states that Great Britain is still confronted by a most critical outlook. The Standard, in an inspired leading article, states that the relations between England and Germany have resumed their normal condition. Mr Chamberlain receives an ovation wherever he appears. When he entered Cabinet to-day, he received a round of applause from the other Ministers.

Half a million ex-volunteers are willing to join the reserve. The Daily Chronicle declares that onethird of the British batteries are without field guns, and that the artillery has no reserves. German importers complain that the tension caused by the crisis with Great Britain is proving ruinous to trade. In response to a request of the United States Government Mr Chamberlain will afford the American section of the Uitlanders the same protection as the British receive. Cabinet has decided to allow Mr Chamberlain a free hand in the Transvaal difficulty until the crisis is ended. *