ARMS AND AMMUNITION FOR THE BOERS.
A SPEECH BY MPv: BALFOUR.
LONDON, September 29.
(Received/Sept.;^,; at 10.55: p.m.)
Pifty thousand -Maiisers,; half a million cartridges,' and^^several.; heavy7mortars leave Holland for the Transvaal immediately.' . Rains iave^ commenced in'the Transvaal.; Scarcityt*of ; watei-7 delayed ;'the -Boers initiating an 7aftack.*,;
It "is feared 7there vrill be ; great difficulty
provisioning -Johannesburg.:: The Chronicle says that Kruger's. efforts to' approach vLord direct were foiled.*** i,'.-,'" :X- 'X TT-Xxx -x-x.-iXXX LXX '■*.
Mr Balfour, in a speech at Ejundee,' said the Government had loyally and longsuffering, patience ;., striven to obtain 7 a peaceful and 'honourable:solution: Apparently :the. Boers, .refused' to yield. ■ Great Britain cannot", and .vrill'. not, do so. The interests of; South' Africa, civilisation, and national-honour made rei-reat; impossible.
Mr-Ritchie, speaking in. London,: said that if war occurred President Kruger would be responsible. ' . ' ; -XxXX-''■;'.''. ■'•.'.'V-■';-. (Received September 30, at 0.55 a.m.)-: The Times advocates * that ;the, .British demands:'on7the : -.Transvaal':should *be ;on the "lines of the' scheme' outlined -by* the . Outlanders' Council jin^July." The paper also hintsat the.- disarmament* of , Johan^ uesbjirg. , X~IXxX.X.X XXXX XT.x x. L : ~.X: .77-7;':
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11542, 30 September 1899, Page 5
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