The Transvaal Difficulty.

Opunake Times, Volume IV, Issue 162, 21 January 1896, Page 2

The Transvaal Difficulty.

BOERS DISARMING. RHODES AND JAMESON CHEERED. Pretoria, January 17* The Boers are disarming. Twelve thousand of them traversed Johannesburg to gratify themselves and overawe residents. The Volksraad of the Orange Free State has carried resolutions that it will always assist the Transvaal, and demanding that the Charter of British South African Company be cancelled. Capetown, January 17. Herr Hofmeyer states that in the event of Auglo-German war England would acquire the German colonies, including Damaraland, which he thought would not altogether be an unmixed evil. The Emperor of Germany's action in Transvaal difficulty was to his mind undeserving of serious consideration. Pretoria, Jannary 17. Transvaal burghers are petitioning President Kruger to revoke the British suzerainty. The Chartered Company's troop of horse at Buluwayo has been disarmed. Mr Rhodes has left Capetown for England. Berlin, January 17. The German press officially states that the Emperor William did not apologise to the Queen. New York, January 18. At the annual meeting of the Geographical Society, those present cheered the names of Rhodes and Jameson. London, January 19. England and Portugal are parleying with regard to new agreements as to African interests. It is reported that England has bought Delagoa by virtue of preemption. Pretoria, January 19. In reply to Mr Chamberlain's enquiries, Sir Hercules Robinson, wired that the total arrests made by order of President Kruger numbered sixty. • Tha arrests are charged with having committed treason. Sir Hercules Robinson states that the Government were believed to be in possession of evidence showing the existence of a widespread conspiracy to seize the whole of Transvaal on behalf of the Chartered Company. Affairs having resumed their normal state in Pretoria and Johannesburg, Sir Hercules Robinson leaves at once for Capetown. London, January 19. The Electrical Engineers' Society has offered to organise a service for national defence. Privates belonging to Dr Jameson's party who were deported from the Transvaal were released on arrival in England. The stoppage of traffic in the prisoner's trust property has alarmed the shareholders in the Chartered Company. Mr Chamberlain declares that the national difficulty has proved that the old spirit is still alive, and that the resources of the empire were never better able to meet any emergency.