SOUTH AFRICA

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9644, 20 January 1903, Page 3

SOUTH AFRICA

MR CHAMBERLAIN'S TOUR. BANQUET AT JOHANNESBURG. Electric Telegraph Copyright- United PreßS Association CAPETOWN, Jan. 19. The guests at the Johannesburg banquet included Lord Milner and General Botha. The mayor presided. Mr Chamberlain received the greatest ovation of anyone iii the history of Johannesburg. ll is speech occupied an hour and a half m delivery. He announced that with the view of ensuring a practical immediate result and fixing a sum instead of ear-marking indefinite 1 surpluses, he had secured the authorisation of the acceptance of a scheme based m the first part wholly m the Transvaal's favor. Parliament would guarantee the investment of a loan of 35 millions on the security of the Transvaal's and Orangia's ossetis, which would be issued the moment it was sanctioned to pay existing j debts, buy and construct railways, and promote land settlement. A war debt j loan of thirty millions would be placed ; at the earliest opportunity after the other loan on the security of the Transvaal. Financiers had subscribed an instalment of 10 millions without commission or preferential security as regards the remainder, thus assuring the success of the loan m London. This would place no undue burden on the Transvaal. The Motherland accepting an adequate and liberal share, Orangia would not be asked to contribute unless her resources hereafter warranted it. Mr Chamberlain warmly denied agreeing to the proposal to introduce Chinese and Persians. Sufficient labor was available m South Africa. Commenting on , the increase of while labor he said that whereas prior to the war there was one white, to every nine Kaffirs, now the population was one to five. If the proportion increased it would make it a white man's country. It was now essential to develop the' present supply and increase the efficiency. To have white labor only hereafter he considered a drastic measure. Lord Milner announced that prior to the appointment of the Royal Comm'-s---sion he intended calling an Intercolonial Conference to consider native administration and legislation. Mr Chamberlain, replying to Mr J. B. Robinson's recent statement that it was impossible for Downing street to wholly rule any portion of the South Africa, wa.s wildly applauded whon. lie declared lint neither Boer nor Briton wished to substitute Mark Lane for Downing street Government. He- added that self-Gov-ernment would be granted when a state of security and permanency of exist ir-g order were secured. (Received, January 20, 8.47 a.m.) CAPETOWN. Jan. 19. There is a growing conviction m South Africa that the Kaffirs have been badly managed, that the recruiting i.s defectiv-% and that ultimately there will be sufficient native labor. ' Mr Chamberlain's hearers strongly opposed Asiatics or any premature introduction of self-government. Mr Chamberlain described the union of the- Transvaal and Orange Colony for the purposes of development of the loan as a happy augury for the future unification of the two colonies' interests. Correspondents describe it as the nucleus of a federation beginning with the railways.