SOUTH AFRICA Electric Telegraph Copyright-United Press Association

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9645, 21 January 1903, Page 2

SOUTH AFRICA Electric Telegraph Copyright- United Press Association

CAPETOWN, Jan. 19. Mr Chamberlain, at the banquet, said that m order to make South Africa a white man's country more brain and less muscle was required. In view of averting future danger they must teach the natives the dignity of labor and the necessity of working continuously, not spasmodically. He urged South Africa to establish v university superior to anything m the world. The questions of. the importation of Asiatics was absolutely m the hands of the South. African people. The Imperial Government would not interfere with* the great colonies, but the Motherland regarded such importation as a retrograde step. ' ' The Band Miners' Association, m an interview with Mr Chamberlain, protested against Sunday labor. They urged a. universal eight hours' day and compulsory arbitration, m • industrial disputes. Mr Chamberlain, m a sympathetic reply pronounced against the alienation of mineral lights. He said that Government ground would soon be open for gingIn die course of his speech on Friday, referring to the reports of his assassination published m Berlin and Paris, Mr Chamberlain «iid they were silly stories. Tho.'c cities were the last places where the news of his death would cause depression. (Received January 21, 9.30 a.m.) CAPETOWN, January 20. Mi- Chamberlain, m Friday's speech, replying to Mr J. B. Robinson, referred to Park Lane, London, the headquarters of Robinson a.nd Ather, South African millionaires, not Mark Lane. The Cape Times says the settlement is universally approved. Mr Chamberlain waiving his predilections showed deference to enlightened local opinion, giving another illustration of his intellectual detachment and responsiveness to facts. Mr C. Leonard, President of the Johannesburg National Union, referring to the native— question, said that though Mr Chumfierlain intends the Transvaal to work out its own salvation regardless of Exeter Hall or the British colonies, his native policy was eminently calculated to increase the union of Briton ai\d Boer. i LONDON, Jan. 19. The general impression is that Mr Chamberlain's remarkable speech is highly favorable, even Opposition newspapers largely concurring. Of the reproductive loan, ten millions go to Orangia. It is calculated that nine millions are required to complete the purchase of the Netherlands railway, two millions for the Pietersburg railway, five millions to be devoted to new lines, and nationalisation of railways. The funds arising from the dynamite duty almost cover the expenses of the loan. Germany has agreed to permit the Rand mining companies to recruit natiws m south-west Africa. (Received January 21 ,11.16 a.m.) LONDON, January 20. Mr Augustine Birrell, speaking at Bristol, said like the Liberal party he would m no way dishonor any of the obligations Mr Chamberlain may enter into m South Africa. The St. James' Gazette, speaking of Mr Chamberlain's settlement of South African questions, says his monumental statesmanship will shine ever besides the achievements of Prince Bismark and Count Cavour. His policy is one of open door. Matters pressing for settlement, have been settled, while the future has been, mortgaged as little as possible. Reuter's Agency states that Rand newspapers admit Mr Chamberlain destroyed the Chinese legend. The St. James's Gazette says financiers consider a. thirty-five million tliree per Cent, loan will be issued at the end of February, and the first instalment of the four per cent, war loan m January, 1904. LISBON, January 20. The Portuguese Government have submitted to the Cortes n bill providing for the completion, of the harbor at Delagoa and construction, of railways as far as Swaziland. .