SOUTH AFRICA.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11968, 22 June 1907, Page 3

SOUTH AFRICA.

Received June 21, 10.10 p.m * Pretoria, June 21.In the Transvaal Assembly Sir Peroy Fitzpatrick declared that the Hetkolk had privately offered to agree to the retention of Chinese for education and language conceasioDF, but had been fettered^ by the Imperial Government since taking office. Therefore £self - government was non-existent.' The Imperial Government had secured repatriation by giving the Hetvolk five seats in the Witwatersrand and guaranteeing the loan. • General Botha in an indignant and vehement reply, daid he and his colleagues would never tolerate Imperial interference. Their policy was dictated solely by consideration of tbe country's welfare. They were simply fulfilling their election pledges. The last Chinaman must go. Tho Ministry would uproot tht canker and restore healthy conditions. Ho added, but for theagitatior in Britain and Transvaal defeating the mineowners there]would not be n white miner on the Rand to-da>', but there would have been 200,000 Chinamen. Tbe Government would afford the mines every facility to get datives, but the mines must take then" own measures to replace the Chinese. The Government would aesisk the industry, but they, must never assist one class to dominate another.