The Transvaal Tangle.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11570, 11 July 1899, Page 2

The Transvaal Tangle.

PECULIAR ATTITUDE OF CAPE PREMIER. KRUGER'S PROPOSALS CONSIDERED INADEQUATE. WAR MATERIAL FOR THE TRANSVAAL OFFER OF MEN By NEW SOUTH WALES. United Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. Keoeived July 10, 11.25-p.m. Capetown, July 10. -A letter written by Mr Schriener, Premier, to a Rand journal, declaring there was no ground for an Imperial intervention in tbe'Transvaol, has created amazement at Capetown. The letter is widely condemned a3 ill«, timed and mischievous, designed to embarass Sir A Milner and to encourage PresiJent Kruger. Sir Oordon ciprisg and other progres* bivo leaders consider Kruger'a proposals totally iuadcquate. The Uitlanderß are profoundly disappointed, and regard ih^m as m'rasops. Bloemv >\tem, July^lO. — Mr Fischer hopes that the -retrospective clause may yet be reduced. London, July 10.— English newspapers cousiaer the Bshema obscure, and the reforms a \ more apparent than real. Received July 11. 1.45 a.m. PRETORrA, July 10.— MrsEgan, whose husband tvas shot by a constable during a disturbance outside his hous3 at Johannesburg, has been compensated by the Transvaal Government for her loss in order to prevent British intervention. Received July 11, 9.8 a.m. Naples, July 10.— The steamer Reichtag has (eft here, conveying 15,000 rifles and 500 tons of war material for the Transvaal. Svdvey, July 11.— The Government has offered the Imperial Government to t quip and send 250 mounted infantry to tionth Africa,