The Transvaal.
London, March 23. At tlie'Transvaal raid enquiry, M. Schreiner, ex-Attorney-General for Cape Colony, generally supported the Transvaal Government, but in fcis reply to Mr Chamberlain admitted that President Kruger had violated the Convention of 1884 in connection with the closing of the drifts on the Vaal river in 1895.. the. concessions to the Netherlands Railway Company, and by granting a monopoly for the sale of dynamite! He deprecated insistence by a minority in Cape Colony for a strong Imperial policy. Pretoria, March 24.
The agreement between the Transvaal andjbe Orange Free State provides for the mutual defence of the two republics. Dr Leyds succeeds M. Peelarto Yon Blokland a3 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berlin and The Hague7""Mrßldkrand is described as having domineered the Dutch Government. Dr Leyds will pay an anuual visit to the Transvaal:
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Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8621, 27 March 1897, Page 4
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