THE TRANSVAAL RAID.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5839, 5 April 1897, Page 3

THE TRANSVAAL RAID.

SIR JOHN WILLOUGHBT'S EVIDENCE. THE AFRIKANDER PARTY. FPer Press Association.! LONDON, April 3. At the Transvaal Ha id Committee, Sir John Willoughby gave evidence to the effect that he had told the officers participating in the raid that neither the War Office, the Imperial Government, nor the Chartered Company would bother if the undertaking were successful^ At the Kitting of the Transvaal Raid Committee, Sir John Willoughby declined to state the substance of private letters to the War Office. Mr Labouchere thereupon describe! the Comrtiifctec as a farce, and declared that it was hushing up everything. The claim made by the Transvaal in connection with the Jameson raid includes £162,120 as compensation to burghers who were " commandeered " to resist the raid. This is exclusive of £136,733 for common losses, and 1 £1,000,000 for moral damage to the "Republic. LONDON, April 4. South African advices state that the leaders of the Afrikander Party are alarmed at tho condition of affairs in the Transvaal, and warn President Kruger that he is friendless so far as Europe is concerned, and cannot rely upon Afrikander help. The Ousland, a newspaper advocating Dutch interests, says that the Queen's wish for a peaceful Jubilee alone prevents the sending of twenty thousand British troops into the Tran s vaah