THE TRANSVAAL.
; STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT KRUGER. ! United Press A ssociation T By Electric TelegraphCopyngnt. Beceived March 17, 10.40 p.m. PRETORIA, March 17. The Volksraad has been prorogued. President Krugor, in his closing speech, said the statement that he had tried to influence Judge Kotze was false. The devil himself never spoke a greater lie. It was impossible to (know what would happen in the J Transvaal in the immediate future, but the Boers must stand together. He concluded by saying, "My reply to Mr Chamberlain's despatch will show the Transvaal people that we are a government;/' ' j Eeceived March 18. 1.10 a .m» I CAPETOWN, Mahch 17. , It is reported that the Cape Crown law officers hold that the distrh'ssal of Judge Kotze is a breach of the London Convention. . Mr . Cecil Rhodes states that' tlwr * present - Government of the Trdijfvaal only ethts on the basis 65 fifteen thousand votes, and em--barrasses the union of South .Africa. PRETORIA, March 17. • Judge Kotze has issued a manifesto in which he asks the country to • decide whether ifc will coirttane to be ■ governed by an autocrat. , ;
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6131, 18 March 1898, Page 3
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184THE TRANSVAAL. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6131, 18 March 1898, Page 3
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