THE TRANSVAAL.
THE CONSPIRACY. United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph — Copyright. ' LONDON, May 17. The correspondent of the "Daily News" at- Johannesburg states that the conspiracy is a sporadic outgrowth caused by the oppression of the Boer Government, and. the offenders are proverbial rolling stones. The "St James's Gazette " considers that the outburst strengthens the case for a compromise between the countries. Other newsi papers suspect that the whole affair has its real authorship in the Boers themselves, and is desired as a lever to prevent the Imperial Government from bringing pressure to bear to secure reforms. " No private information with regard to the arrests and the alleged conspiracy has been received in London except by the " Diggers' and Mining Standard," the Boers' newspaper organ. ■ PERTH, May 8. A meeting in the Town Hall, the Mayor presiding, passed a resolution of sympathy with the Transvaal Uitlanders.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6489, 18 May 1899, Page 3
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