THE TRANSVAAL
* The kruger-kotze incident. (By Electric Telegraph— Cop-y right:) (p'^t United tress ,Asspciation.) Pketohia, March*lß. The Volksraad has prorogued. President Kruger, in his closing speech, said the statement that ho had tried to influence Judge Kotze was as falad as tho devil himself. He never spoke a greater lie* t judge Eotze lißi'ssjied jv moiiifp'jto in ft Moll he asks the country to decide' whether it will continue to bo governed by an autocrat. A member of the Volksraad attests tho correctness of the memorandum made by Kotze of the intorview in 1895, when Kruger threatened him with suspension i unless tho judges uphold the resolutions of tho Volksraad. Capetown, March 18. It la reported that the Gape Crown Law Officers hold that the dismissal di JudgiS KotKS is a breach of the London Convention. Mr Cecil Rhodes states tllat the present Government ot; the Transvaal only exists on a basis of 1500 votes, and embarrasses, the union of South Africa, '
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9392, 19 March 1898, Page 2
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162THE TRANSVAAL Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9392, 19 March 1898, Page 2
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