Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-26
TENT OF cHAMBnt.AlS,s REPLY.
Great Brltaih's Objects In the Segotia
! lions Are Attained.
lRv T.lesr1.a1,l,

tBy Telegraph)
LONDON. Sept. 25.-Ofticials of the
text OF the letter Of the secretary Of
state for the colonies. Mr. Chamberlain
to the British high commissioner i'll
South Africa. Sir Alfred Miner dated
September -. The British reply eS
presses regret that Her Maiesty's offa
No. had been refused and says:
The object of Her MajeSty'S govern
ment had in view in the recent negu-
tlatlonS was to. in Il manner which cam
not admit OF misrepresentation. obtain
such substantial and immediate rep
feScntatlon Tor the OutlanlerS as Will
enable them to obtain for themselves
ust treatment. ana Which Her Majesty
Intended to secure for them when she
granted privileges Of SELF government
to the Transvaal No conditions LOGS
the telegram Of September s can be re
lied on to the effect this object
At 4 CRITICAL MOMENT.
he refusal Of the South African re-
public to entertain the offer tnuS
made. coming as it does in the midst Of
the climax Of five years Of extended
agitation. makes it useless to further.
pursue the discussion on the lines hiti,-
erto followed and the imperial govern
1n"nt is now compelled to consider the
situation nfrcsh and formulate its own
proposals for 4 final settlement OF the
issues which have been raised in South
Africa by The practice constantly fGI-
lowed for many years by the South At
rica republic. They will commute ate
me result of their deliberations in Il
later DESPATCH
THE 'HlslGACH OF FAITH"
IN L later communication, dated Sep
TENDER %. the imperial government
takes up the charge of breach Of fai1h
lnsinuated by Secretary Of State Reitz,
September IT, (which we cannot pass
NIy>f ,l,.-.
says: The proposals made by the South
African republic in its letters OF 4Au-
gust !? and 20. We're not induced by
suggestions given by the British agent
81 the states attorney as claimed On
the contrary, the states attorney sound
cd the British agent. both in writing
ana IN conversation as to the conditions
on which the imperial government
would waive the invitation to a Joint
inquiry. and the result of the con1nlu-
nlca,lons was the proposals by the
South African government in those let
ters 1t is impossible that the South
African government could have any
doubt as to the imperial governments
answer to the conditions named.
QUOTES y DISPATCH.
Ih2 lmperia: government then quotes
4 dispatch from South Africa of Au-
gust -, containing an alternative pro
Posal identica! with that which the i'm
Derial government is said to hav. SUB
sututed and the communication then
proceeds as follows:
The imperial government sees no
ground for misapprehenson on the ra,t
or the South African republic as t. It's
answer regarding ninterference and
snzeralnty, as the imperial government
mad already stated that it would not
press Tor the appointemnt OF a Joint
commission Of inquiry, in view Of the
tact that such an inquiry would in the
oplnlon Or she government of the South
ern African republic prejudice thu
right Of full independence, repeatedly
fecobnlzed by the imperial government.
As 70 the use Of the English Ian
Suase IN the Volksraad the Imperial
government regards this as reasonable.
nat the government of the Transval
should deem it unnecessary and makes
point of denying that the government
or the South African republic ever pro
posed the same to the British agent: