The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-10
TRANSvAAL TROUBLES.
No Information Received Regarding the
Joint Commission Of Inquiry.
THE SITUATION SILL REMAINS SERIOUS
r. Are BEING sent to south Al
ricn, II Is said, for the De-
Tense of Natal.

,onaon August 9.--Replying to various
,,,ss,,ons In the house of commons today
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary oil
state for the colonies, said that no Oh
scial confirmation had been received Oh
the report that the Transvaai haa ueciin"u
IN agree to a Joint inquiry into the euect
~ what the franchise reforms VIII have on
the Uitlanders.
Several regiments, he added, were aoou'
TO be dispatched to South Africa LOT 'he
defense OF Natal in response 10 ehe 10
ouest of the Natal government, anu pre-
noro,ion was being made for contingent
cies.
Later replying to Mr.. T. p. o'Connor'
Irish nationalist, Mr.. chamberlain eepie
Gated resumption of the debate on yne
Trsnsvaal situation which, ne pointeu 1 nm,
while serious, still remains III aouot' nd
SECRETARY added that he sincerely Aopeu
that the report saying that the inquiry
nroposal had been rejected was untrue
While he regretted the necessity OF an,
svering Mr.. O'Connor, 1t would be ia.a'
mistake to allow the latters views, ina,
war was entirely needless and that the gov
eminent ought to express wiiiinsness ~
| wait. may be twenty five years, LOT re-
dressal of the grievances OF winch wv
| complained to be considered
He added. the representative opinions
oven Of the small minority in the mousse
| ~ c-mmons or anything but the most IN
significant minority in the government
policy have been clearly expressed. we
recognize the grievances OF the ultlanuers
and have said that these grievances are
not merely themselves a serious cause
for interposition, but they are a source ol
danger to the whole of South Africa, we
saw our predominance is menaced by the
action OF the Transvaal in refusing to re-
dress the grievances or give consideration
| to requests hitherto put into the most
moderate language Of suzerain power'
We say that these statements can not DC
| tolerated . -
The additional troops ordered to be In
readiness for transportation TO south
Africa include battalion Of the gren-
adiers and three batteries of artillery.
Capetown, August 9.--The Transvaal
government has not forwarded TO sir
Charles Miner, British high commissioner
for South Africa and governor of Cape
Colony It's reply to Mr.. Chamberlain 9
proposal for a joint commission OF inquiry
into the effect upon the Uitlanders OF tne
new franchise legislation, Du' olr Ail'es
Miner still hopes for a pacific settlement
II is reported that a movement is on foot
among the burghers to send petitions urg'
ing he volksraad to make further con-
cesslons.
The Liverpool regiment sailed for Nata
today While the transport was leaving
the bay the crew of the United State:
cruiser Chicago, Rear Admiral Howison''
! flagship, loudly cheered the troops, whs
replied vigorously for several minutes.
London, August 10-The editorials in thu
morning papers take a rather pessimisti
tone in dealing with the references to tn
Transvaal in the queens speech and II
that of Mr.. Chamberlain.
Troops will be dispatched on August "a
to replace those sent from Capetown t.
Natal 1t is said after parliament ros
most important telegraphic dispatcheswer
= received from Sir Alfred Miner at tn
colonial office.