The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15
WITHOUT RESULTS
1he kruger-Milner Conference at
Bloemfontein Has Come
to an Abrupt End.
PAtL REFUSES TO MAKE CONCESSIONS.
opoh Receipt Of the News I'm London
Lord Salisbury and Others Held
Long Consultation.
" Now Relieved That Force ,s IN, oox
argument That VIII Appeal to tn.
ir"nsvaai Presldent-Cause
OF tho Trouble.

&C LONDON, June 8.-Lord Sclbour,c
l. under colonial secretary, announce
that the kruger-Milner conference \
e hioemfontein broke down entirel,
h without results.
T. a telegram was received Wednesda,
\ rom Sir Alfred Miner stating tina
} PRESIDENT Kruger had obstinatclv rc
p fused all concessions tending TOWARD
settlement Of the Transvaal difiicul
. ties
pom receiving the dispatch Colonial
secretary Chamberlain, Lord Sell
oourne and others held a long consul
''uon concerning the failure of the
negotiations, which creates a scrious
situation.
hLoEMFoNTEIN, O. +. s.. June S.-The
Aruger-Milner conference was not ONLY
without results but was snmmarilv
broken off by Miner on account Of the
stubborn attitude of President Kruccr
1t IS believed that force is the only ar
Sument that will appeal to the Trans.
vaal president.
LONDON, June S.-The Kruger Miner
conference began at Blocmfont lin Nav
H. All the questions which have been
agitating the Outlanders in the Trans
Faal ana causing strained Anglo-Bocr
relations for long time past were to
oe discussed and a final settlement was
hoped for. The two vital subjects of
dispute between the English and the
Hocrs are the right of franchise for the
OntIanders and the scope of the indie
pendcncc Of the Transvaal.
The Outlanders demand an equitable
franchise and fair representation on
she ground that they own ninc-tenths
of the property in the Transvaal. and
constitute ma ajority of the State The
ransvaal contends they should not
share in the government Of the Trans
vaal until they have renounced their
and become Transvaal sub
'ects. This the English residents, as &
veil as the English government, pro-
lounces prcpOsterous.
The other point, that OF Transvaal ,
Independence, is n more serious one. v
5 it directly affects the relations OF !.
he British and Transvaal govern b
nentS. These relations are now gov- .
rned by the convention of London of i
ssh by which it was laid down that. o
Though independent with regard to
ltcrnal administration, the Transyaal !
overnment should conclude no treaty i,
+ engagement with any other state .r
'xcepting the Orange Free State Oh
ithout the consent of Queen Victoria. Al
The suzerainty is calling to Kruger. IS
eccntly he granted certain dynamite w
'ncessions TO German firms, which nc
Ie British government considered a re
of the London conven- &c
on. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain tc'
dressed a firm note of protest to IN
ruger against this and several other sti
legged irregularities. nj
To this the Boer government made &c
ply virtually, that England was th'
'ddling with what did not concern
+.
In an address to the town council at .o
ocmfontein the day the conference
ened President Nruger said he was
,dy to discuss all questions not af-
ting Transvaal independence. 1t is
ely that the collapse of the confer Lol
e is due to Miners attempting to par
&C discussion of this point. ehi