Salt Lake Herald | 1899-08-24 | Page 2 | Message from South Africa

I I MESSAGE fROM I SOUTH e AFRICA Secretary of State For Cob i iiies Received Reply NOW HAS ITUNDER CONSIDERATION I I Mr Chamberlain Unwilling to DIvulge DI-vulge Contents of Text I t I Jilembers of Cabinet Are Within I Easy ReachRecrts Are Mobi I izing at Cape Tow Boers Are Sending Command to Delagoa Jay For Ammunition An Alabama Ala-bama Fir Has Bceived Order F or 14000000 Mauer Cartridges London AuS 23The secretary oJ state for the colonIes Joseph Chamber lan received the text of thc Tans vaas reply to the proposals oJ the British government and now has them under consideration The members of the cabinet are within reach but until the government ha determined on what course to pursue Mr Chamber laIn Is unwilling to divulge the contents con-tents of the message from South Africa Afri-ca From an excellent unofficIal source of Information It is ascertained that the substance of the Trnsvaals communi caton to the British government in reply to the laters demands Is a concession con-cessIon of five a fve years retroactive franchise a share In the election of the president and an Increase In the rep resntaton of the gold fields probably eIght additional seats and a stpula ton that all other questions are to be submItted to arbirtonbut not to a forelgwer that Great BrItain shall not use the recent interference as a precedent and that the British government rIght govern-ment shall relinquish all suzerainty