Salt Lake Herald | 1899-09-09 | Page 1 | Throws Blame on England

I THROWS BLAME ON ENGLAND Transvaal Eaad Wishes to Shift theRe the-Re For War Pretoria Sept SIn the first raad this morning debate was resumed on the interpellation of the government respecting re-specting the concentration of British troops on the border and the stoppage of ammunition consigned to the Transvaal Trans-vaal The house adjourned shortly before be-fore noon after adopting unanimously the following resolution The volksraad having considered that friendly correspondence is still passing between the governments that the concentration of troops In great numbers near the border has a detrimental mental and restless effect on the in habltants the state and that the Transvaal has lived In friendship and peace with all nations and desires to peace to live In such friendship and peace now declares Its regret at the act of concentration and expresses the opinion that In the case of eventualities eventu-alities which might lead to enmity or ar between the two governments the cause would not lie with the republic As regards the stoppage of ammunition ammu-nition at Delagoa bay the volksraad trusts that the government will act according ac-cording to circumstances The raad further resolves to drop the matter of the concentration of troops on the border for the present until the government shall supply further infor mation to the mad although the information formation obtained is unsatisfactory Nevertheless and with a view to the results of the negotiations wiich are I pending the raafideclares itself determined mined in the meantime to maintain the rights and independence of the iCependence te republic I repub-lic