Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1899-07-28 | Page 2 | Knot Must be Untied

5 t KNOT l1ST BE UNTED Mr Balfour Delivers a Speech 01 the Transvaal Situation London July 27In the course of a peeeh at a conservative luncheon this afternoon Mr A J Balfour first lord of I the treasury and government leader In the house of commons In discussing the Transvaal situation said that If the JV elnments endless patience and endless desire de-sire to 11revent matters coming to a crisIs and If nil the rCurees of dIplomacy were ineffectual to unite the knot other means must inevitably b found to loosen It Mr Dalour however said he took a roars sanguine view of the situation He understood under-stood the Trnsael was lmrepared to grant some substantial redress although quite inadequate according to Great lint ains standard I was manifest Impossible Mr Bul four said that Great Britain hould permanently submit to free born Englsh men being treated as oC an Inferior ruse hie he did not take I despairing view of the situation I would he folly to pretend pre-tend that all the dllcultes had been solved or to Proclaim a peace which was not yet assured Arrived at a Deadlock London July 28The aspect of the South Africa crisis has been little changed by the latest news but the question seems to have arrived at a deadlock The bluebook blue-book Issued yesterday which brings the history of the care down to July Is chlel interesting as showing that the Cairo mllstl apprves President Knlg ers latest proposals a adequate and that the Transvaal refused friendly consult ton with the Brtsh government before passing rind promulgating the trnchis lull I Is understood that negotiations have ceased since thin Period betwen Great Britain and the Transvaal