| Show IN THE TRANSVAAL White hook unit Blue Book Are V Discussed BERLIN Feb 12The White Book was issued today on the Transvaal developments de-velopments In it is published a dispatch dis-patch sent by Baron Marschal Von Bieberstein minister of foreign affairs to London dated February 1895 with reference to the remarks of Earl Kimberly Kim-berly then secretary of state of foreign affairs upon President Kruegera toast in honor of Emperor William In this upon the latters birthday message Baron Von Bieberstein declares de-clares that German material interests require the maintenance of Transvaal as an independent state in the sense of the treaty of 3884 and the upholding of the status quo regarding the railways and harbor of Delago bay He added that Jamesons idea that Rhodesia was to become a commercial union or federation fed-eration of all the South African states was antagonistic to German interests The German ambassador at London that Marquis Salisbury replied saying 1Iarquis Salsbur had stated to him that he concurred with Germany in the wish that the status quo in Transvaal had been maintained In December 1890 the Germans of Pretoria telegraphed Emperor William imploring him to intervene to avert misery and bloodshed The White Book concludes with a dispatch from Baron Von Bieberstein to Count Von HatzfeldtWindenburg protesting against the statement by the English press that the emperors telegram tele-gram to President Krueger was an act of hostility to Graat Britain or encroachment en-croachment on British rights |
