Show Sir Michael Hicks Beach Chancellor of the Exchequer of Great Britain In a speech at Bristol the other night deplored de-plored the fact that he could not reduce taxes but with much emphasis he said The wealth oC the Transvaal however how-ever will have to bear as large a part of the cost ot the war in South Africa as can be required consistently with the future prosperity of that colony This he said with much emphasis which was surely a notice that the purpose oC the British Government toward the Transvaal mines Is very much like that which governs some railroad companies compan-ies 1 that we have heard of wherethe object has not been to lay n tariff which would be reasonable but to put on as heavy a one as the managers thought the people would stand with L T out tearing up ineir tracKs jt is evidently evi-dently the Intention of the British Government Gov-ernment to make the Transvaal mines pay the cost of the Transvaal war and If necessary the absolute need of It will be plain for it Is said that England needs 30000000 noW on account of tho war and It is not over |