| Show BRITISH ULTIMATUM negotiations WITH TRANSVAAL OFF years r t WHO Atit atit n it is I 1 1 afif I 7 1 f I 11 r I 1 ru altur mutt lost to 1 lo 10 berss lin lon ion sept 2 the of tile foreign or off have ghen gise n out tle tile text of 0 the tile letter of the tile secretary of 0 state for the colonies colun lee mr air chamberlain to the Itri lish high in afric bir sir alfred billner dated da bep r 2 2 2 the expresses regret that her tier majesty u h offer number a 5 of september bep 8 I 1 giitl nil been refused refu cd ind 41 the object her majest a govern meu beut t had tied in lew in the recent dicu ha aten stated in a manner w which can not a linit of ion tit to obtain immediate depre aen M tation for the outlanders Outland cr as a will enable ble them to secure for them belveR that fair and just treatment which was formally promised them in ISSI and which her tier nia lesty intended to for tl etu bhe slie granted privilege privileges of mif self government to the Tran transvaal no 0 o conditions lers coin com than those contained in the telegram of september 8 can be relied upon to effect this tills object the refusal of the south african government to entertain tile offer thus made coming as it doea does after four month months of protracted negotiations endi ends fire yearn years of extended a I tallon and makes it useless to further pursue the discussion on the lines hitherto fol fill loved lowed and anti the tile imperial government ie Is compe led ell to consider the situation afresh and formulate 1 a for a final settlement of the hues which have teen created in bouth south africa by tilt p illch constantly followed for many years b the government of bouth south africa mr nir chamberlain concludes ba a saying the demands of britain are juit just and that charges and insinuations of breach of c faith can not be passed over io in silence |
