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Show ME8SA0C FROM TRANSVAAL. llrlllih llovrrninrnl lias llcc-1-nl l'rcil-Iral l'rcil-Iral It-user's llcplj. London. Aug. 23. The secretory of state for the colonies, Joseph Chamber lain, received tho text of thu Transvaal's Trans-vaal's reply to the proposals of tho M llrltlsh government, and now tins them under consideration. The members of tho cabinet are within reach, but until fio government haa determined on what course, to pursue, Mr. Chamlierlaln Chamlier-laln la unwilling to divulge the contents con-tents of the mesaago from South Africa. From an excellent unofllelal soitrco of Info,. nation It la ascertained that tho aiibstanco of the Trnnavnal'a communication com-munication to the llrltlsh government )u reply to the latter' demanda Is a concession of nflvoyears' "retroactive'' franchise, a share In the election of the president and an increase in tho representation of tho gold fields, probably prob-ably eight additional scats, and a stipulation that nil other questions aro tu be submitted tu arbitration but not to n foreign power; that Ureal llrltaln shall not uso tho recent Interference as a precedent and that the llrltlsh government ahnll relinquish all suzerainty suzer-ainty rights. |
