OCR Text |
Show Ilrlllih Offer lo Trsnttsat The Ixjndon correspondent of tho Lelptlger Tageblatt has recelted from a highly-placed personage In Hngland the followlngcommanlcation "If the lloers should now surrender. Knglaod will permit them lo create a new lloer republic In the northern half of the Transtnal It Is In order to keep the possibility of this open that Kngland I has not yet ofllelallv annouqeed to the I powcra the annexation of the Transvaal Trans-vaal 'One of the flrstcondltlont, however, Is that the announcement of surrender must coma from Kruger There Is etery prospect that he will soon Ik Inclined In-clined to this course Ills visit lo France has taught him that any number num-ber of empty ntsurances of ay in pa thy will not result in llio slightest t radical radi-cal lelp (Irrmany will make a further fur-ther cuntrlbutlou to tho education of Mr K'ruger, and It will lie lo her nlono that the lloers wilt owe thanks If ling-land ling-land mnkca Ihem concestlons." Tila statement acquires some irn-porlnnce irn-porlnnce by the fact that the semi-official Post reproduces It nnd adds that It doea not aound Improbable, and lhat Tnglnnd has every Incentlro lo creel t strong bulwark against tho warlike trlbea of Central Africa In order lo as. sure .the possesslo t ot Hie territory they hate jutt conquered |