BLOEMFONTEIN, CAPITAL OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE.
Finally, on September 8, a British note was despatched demanding a franchise attainable after five years' residence, a greater representation for the Outlander majority in the Volksraad—the Transvaal parliament—and equality of the Dutch and English languages in that Parliament. An early answer was required. At the same time 5,000 troops were ordered from England and 5,000 from India to South Africa, where our garrison did not much exceed 7,000 men.
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Son of a doctor of medicine; was educated in Germany, and at King's College, London, and Balliol College, Oxford; barrister, 1881; engaged in journalism, 1882-5; Private Secretary to Mr. Goschen, 1887-9; Under Secretary for Finance in Egypt, 1889-92; Chairman of Board of Inland Revenue, 1892-7; K. C. B., 1895; Governor of the Cape, and High Commissioner of South Africa since 1897.
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Born in London, 1836; son of a Birmingham screw manufacturer; Chairman of Birmingham School Board, 1873; Mayor, 1874-5-6; M. P. for Birmingham since 1876; President of the Board of Trade, 1880; President of the Local Government Board, 1886, both under Mr. Gladstone. He differed from that leader on the question of Home Rule, and resigned, 1886. In 1895 he became Secretary of State for the Colonies in Lord Salisbury's administration.
Transvaal refuses England's demands.