§ MR. GALLOWAYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether he has suggested to President 1167 Kruger the possibility of abrogating the Convention of London if the Boer Government would redress the grievances of the Uitlanders?
§ MR. J. H. DALZIELI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether there is any foundation for the statement in a telegram from Pretoria, published on Saturday, to the effect that the abrogation of the London Convention had been proposed by the Colonial Office upon certain special conditions; and, whether any further proposals other than those contained in the Dispatch, which has already been published, have been made to President Kruger?
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINI am not in a position at present to give full information on the subject of these negotiations, as they are not yet concluded. I may, however, repeat that I have already stated in the House that the President has been distinctly told that Her Majesty's Government will not consent to discuss any modification of Article IV. of the Convention of 1884. [Cheers.]