§ DR. CLARK (Caithness)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is the intention of the Government to accept the proposal made by the Government of the South African Republic, in their Dispatch of 7th May 1897, to have the questions in dispute between the two Governments determined by an arbitrator to be appointed by the President of the Swiss Republic?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. CHAMBERLAIN, Birmingham, W.)The Dispatch of the South African Republic is under consideration by Her Majesty's Government, and I am unable to give any information as to the reply which will be sent in due course. I may add, however, that as the Transvaal Government have repealed the Aliens Immigration Act, and have resolved to amend the Aliens Expulsion Act, the urgent questions which were in dispute between the two Governments have thus been disposed of. [Cheers.]