However, the Government have given gp evidence of their desire to settle the dispute amicably by proposing a joint en-ich have been made by President Kriizer and the Raad; and the latest news is to the effect that the Trans-van authorities will probably accept the proposal, seeing that if they refuse the British Government will institute an en quiry of its own, which would probably be much more damaging to the cause of the Boers than would joint enquiry by re presentatives of the little Republic and the Imperial Government. Although the belief gains ground in some quarters that the dispute will never be settled without war, the general view is that the outlook is more hopeful than it was a week ay
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