A more pleasing feature of the discussions on the war is that all_but a few irceconoilable are now agreed that annexation of the territories of the Transvaal and Orange Free States must: he accepted as the inevit~ able result of the w ven the Karl of Kimberley, who has hitherto leant rather to the Harcourt and Campbell-Bannermian ion of the Liberal Party than to the Tuperialist section, has publicly given in his adhesion to the principle of annexation, emir, he urges, be no flavour of nye about the terms of settlement, and aut, as early as possible, fully as possible a measure of colonial self-gavermuent; but their ter itury intest become part of the British Empire. Other leading Liber who have held for a long time to the hope that it ile to allow the Boer Republics itinne in existence, with curtailment of their independence, now abandoned the ides, The une animity of the Colonies in favour of annexation has lirzely contributed te this, result; and then those who lave attempted it tind it impossible to frame constitution which would enable the Transvaalers and Froe Staters to retain their independence nilot the sine time to prevent absolutely all fear of a vecutrence of the onuses which have led to the w Gth April.
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