NEWS OF THE WEEK.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN left Cape Town on Wednesday on his return journey. Nothing has been more successful in the whole of his most successful visit to South Africa than its close. On Saturday last he received a deputa- tion of 'upwards of a hundred delegates from the South African party (the reorganised Bond), headed by Mr. Hofmeyr, Mr. ,Merritnan, and Mr. Sauer. We have not space to dwell on the address itself, beyond noting its protestation of firm and un- alterable attachment to the British connection, its disclaimer of a racial propaganda, and its demand for an official investi- gation into the administration of martial law. The most remarkable and hopeful feature of the interview was the striking speech delivered by Mr. Jan Hofmeyr, the non- Parliamentary chief of the party, in which he not only ex- pressed reprobation of all acts calculated to irritate loyal subjects, but stated that an appeal would be circulated amongst the Dutch in the spirit of his statement. Mr. Hofmeyr contended that the alleged cases of ostracism and boycotting had been exaggerated, but admitted their exist- ence and condemned them unreservedly.
