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Two incidents in the earlier part of the week require

to be recorded. The first was President Kruger's quarrel with the Raad over the dynamite monopoly. The Raad wishes to put an end to it, but the President is determined to main- tain it. In order to get his own way the President indulged in what has been happily termed a Bismarckian resignation. When, however, the Raad, though they implored the President not to resign, still stuck 'to their point, Mr. Kruger withdrew his resignation without his object being attained. Thus there is now a condition of stalemate in the Read, though meantime an attempt is being made to solve the difficulty by a considerable reduction in the price of dynamite.

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