An item dated Pretoria 15 July reporting that the newspapers published in the Cape Colony doubted if sir Georg Sprigg (1) was authorized to present the British cabinet a battleship on behalf of the colony. They thought that the minister of navy Goshen (2)misunderstood the intention of the statement of the prime minister.
Notes
1. Sir John Gordon Sprigg (1830 Ipswich-4 February 1913 Cape Town), prime minister of the Cape Colony 6 February 1878-8 May 1881, 25 November 1886-16 July 1890, 13 January 1896-13 October 1898 and for the last time 18 June 1900-21 February 1904.
2. George Joachim Goschen, first viscount Goshen (10 August 1931 Stoke Newington-7 February 1907 Seacox), a Liberal Union politician who was between 1895 and 1900 First Lord of the Admiralty.
