THE BOER WAR.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 15 May 1901, Page 3

THE BOER WAR.

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Lord Salisbury's Challenge to the

World.

Eeceived this day at 9 10 a.m. London, May 14. dSrodrick in his reply to Bryce, membi -r for Aberdeen South, stated that Kitchener had recommended the Government a Natal to allow armed Zulus to protect Zululand against Botir raiders and unarmed natives, acting under British officers to collect cattle outside Zululand.

Salisbury speaking at a banquet of nonconformist Unionists said every patriot should look with feelings of exultation and gratitudo upon the past two years. The Jflmpire was safer, and cause of peaco more secure. Now that Britain's strength had been so conclusively shown, no power in the world but knew tiiat if she defied England's might, she defied one of the most formidable enemies.

He sarcastically depicted the innocent Boors accumulating of vast armaments without intending to attack. The conteat was the out come of a long propared conspiracy. Finally he emphasised and paraphrased Milner's words " never again " used in roferenco to Britain's determination to never again permit recrudescence of the South African outbreak.

Commandant Swanepoel and four other Boers were killed and six wounded in a Bkirmishnear Pearston.