THE BOER WAR.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 25 November 1901, Page 4

THE BOER WAR.

[pee PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.] London- Nov 23. A nQnqni "ficy hi been discovered fit ti-.jhnnaesb'Ji ana 20 arrests have bean r: iade. Owing to the British comments, soma of the German newspapers indulge in a calmer tone and many omit the English comments lest they should aggravate matters. Tho Frankfurter consels sohermindednons, caution and less sacrifice of Grcit Britain’s friendship through the ulterior motives of ;lu instigators of Anglophobia. The simultaneous arrest of conspirators nipped the Johannesburg conspiracy in the bud.

Lieuts G. Banks and M. H. Jones (6th New Zealand Mounteds) are convalescent and have resumed duty.

Corporal C. Denny was severely and P ivate E. G. Parker slightly wounded at Pondwana. Both belong to the 7th New Zealanders.

Cosy Refugees. Mr Bonnet Burleigh, the Loudon “Daily Telegraph” correspondent, writing from Carolina, Transvaal colony, says ;—“ Surrendered refugee?, with their women and children, arc removed to the large camps at Middleburg, where they are under canvas, fed, and cared for by the British Government. They ask for, get, and hugely enjoy their liberal rations. Was ever war so made ? And yet you hear of the brutal English! Bah 1 I walked through several of the refugee camps at Middleburg. When our soldiers have anything better than blanket shelters they are siill left to sleep on the bare ground. The substantial tents and marquees provided and erected by us for these Boers had wooden-boarded floors, upon which were closely disposed their household goods—bedsteads, chairs, even to wardrobes and grand pianos. Without, in little enclosures, stoves and open fires burned cheerfully* the fuel supplied by the aforesaid “brutish Briton.” Favorite cows, sheep, and dogs were tethered near. “Condensed” was good enough for sick Tommies, but these Boers sipped coffee diluted with cowmilk. There were fowls by the thousands, fresh meat, and the savory smell of pastry dishes frpm frizzling ovens. There was not a bedraggled, unfurnished canvas homestead from one end of the camp to the other. And besides schoolrooms for the children and places of worship for their seniors, there were excellently fitted up reading and recreation rooms for men and women. It was a paradise of healthy homes, with no work and abundance to eat for old and young, which slum-London would be wild to snare.”