The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, AUGUST 12, 1901. THE PROCLAMATION.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 184, 12 August 1901, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, AUGUST 12, 1901. THE PROCLAMATION.

Ouk cablegrams this morning show that one of the sensations of the hour is the proclamation issued by Lord Kitchener. It has been denounced by one journal as an empty thunderbolt, and by other hard terms. It would be thought to be a monstrous affair, but the proclamation itself shows that it is very mild in comparison with the lines that would be adopted by any other nation under similar circumstances.' The Boer leaders are given over a month to make up their minds whether or not they will surrender, and if they still refuse the worst punishment that will be meted out to them wip be that they will be banished from So u th Africa for life—that is if they are caught! No one can contend that it i s a hardship for the property of those in the field to be made use of &r the maintenance of Boer families. The' unfriendly feeling provoked in France and Germany is absurd. The statement that it is “ the bankruptcy of English generalship ” may seem a fair one to the Continental nations, which would have adopted a very different attitude —they would not have thought of offering such lenient terms. It is certain that the banishment, if carried into effect, would not extend for long after the war terminated.