BASE CALUMNIES.
DEFENCE OF OUR SOLDIERS’ REFUTATION. BANNERMAN CALLED A FOOL OR KNAVE, By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, Nov. 25. Lord Kitchener, replying in tho Daily Mail to a manifesto of tho German evangelical clergy, states that tho charges contained therein, that tho British placed Boer women and children under lire in order to shield themselves, arc absolutely baseless.
The Cologne Gazette expresses surprise at the credulity of the 660 pastors who signed the manifesto embodying the story. Lord Durham, in the course of a speech, said that when Sir 11. Campbcll-Barmor-man declared that tho British were guilty of barbarity and loathsome behaviour, he was a fool if he believed it, and otherwise a knave for saying so for partiznn purposes, Mr H. H. Asquith declares that there is no ground for exaggerated pessimism with regard to tho war. While Europe was ringing with violent calvuxmies agai>y s t our troops, he wag hound to si»- w ith emphasis thgt m courage, oP^ ura „c e , and humanity, they were > : - ever sul . passe d in. the annals of w* r f arc _ No illusory truce was \V!u»*'u_
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 273, 27 November 1901, Page 2
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186BASE CALUMNIES. Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 273, 27 November 1901, Page 2
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