Opinions on the War.
PARIS, Nov. 30.—The South African war continues to engross attention. Recent allegations by French officers and newspaper correspondents ci the horrors of the concentration camps has caused thousands of petitions, covered with signatures, demanding that the Frfnch Government inteilcre
Among other movements of this sort is an eloquent open letter to President Roosevelt which is being circulated all ever France for signatures. The purport of it is that lie alone can initiate a diplomatic movement to “ stop the British nation treating Boer patriots like criminals, and secure for a poor people the right to defend their invaded country." In compliance with an order issued by the Socialist International Board that wherever the Socialists are represented in Parliament the Government should lx? asked why it has not applied The Hague Convention in the case of the Boers, Deputy Fourniere has been delegated to raise that point here. M. Fourniere has already notified Foreign Minister Deleasse tiiat lie will demand an explanation of the French Government’s construction of the arbitration ai'i m'diation clauses adopted by the Peace Congress. Both Chambers are overwhelmingly against the war in South Africa.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 311, 11 January 1902, Page 4
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