THE BOER WAR.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 320, 22 January 1902, Page 2

THE BOER WAR.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrigh London, Jan. 20. DeWet is seventeen miles south-east of Reitz.

Lord Kitchener reports that the in noculation of cattle for rinderpest, enabling ox transport to continue, surprised the oldest inhabitants. In view of the final resistance, women are cultivating fields near Zoutspanburg. Ten thousand seasoned troops starting from India exchange places with young soldiers in South Africa.

Kruger, in a recent interview, said the Boers would never accept subjugation first and then autonomy, but would insist on independence. General Kekewich surprised Klasson's laager at Faardeberg, capturing 11. Wessels surprised a patrol of fifty ol the Cradock town guard. Most of them are missing.

Washington, Jan. 20. Mr Webster Davis, a pro-Boer advocate, has presented a petition to Congress, bearing two hundred thousand signatures, from the South-western States, asking for American intervention in South Africa.

OPINIONS OF THE BOERS.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, Jan. 20. According to one hundred and eighty prisoners brought to Standerton the Boers recognise that their independence is gone, but they persist in fighting because their leaders insist.

Botha is twenty miles east of Errnelo blockhouses. He is in touch with several groups, but there is no cohesion elsewhero.

Commandant Woltnarans, recently taken prisoner, expresses contempt for the Boers in Europe living at the Republic’s expense and sending optimistic reports, knowing they are false.