EXECUTION OF OFFICERS.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 383, 7 April 1902, Page 2

EXECUTION OF OFFICERS.

PRESS COMMENTS.

By telegraph— Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, April -1. , in press comments on the shooting m.ih T*' lhe Dail y M;lil says the guilt of irregulars casts no slain on 1 Tlm 01 M UC | t- the War ° r the Army. „„, | O , y ,^ eWs minimises the facts ’ ' sl | ed ; winch, it says, show that Lord Kitchener is a just and fearless commander. 1 ilie Standard says misleading statements have lostered a misunderstanding m Australia. The facts will ultimately show that the cuiltv wo™ tr E, at f d c .y uh the utmost equity. Ilie ot. James Gazette savu r Kitchener has vindicated the honor of 7il . e Pa,J MaJ l Gazette says the e\C f y .i 1) T ,5h “ ient will convince the. £ given eVen - hiludcd will The New York Mail and Exnress&ay Lord Kitchener’s course prevents

Admiral Morant denies thai T inn tenantiMorant is his son, «?2 ££

It is stated officially that the evi‘ienee did not sustain the prisoners’. v‘s?“ ce p t, | at a Ul *inbcr of the Bush' Carbineers were ill-treated by, tiie Boers. Hie sentences were such as would be inflicted on any officer similarly guilty. er MELBOURNE, April 5 A returned Victorian ex-member of the Bush Veldt Carbineers, basing his statements on information obtained on tiie spot from reliable sources, says Morant and Ilandcock were in tiie habit of shooting prisoners for tho sake of looting before the death of Hunt, and subsequently used Hunt’s death as an excuse to shoot eight. Boers coming in to surrender in the presence of their wives and families, and other hatches of three and six. He denies that Hunt’s body was mutilated, and disbelieves the story that tiie Boers were court-martialled before being shot. These and other facts he gave in evidence at the trial of the officers.