PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 423, 23 May 1902, Page 2

PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

BENNETT BURLEIGH'S MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE, hopeful interpretation THAT THE BRITISH TERMS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright, LONDON, May 22. Mr Bennet Burleigh telegraphed to a relative for communication to the Daily Telegraph, the fact that lie is returning. The Telegraphs interprets this message as a circuitous announcement that the British terms have been accepted, and that peace is in sight. The 'l'inies states that a pessimist like Mr Chamberlain is hopeful, though not sanguine. It fears that the irreconcilables will wield a disproportionate power for evil. Reuter’s Pretoria correspondent says that on Wednesday, in accordance with the April arrangements, the six delegates chosen at the Vereeniging Conference, consisting of the mcmbei of the two Governments, with DetYet, De la Rey, and eight secretaries, arrived at Pretoria on Sunday. They lodged in the house next to ■ Lord Kitchener’s. The Daily Telegraph stales that the delegates include Burger, Botha, Smuts, Meyer, and Beyers. A strict censorship is being observed over messages from Pretoria. The Standard says that if the dele, gates seek to bargain for a compromise, relying on the results of a pro<j\acted disputation, they are doomed to disappointment- The wisest thing is to make that clear at the outset.