THE PROSPECTS OF PEACE.
ATTITUDE OF BOER LEADERS.
THE CHIEF OBSTACLE TO PEACE.
Press Association. Electric Telegraph. Copyright.
London, March 26.
The Boers at Brussels assert that Steyn and De Wet insist on complete independence and Shalk-Burger and Botha accept autonomy.
Sir Taubman Goldie, interviewed after visiting South Africa, stated that the question of an amnesty to the rebels was the chief obstacle to peace. He hoped that the Government would at least insist on every rebel fighter being disfranchised for life. It was imperative to abolish the duality of language. 'One hundred thousand troops would be required for years to maintain peace.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 74, 29 March 1902, Page 2
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