CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 1 February 1902, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

The Transvaal.

PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

In the House of Commons, Mr Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, replying to a question by Mr Labouchare, said no overtures for peace by anyone authorised to act ou behalf of the Boers has yet been received, but on Saturday night a communication was received trom Dr A. Kuyper, the Netherlands Premier, and was now under consideration.

The "Daily News” claims the initiative in leading Dr Kuyper’s suggestions. "The Standard" hints that Dr Kuyper asks for certain pledges to be

given ln>he event of the Boers sut- . i rendering. These he will transmit to the Boers In the field, who he is aware are prepared to abandon their claim for independence. , The Boer delegates in Europe disclaim association with Dr Kuyper in thus sounding Great Britain. YEOMANRY IN TROUBLE.

A Yeomanry patrol south east of Licbtenburg was isolated, and stlfrounded. Eight were killed and five WoUnded. Forty-one were captured and afterwards released. RECENT ENGAGEMENTS.

Major-General Planter has captured thirtv-fig got;;, . A laager ,has Beep, cap l Biihu by Major-Genefai Bhice Hatiiil* ton.

General Planter captured an additional nineteen Boers. Major Orr, of the Royal Irish; formed an ambuscade and'cajitUrUd General Ben Viljoeo, who was about to meet General Schalk Burger, the “ acting-president;” „ pOLONiALS:. ■the Distinguished Befvlch Ordfcf has been, conferred oti Colonel Royston (western Australia) for his ability and dash, in capturing laager# in the Eritleio district.. , .. ■ ~ Distinguished BohduCt ideda]# Bean awarded to Sergeant W. Kent and Private Lvanhoe Baigent, both of the New Zlaland Regiment. [Baigent comes from Pabiatua.]

FURTHER FUNDS. The Supplementary War Estimates up to April itrtOdat to five fitillioaSi HOW VILJOEN WAS CAPTURE#; Major drr waj’iald. General. Viljdjsri on a mdUntaW briqle-fiath iriadi* : tridt U'hich Wat S\Vafttiing with Boers; It was moonlight at the tiifie: The British demanded the .surrender of the,, Boeri v and,firing simultaneously* killed two despatch riders; shot Viljden's hofse, ana put a bullet into his coat. General Viljoen and Adjutant Belters immediately surrendered. COMPLETIOIjI OF BLOCKHOUSES. The bjoekhonses in the north of Grange Colony have been completed* PEACE PROPOSALS The feeling in theHtttsenf Commons is riot hopeful concerning peace* Theft is an iniptessiofi that tho Boers are specially anxious to secure an amnesty for rebels* money to re-stock their farms, and the withdrawal of the banishment proclamation. Messrs Kruger and bteyn, Generals Da Wet and De la Rey; and Dr Loyds insist on the Boers being,, granted independence. .Messrs Fischer arid Wolniarans and Ganetals Sdfaalk Burger and Botha are willing to recognise the sovereignty of Britain. It is understood at The Hague that Dr Loyds utilised Dr Kuyper, thd Dutch Premier, to draw from Mr Chaniberliin the terms that would be grdntefi id .the eV«Ut ofthe demand for independence being waived. An impression prevails at Berlin that Dr Kuyper is acting on behalf of the Boers in the fiejd, and endeavouring to facilitate their riegotlatiofis with Lord Kitoherief. , Mr Kruger’s denial of co-operation with Dr Kuyper is regarded as significant. x SENTENCES FOR TREASON. Dr Visser has been sentenced to two years* imprisonment, with hard labour for misprison of treason in connection with Broecksma and for oath-breaking. Latest* PEACE PROSPECTS. Lord Halsbury, Lord Chancellor* speaking at Putney, said that though the war was still proceeding, thsßoera' delegates repudiate the idea of riddCd yet. Pro-Boers advise the offer of terms. He believed in doing what they were doing with all our might. Government was determined to end the war, but to so end it that it would never recur and bring a not insufficient but lasting peace. The eagerness ori the part of the Maoris to help* he added, was an additional tribute to Britain’s principles of freedom, equality and bindness to every pace under the flag. BRITISH OFFICERS BLUNDER. The House of Commons committee acquits British officers of bribery and corruption in connection with the purchase of Hungarian remounts, though it admits there was blundering. EX-PREMIER KUfPER'S NEGOTIATION.!

The Daily Mail is the only pager claiming to know that Ex-Premier Kuyper asked for a safe eeuduet for the Dutch Commission to assure the lighters that European intervention was hopeless and the struggle futile. Mr Kuyper is represented as despair* ing of negotiations from the attitude of delegates who justify their obstinacy by citing the fighters still in the field. Reuter says that Mr Knyper’s was merely a tentative suggestion to facili* tate the conclusion of the war. The general feeling in London, however, is that nothing would be achieved until the Boer belligerents intimate a desire to negotiate for terms. The Times, Standard and Telegraph denounces the intriguing with the enemy as perilously near a, legal offense. >