South Africa.

Manawatu Herald, 15 July 1902, Page 2

South Africa.

BOER LOSSES;

The Boer Red Cross Society Depot estimates that thirty-seven thousand Boers were killed in the war, and thirty-two thousand taken prisoners, of whom seven hundred died. The total force in the field was seventy-five thousand. LUCAS MEYER. • General Lucas Meyer is corning to England. LORD METHUEN. Lord Methuen, in the course or reply at Oorsham, said the many kind messages he had received from England after his capture equalled the words of his comrades in arms and their relations in Australasia. IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS. Reuter’s Agency states that the Curator of the Boar official papers at Pilgrim’s Rest, in the Eastern Transvaal, has handed to the British authorities contidental reports in reference to Mr Kruger’s relations with foreign Powers, ■ cipher?, and a mass of other documents. CAPE, POLITICS. The Hon. T. W. Smartt, late Minister for Public Works in the Cape Ministry, promises to support Sir Gordon Sprigg’s measures, ad-

ding that Parliament must also legislate with the object of inducing, immigration in the direction of land settlement; also with regard to the distribution of seats and guarding against sedition. INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OP THE WAR. Mr Goschen presides over the Royal Commission to inquire into the conduct of the war. POLITICS AT THE CAPE. The Hon, T. W. Smartt, Minister for Public Works at the Cape, speaking at Mitenhage, said the'Cape Assembly consisted of 33 Progres sives, 89 Africander Bondsmen, and seven doubtful. The Government had refused to fill vacancies, .It was monstrous to expect such a Parliament to pass Bills dealing , with the questions of sedition and Parliamentary representation. * The meeting resolved, by a large majority, to support the suspension of the constitution, SURRENDERED BOERS. Some Boer officers and Government officials at Bloemfontein refuse to take the oath of allegiance, though few object to sign a declaration acknowledging the King as sovereign. Reuter’s Agency states that the surrender of Boers has been completed. The total exceeds twenty thousand. ■