MANAWATU EVENING STANDARD AND POHANGINA GAZETTE. Circulation, 2,500 Copies Daily TUESDAY, JUNE 10. 1902. SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7317, 10 June 1902, Page 2

MANAWATU EVENING STANDARD AND POHANGINA GAZETTE. Circulation, 2,500 Copies Daily TUESDAY, JUNE 10. 1902. SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.

Tut: most cheering part of tho news from South Africa is the generous attitude assnmed by tho leaders or the Army towards the vanquished. The key-note was touched by Viscount Kitchener on the night the peace document was signed, when, instead of gloating over the humiliation of the men who had been eluding his most elaborate schemes to capture them for years, he hold out tho hand of friendship and congratulated his gnests upon their bravery and skill. Following that wise lead, the Generals have—with their voices, at any rate —turned their weapons into peace messengers, and in a manly way endeavored to reconcile the newly-enrolled British subjects to the chaugo of front. This policy is indeed a wise one, for the British ha7o practically conceded nothing to the Boers, trusting to the freedom of British colonisation to heal the breach which has been tho bane of South Africa ever since its settlement. The contrast between the present settlement and that of ISSI is so great that there is every hope of the policy now being pursued turning out satisfactorily, and the holding out of the olive branch, from King right down to Tommy will have a considerable influonco on such a dosirablo result.