BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 121, 24 May 1902, Page 3

BOER WAR.

| THE CONFERENCE AT PKKTOKIA. j PER PIIESS ASSOCIATION. ! London, May 22. , Lird Milter, L'jrd Kitchener, and tl>e Boer delegates are actively confer- J ring at Pretoria, but there aro no ivliftbl j indications as to the probable result. j ISine thousand troops participator in General lan Hnruihoii's driva betwesn May 7tn and 11 r.h, in the course o r which V*n Zyl's commando of ifibeU »nd Zi'p's coiuman io were practically wilied cut. deceived 23,10.35 p.m.

London, May 23. The conference ut Voreeniging is meiely suspended.

I AN UIjTIMATCJM. Rec ive t 22, 11.20 p ra. London, Auy 23. Active telegraphing between Lord K'tcheter, ibe Wai Office, L> id Milner and Mr (JhanOi riaiu is proceeding. The C»bitie* wa« eummor.ed tj-day. Tne Daily Mail saje thai in reap :ns:> to tbe Boer haggling ai Pretoria a practical ultimatum on vital points has been preseuied by Bri'aiti, with an infcima io i that in theeV' utof a refu al LorJ Kit h ner is rtady to s rik .

ihe del HaVd transmitted tbe ultirn turn to V'ire-liigin-r, and a maj rity for acceptance is expected, fhu include Steyu, Joh Bra'..d, :ind H rtzog,

SPEECH EY LOKD ONSLOW. Received 2i. 0.38 a.m. London, May 23. Lird Onslow, speakiug at K- udal (Westmoreland), said he had hoped that p>ac« would have piecdtd tbe corona ion Tbe Boers still in the field were a mere remuant, and those who were unable to sets' that the time for su render had now cjrne were a remnant of that remnant. The only conditions on which Britain could accept surrender were ii. capable of extension.