CABLE NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 168, 13 June 1902, Page 3

CABLE NEWS

SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS.

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«, VARIOUS ITEMS. PES PRESS ASSOCIATION. London, June 11. Tte dominant nofli of conversation among thou surrendered is eulogy of British fairness as shown in tha execution of two British officers, Morant and Handcock. Dr. Leyds and his Holland confrere, Langerman, announce that funds are being collected to Genu n combatants on their firms and t" maintain Boer propaganda. The Standard s»ys tbat D-. Kuyper, tha Netherlands Premier, insists on Mr Krug r swearing allegiawe like Generals Both* and De Wet. The Daily Telegraph states f h*t Mr Seddon has declared that the jrsat difficulty in future will not be with the Boers, out with those bahind ihem. SURRENDEREES STILL COMING IN.

A FIGHTING COMMAND iNT. Received 12.10.53 p.m. London, June 12. The surrenderors total 9310. Commandants Vanzyl and Vandermerve have ai rived at Vryburg, and were we'e med in peace. Commandant Kemp has surrendered at Mafeking. He wa« adv. ise to surrender, but finally yielded to the views of the majority. He says he is glad Lord Kitchener did not jitt-ch au> shame to the but render, or tha Boe-s nvght have continued the stru?g'e for a couple of years-even thiugh with no certainty of success. Food wai plentiful in the western Transvaal, but exhausted in the e<st. He was quite satisfied at the fettlem;ot. There would be no bitte nes•; in fact he predicted harmony. Two hundred and nice CNpe surrendered at Cradock. A proclamation issued in Cpe Colony accepts surrenders for ano° her month. Those failing to surrender within the time fijed-will be subject to the extreawspSnalty of the law. _____ TRANSPORTING PRISONERS TO SOUTH AFRICA Received 12. 10.53 p.™. London, June 12. The Government is engagieg nine transports for three months service, <o carry Boer prisoners back to South Africa. Each will carry 60 offiee s and 1550 mtn. Vessels that have been used to transport, horses am cot acceptfd to carry troops. It is consider* d in London that the new form of tax on gold in the Transvaal favours the miners. SPEECH BY MR CHAMBER-AIN.

Rece red 13. 0.27 a.m. London. Jure 12. Mr Chamberlair, prrsiding at; tha Corona CluH dinner, in the course of a ppwoh said that the ciuntry now enjoyed a peace which w.ss honourable to both part'*"'. The lin r s we ourselves had traced at the outlet alone offered the basis of a permanent settlement. Britain had be°n very gnnerous in ,__ everything relating to personal and private matters, but she had yielded nothing of substance. The country may well be delighted at the way the terms hid been Tt was a good augury that our lata opponents, after doing their best to maintain their independence, were ready to loyally accept the altered conditions and co-operate in developing an era of unparalleled prosperity. LORD KITOHBNER'd SUroEeSOF. Received 13, 0.27 a.m. London, June 12, - The re v els who surrendered at Cradock were handed cvr to the fivil authorities. Maj T-Genera' Fethert"nha»eh has succeeded Li ntei»n'Genem' Lv telton in the r-nmnund of the forces in N*tal. General Ly telton has gone to Natal *s a preliminary to succeeding Lord Kitchener.

LARGE SURRENDERS OF ARMS. Received 13.1.5 a.m. j London, June 12. Lord Kitchener reports that van Tonder'g and van Beeren's commandos, with 403 rifUs, surrendered on Monday at Vent rrdarp. Afterwards, at n camp eoncrt, the burghers sane " AuM Lang Syne " and " God Save the King." Fur'Ber surrpnderg i" th» wßst»rn Transveal, 167 rifles and 23,000 rounds of ammunition ; at Ermeln, 303 rifles ; at Zoutpa'-sherg, 150, giving a tot<l of 3671 arms on ths 9th and 10th ion*. NEW ZfW,ANnFR ILL AT PRETORIA. Wellington, June 12. His the Governor hag advised that Private Evans, of Danedin, is dangerously ill with enteric at Pretoria. Sir Joseph Ward yesterday wired Mr G. Parker, Fire Brigade rustodiao, that his brother. 4043 A. Parker, Seventh Oontingon', is oi board the 'Manila, which arrived at Albany on June 10th.