THE BOER WAR.

Waikato Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1097, 13 November 1901, Page 3

THE BOER WAR.

FRESH PROPOSALS BY KRUGER NOT LIKELY TO BE ACCEPTED. THE LIBERALS AND PEACE TERMS. BOERS IN KHAKI TO BE SHOT. - November l“2, 10.56 p.m.) ® London, November 12. _ The Daily Mail states that Kruger is willing to cede the Rand to Great. * Britain to conclude peace if the rebels are amnestied, the prisoners immediately returned to their homes, the troops withdrawn, farms re-built, and a treaty guaranteed by Franco and Russia concluded, granting immediate and complete autonomy under the Afrikander dag. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, speaking at Aberdeen, said since the restoration of Boer independence is impossible, he advocated independent self - government under British supremacy. He added that the Liberals would welcome Lord Rosebery back if he was prepared to do what was acceptable to the party. Tbo amended lists of the Brakenslaagte fight show 86 British killed and 216 wounded. The Daily Mail states that Lord Kitchener has ordered all khaki-clad prisoners to be shot. BOER MISSION TO BERLIN. MAJOR MADOCKS. (Received November 13, 0.14 a.in.) London, November 12. Dr Leyds and Mr Fisher, the Boer peace delegates, have gone to Berlin. There is much speculation in regard to this mission. Major Madocks, a New Zealander, has been appointed a member of General lan Hamilton’s staff.

THE latest. ANTI-BRITISH PEELING IN t PARIS. MORTALITY AT CONCENTRATION CAMPS. (Received November 13, 8.52 a.m.) PARIS, November 12. Major Mcßride, who commanded the Irish Brigade in the Transvaal, was presented with a sword in Paris, the subscribers being Celts. Violent anti-British .speeches were made. Dr. Symons, health officer at Bath, shows that infant mortality at Birkenhead. Salford and Manchester during the summer quarter was greater than at the Boer concentration camps.