The Peace Proposals.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 192, 19 April 1902, Page 1

The Peace Proposals.

London, April 1(1

'Die Boer delegates asked for an armistice ostensibly for the pmv pose of communicating with Mr Kruger, but it was suspected to be with a view of reorganising their forces. It was peremptorily refuged. The St, dames’ Gazette says that an impression prevails in political circles tbat a hitch in the negotiations has occurred on the question of a general amnesty.

In the House of Commons Mr Balfour, in reply to a/ question, said that he would immediately inform the House when there was anything to communicate in regard to the peace negotiations.

The Times says that Me Balfour’.-t reply implies that the negotiations are not progressing satisfactorily.

Probably the Boers are submitting impracticable demands. The Daily Mail states that the Cabinet refused to grant an armistice and deelined an amnesty to "the rebels, or to withdraw the banishment proclamation. The paper adds that the Bosrs are willing to abandon their demand for independence and to agree to a general surrender if the farmhouses are rebuilt and the farms restocked at a cost of £5,QQ0,000, and if a general amnesty is granted, with possible disfranchisement. The rebels also demand the withdrawal of the banishment proclamation and earlier restoration o! representative institutions than the Government contemplate. % April 17. The Pall Mall Gazette states that the Government on Tuesday night received from Lord Milner the first clear statement of th* delegated’ attitude, and that after the Cabinet’s short meeting Lord ' . Salisbury saw the King. The Times expresses doubts that serious proposals were submitted.