South Africa.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 278, 4 November 1902, Page 1

South Africa.

London, October ?»0.

The Times has published the second instalment of Mr Kroner's memoirs. The ex-president ace Mr Cecil Rhodes of lying. hri ery and treachery, and refers to Viscount “Milner as a typical Jin ?o, [autocratic beyond endurance. He declares that Mr Chamberlain and Mr Cecil Rhodes!were acomplices in the Jameson Raid. The Times, in comm- nting on Mr Kruger’s statement, says that, histoiical and other inaco iracies of the memoirs prove that the peace negotiations were bound to fail, and that war was inevitable.

October 111.

The Standard’s Brussels correspondent states that Mr Kruger hopes if be swears all eg anon to Britain, to return to South Africa by January. Louis Botha in an article published in the Contemporary Review, says that if the British only realised the pitiable state of the Boers it would be unnecessary for the Generals to make appeals. After receiving Mr Chamberlain’s reply the Generals considered that it would be impossible to reopen the financial question and understood that no appeals for help would be listened to, British generosity being limited by the legal obligations under the treaty. Owing to these considerations and the harrowing prospects before the Boers the Generals make an appeal to the civilised world without desiring'to alienate. Britain. Nothing had occurred abroad which might reasonably be calculated to offend. British susceptibilities. If Britain would still aid by money it might serve as a substitute for the army of 100,000 men now being planted in South Africa. He was prepared to submit a report to an impartial commission respecting the number of ruined farmsteads, and it would help to smooth matters if the Boer 'delegates in Europe were permitted to return. A complete amnesty would be a potent means of removing racial estrangement.

Mr Kruger has made a concilia|tory appeal to Mr Chamberlain. |He asks that cencrous monetary assistance should be given to the Boers, and urges him to inquire into the future treatment of the Dutch, and also the question of the displacement of former Boer officials.

November 1

General De Web has sailed by the Saxon for the Cape. The ‘European climate is unsuited to him. Several members of his I family are ill iu South Africa. A large crowd witnessed his departure [at Waterloo Station without any [display of emotion. Mr Schalkburger has arrived in London, and probably replaces General De Wet in accompanying Generals De la Rey and Botha to America.

Sydney, October 30.

The Government Commercial Agent in South Africa reports that there are good prospects for trade. The population is rapidly increasing, and producers are very slow in getting to work again. The production of the country is not likely to increase to a great extent for some years. He insists that nothing but the best quality should be sent in order to compete with formidable countries like the Argentine.

Recent returns give distressing accounts of the South African labour market. A well-known Melbourne sharebroker, as a result of an extensive tour, says that the whole Country is in a state of chaos, and it will be years before any immigrant of moderate means will be able to make even an ordinary living. The land is full of diseases to man and beast, and in addition there are storms, floods and disastrous droughts. It would be criminal folly for Australians to join in a mad rush till things mend.