THE BOER OUTRAGES.

Evening Star, Issue 11642, 31 August 1901, Page 6

THE BOER OUTRAGES.

MOUNTED MEN WANTED. A COOL DEMAND. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, August 30. Commenting oh the proclamation against outrages, the 'St. James's' and ' Westminster Gazettes' recommend the sending of more mounted troops and a liberal supply of remounts, with a view to vigorous steps being taken to end the war and prevent acts of savagery and embitterment. The 'Globe' says that Lord Kitchener only needs to have the waste of his forces made good. The 'Pall Mall Gazette' says that one execution is preferable to many proclamations. FOREIGNERS' DEMANDS. LONDON, August 30. Claims totalling £315,000 for direct and £818,473 for consequential damages were submitted to the Commission appointed at the instance of Lord Lansdowne to inquire into and assess the losses of foreigners expelled from the * Transvaal. The Commission ignored the claims for consequential damages, and considerably reduced the claims for direct damages owing to the absence of the claimants. VICTORIAN CASJALTIES. LONDON, Augusjt 30. Privates Lawrence and Bow, of the Fifth Victorians, were killed, and Privates Supple and Brunett and Saddler Cook were severely wounded at Schurveberghoek. AN APPOINTMENT. LONDON, August 30. Mr W. E. Davidson, a prominent official in the Ceylon Civil Service, has been appointed Assistant Colonial Secretary in the Transvaal Colony. TWO TRAITORS SHOT. LONDON, August 30. (Received August 31, at 9.30 a*m.) Two rebels, sentenced to death for treason, have been shot at Graaf Reinet. THE BOER INTERPRETATION. LONDON, August 30. The Boers detained at Bermuda are the recipients of much kindness. This generosity they interpret as sympathy with the Boer cause. Similar ingratitude is evinced by many of the Boers in the refugee camps of South Africa. MINES REOPENING. LONDON, August 30.' The Grusburg mine afc Johannesburg has restarted work. NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES. WELLINGTON, August 3L It is almost certain that the lieutenant of the Seventh Contingent who died of pneumonia, and whose name was cabled as Twileston, is Lieutenant Twistleton, of Wellington, who went with the Fourth Contingent as sergeant, but remained in Africa and was given a commission. Advice has been received that Trooper J. L. Howell, of Riverton, a member of the Seventh Contingent, has been severely wounded. CORPORAL CARR'S LETTER. Harry Carr, of St. Clair, who went away with the Seventh Contingent, writes thus to a friend :—" I was sent about three days ago with ten men to take a despatch to another column, when we were surrounded by about 400 Boers. We tried to retreat, but were forced to surrender without firing a shot, as we had no cover of any kind. They were firing at us at about fifty yards, and not one of us was hit. They stripped most of us and changed clothes, but they allowed me to keep my clothes, as I was a corporal Luckily they did not search me for despatches. They gave me a pass through their picket, and directed me to the other column, about four miles away. When we got within a thousand yards of our fellows they opened fire on us with infantry and Maxim, and we had a lively ten minutes. The bullets were whistling all round. But again we all escaped being hit. I expected to get into a deuce of a row for losing eleven horses, rifles, and ammunition, but instead of that I was highly complimented."