BOTHA ASKED TO END THE STRUGGLE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7367, 21 January 1902, Page 2

BOTHA ASKED TO END THE STRUGGLE.

Received January 21, 0.30 a.m. London, January 20. Dr. Van Kuyper has telegraphed to The Times denying that he induced the Boer delegates to formulate terms of peace.

The Times' Pretoria correspondent sates that the numerous captures are demoralising the burghers in the Eastern Transvaal, and a number have petitioned Botha to end the war quickly, alleging that they are unable to bear the thought of women and children starving in the concentration camps. The Times suggests tbis is an excuse to avoid a charge of cowardice. Trichard's commando has threatened to surrender. Trichard appealed to Botha to quell the dissatisfaction. Seven hundred Boers have been captured in the Eastern Transvaal in Bix weeks. Received January 21, 0.58 a.m.

London, January 20. Dr Krause at his trial stated that Broecksma supplied the information regarding the concentration camps furnished to the Daily News. Lord Chief Justice Alverstone, in sentencing the accused, said that Krause was morally guilty of murder, and had used the weapons of a murderer against a political opponent. Mr J. C. Henderson, of Henderson's Transvaal Estates, Limited, in Johannesburg, has offered £10,000 if the charges of inhumanity against the British are proved within six months. He leaves the decision to the treasurers of four London hospitals. If the decision is adverse, half the money will go to London hospitals and half to hospitals on the Continent.

Lord Milner has informed a correspondent that nearly 50,000 Uitlanders desired to return a committee composed of British loyalists, and made selections giving preference to loyalists, especially those able to employ others, or those who iought during the war.