FEELING REGARDING PEACE NOT HOPEFUL.
THE CAPTUBE OF VILJOEN.
Eooeivod January 30, 9.58 a.m.
I London, January 29. Tho fooling in the House of Commons is not hopeful concerning peace. There is an improssion that the Boers are specially anxious for an amnesty for the rebels, money to re-stock their farms, and tho withdrawal of the banishment proclamation. Kruger, Steyn, De Wet, De la Rey, and Leyds insist on independence, while Fischer, Wolmarans, Schalkburger, and Botha are willing to recognise Britain's sovereignty. It is understood at Havre that I>i\ Leyds utilised Dr. Van Kuyper to draw from the Bight Hon. J. Chamberlain terms in the event of Bote olaima to independence being waived,
The northern blockhouses in the Orange Colony are completed. * Major Orr waylaid General Viljoen on a mountain bridle path in- a distries swarming with Boers. It was moonlight at the time. He demanded Viljoen's surrender, his men firing simultaneously, and killing two despatch riderß, shooting Viljeon's horse, and putting a bullet into his coat. Viljeon and Adjutant Beßters immediately surrendered.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7376, 30 January 1902, Page 2
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173FEELING REGARDING PEACE NOT HOPEFUL. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7376, 30 January 1902, Page 2
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