THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Lake County Press, Issue 980, 19 September 1901, Page 5

THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

'1 lie Boer women who were permitted fo leave tile concentration camps for the purpose of persuadin'; their husbands to surrender, found that (hey had been reading the pro-Boer speeches

recently ddiveied in the Queen’s ll.ill, London. The men were unconciliatorv, being convinced that Groat. Britain is on the verge of civil war. At General Bindon-Biood’s invitation B-n Viljoen sent a representative to question TOOL) refugees in camp at Middleburg. The envoy was agreeably surprised at the comforts provided. No complaints were made. Colonel Binson surprisid a la ago - at Middleburg in the Transvaal, capturing 31 prisoners and a quantity of stock. Ex-President Kruger’s youngest son and a well known Boer, Captain Ferrinia, were among the surrenderors at Belfast. Colonel Spens brought to Kroonstad 20 prisoners, 2000 cattle and 70 waggons surrendered at Z ’crust. It is reported that General Botha’s inactivity was owing to his efforts to cover systematic importations through unguarded passes in the Limpopo Mountains. Thousands of Krag-Jor-gensen rifles and many recruits have thus come in. De Wet refused to discuss General Kitchener’s proclamation. He tchi Pastor Murray that a clergyman’s place was the pulpit. Steyn discussed the proclamation but remained unconvinced by Mr Murray’s arguments, lie insisted that the Boer refugee women were brually treated. The revenue of Orange River Colony for the year shows a surplus of over £84,000 without including the telegraphs and railway rsturns, Therou’s force of eighty men boldly attacked Ferdelberg on Friday, but 25 of the Yorkshire regiment repulsed them with loss. Broeckma is charged with treachery and treason. Documents seized in his house showed that treasonable correspondence had been ptoceeding for six months, per medium of Broeckma’s house, between Leyds, Kruger, Reitz, and the commandants in the field, under cover of letters addressed to the American consuls at The Hague and Jo hannesburg. Kruger’s letters showed that he was forwarding to Leyds Broeckma’s news, which he intended should influence the pro-Boer organs with the object of prompting action in the Imperial Parliament. The documents seiz d inducted a typewritten proclamation, signed by Louis Botha announcing that the Boer fighting generals had outlawed General Kitchener and all British officers, and ordering all burghers to kill every armed soldier or policeman. Two of Reitz’s despatch riders have been captuied on the Portugese frontier, circulating cuttings from the Review cf Reviews, and other English pro-Boer organs. There is an impression in Capetown that only propertied Boers will be a’lowed to surrender. The loyalists urtre the sessation of leni mey, stricter measures, and vigorous warfare. Fifteen Boers were captured at Thabanchu on the 12th, after an engagement.