The Lyttelton Times. THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1900.
Upon hearing that Cape rebels were to be tried for treason, President Kruger rnacle threats. Lord Salisbury replied that if a British soldier was injured Kruger would be held personally responsible. Kruger retorted that he despised Lord Salisbury’s throat. President Kruger, in the course or an interview, said that ho did not expect outside help. Forty thousand Boers were fighting, and would conquer or die. They would accept no convention, and claimed absolute independence and amnesty for disloyalists. Kruger recently admitted that the Boers would be unable to keep the field for a month. Mrs Anna Parnell urges the Irish crowds to drown the cheers 'for the Queen, during her visit to Ireland, by singing a hymn in praise of President Kruger. Lord Kitchener has occupied Prieska unopposed. The rebels surrendered. It is reported that Major-General Sir Frederick Carrington is forming a hold force of five thousand men to protect 'Rhodesia. The force will include 2300 Australian bushmen. Additional cases of plague and two deaths are reported from Sydney, There is a great rush for innooulation with Halfkine’s prophylactic.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CIII, Issue 12157, 22 March 1900, Page 4
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