SOUTH AFRICA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVIII, Issue 12934, 30 September 1902, Page 5

SOUTH AFRICA.

THE BOER GENERALS' MANIFESTO. THE STATE MONEYS. RELIEF FUNDS. SPEECH BY GENERAL BOTHA. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, Sept. 28. Many people in England interpret the Boer Generals' manifesto as an ill-managed attempt at bluff. The Boers at The Hague deny that fugitive officials seized the Transvaal State moneys. They maintain that whatever sums were available were divided amongst the different commandos in the Transvaal and Orange Free State before Mr Kruger's departure. Dutch newspaper reports which have been contradicted recently represented General Botha as publicly thanking the Dutch and other Continental nations for having forwarded the chief relief in connection with the concentration camps. General Botha, in a letter, complains of the reports of his last Monday's speech, and repeats that he then stated that the assistance to widows and orphans had not emanated from tho Netherlands alone. THE GENERALS AND THE KAISER. (Received Sept. 29, 11 p.m.) BERLIN, Sept. 29. The Boer Generals will visit Berlin in the middle of October, and intend to seek an audience with the Kaiser. GENERAL VILJOEN'S VIEWS. LONDON, Sept. 29. General Viljoen, in the course of an interview in London, declared that the Boer Generals were unwise in discarding Britain's friendship. A RUSH FOR MINING CLAIMS. LORD MILNER'S TOUR. LONDON, Spfc. 29. Thirteen thousand five hundred and seventy-two licenses for claims were granted in the Pietersburg, and 8895 in the Barbertora districts, early enough to enable the poorest licensees to reach their destinations on Sept. 24. The claims were pegged out at daybreak on Sept. 25. There was no disorder. The happiest results arc anticipated from Lord Milner's tour in the Western Transvaal. He invited suggestions, and discussed plans- of settlement with the leading burghers, including General Cronje's son and Mr J. L. Vandermervwe, formerly Mining Commissioner at Johannesburg. They showed themselves eager to promote the prosperity of the country, and expressed genera,! satisfaction with the arrangements for educating the Boer children. FUNDS FOR THE BOERS. (Received Sept. 30, 1 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 29. The Cape Town correspondent of the "Times" states that the local Boer funds amount to £62,788. A large proportion is being devoted to prisoners of war. The sum of £27,975 was invested. The Women and Orphans' Committee during the war reported that it was not necessary to spendl the money, inasmuch as the women and orphans were cared for. The committee now says* that the money will remain invested until the Boer ministers who have been prominently connected with the committee rejoin their congregations.