THE ATTACK ON LORD MILNER.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 168, 17 July 1903, Page 2

THE ATTACK ON LORD MILNER.

ANOTHER LETTER FROM

GENERAL BOTHA.

COMMENT BY THE TIMES.

London, July 15. 4 The Daily Mail's Johannesburg correspondent states that General Botha's attack on Lord Milner for his despotism was due to the fact that Lord Milner was too strong to be deluded into granting class concessions to the Boers at variance with the terms oC the Vereeniging Treaty. General Botha, in a letter to a friend in England, which was sent to the Times jbhrougb the Right Hon. Leonard Conrtenay, represents Britain's pecuniary assistance on the strength of Lord Milner's reports of the progress of repatriation and resettlement as a gigantic fraud, whereby the Boers are despoiled and British taxpayers deceived. He accuses Britain of transferring the children's education to Romanists and Sacerdotalists. The Times, commenting on the use of such jargon as "our party tabernacles," suggests that the hand is the hand of Botha, bat the voice is that of the little Bethel. The term "honest criticism" is not applicable to the letter. General Botha unconsciously testifies to the success of Britain's j rule, describing in a whole-hearted way the Boers rebuilding their homes, repairing their losses in the war, and doing as much ploughing as ever.

General Botha's letter contends incidentally that Mr Chamberlain's visit to South Africa was a dismal failure, and that he left the Transvaal worse than he found it.