South Africa.

Manawatu Herald, 7 October 1902, Page 2

South Africa.

THE MARTIAL LAW COMMISSION.

Lord Alverafcone and the other members of the Commission which has been inquiring into the adminis 1 tration of martial law in South Africa have sailed from Capetown on their return to England, where the report is to be drafted. The Imperial Government refused to extend the scope of the inquiry, on the ground of the limited time at the disposal of the Commission, EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. The War Office has established two experimental farms in Orange River Colony for the purpose of breeding remounts for the array, under tbe superintendence of British officers. THE AFRIKANDER BOND.

In the Cape Assembly a debate took place on the conduct of members of the Afrikander Bond during the War.

Mr Theron, president of the Bond, eulogised Lord Kitchener’s fairness, and declared that the Bond would determinedly defend the flag, but it claimed the use of the Dutch language on an equality with that of the French in Canada.

i Mr Lang moved an amendment I for extending the scope of the proj posed inquiry to all Bondsmen and : summoning the Bond to express re- ! gret at the rebellion. In the course of his speech, he contrasted the 1 admirable conduct of the Boer Generals before reaching Capetown with their attitude after contact with 1 politicians there. He added that | nobody on the Bond side, excepting Mr Theron and Mr De Waal, ad--1 mitted that the rebellion was wrong, j The amendment was negatived by '35 votes to 24. The Ministry voted j against the Bond, j Mr De Waal’s motion for a Select Committee of Inq iry was then carried without a division. DAMAGE DURING THE WAR. ' The Johannesburg correspondent of the “ Daily Mail ” states that Boer committees which were appointed to assess the damage caused to property during the war in the Transvaal estimate the amount at sixty millions sterling.