CONDITIONS OF PEACE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11371, 14 May 1900, Page 7

CONDITIONS OF PEACE.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,-In your issue of April 18 appears a letter signed "L.A.1.," in which tho writer advocates making peace with the Boers at. the present moment if England can come out of it honourable How is it possible for England to come out with honour and justice to herself at anything short of an unconditional surrender on the part of the Boers ? Has your correspondent not gained . anything by his experience of the last 20 years, and the effect of a patched-up tfcace mane by Mr. Gladstone ? Or does lie want another 15,000 of the pick of our country to bo shot down again in a few years henco ? Can he not see that the Boers have proved themselves to bo unable to make good laws either for themselves or other subjects under them ? Does he not feel tho black scar down his back, given to us by these people, who called upon us to come to their assistance in the hour of need, which we did, and when they were placed in a position of safety they no longer respected us or our flag, but tore it down from over Pretoria amidst groans and hisses, and have ill-treated British subjects in their country from that day till now ? No, sir, nothing short of an unconditional surrender, no matter what it may cost. Better to finish it now and for ever; the British flag must and will fly over Pretoria again, and when that day comes, I hope it will bring peace and comfort to every man that lives under it, no matter what nation he may hail from.—l am, etc., H. 11. Burt. Malatn, Bay of Plenty, May 8, 1900.