THE BOER WAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11878, 1 February 1902, Page 5

THE BOER WAR.

THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. DE. KtJYPER'S PROPOSALS, By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright,! ■ < London, January 30. ; The Daily Mail is the only paper

claiming to know what Dr. K.uyper's terms were. -He wanted* says this paper, a safe conduct for a : Dutch, Commission to assure the . fighters that European intervention" is hopeless and the struggle futile. Dr.. Kuyper i represented the despairing negative' attitude of the delegates, X who justify their obstinacy by citing that fighters " are still in the field. * Renter's. Agency says thai? I Dr.Kuyper merely made -a tentative suggestion to facilitate the conclusion of the war. , The general feeling in London,, however, is that nothing can be achieved until the Boer belligerents intimate their desire to negotiate fort terms. v , .. SPEECH BY LORD HALSBURY, THE MAORI OFFER OF HELP.London, January 30. "Lord Halsbury, the Lord Chan* cellor, speaking at Putney, said that' the war, was still proceeding. The Boer delegates repudiated the, idea: of peace, yet the pro-Boers advised the offer of terms. He believed in doing what we are doing with all m our might. The Government had determined to end the war, but to so end it that it would never recur, ; and bring not an insufficient but & lasting peace. The eagerness on' .the part of the Maoris to help was an additional tribute to Britain's! principles of freedom, equality and. [kindness to every race under the! flag. . . ■ * j::::HUNGARIAN REMOUNTS, . London, January 30.' , ; ; A House of Commons , committee acquits British officers of " bribery,! - and corruption in connection with'' Hungarian remounts, though it ad' mits that there was blundering. , INTRIGUING WITH THE ; - ■ ENEMY. London, January 30. ' The Times, Standard and Telegraph denounce the News' intriguing with the enemy as perilously! near a legal offence. , . , - -> THE CAPTURE OF COMMANDANT * IvRUITZINGER. .•' ' A BRAVE BOER. , : • Pretoria, December 19. Commandant Kruitzinger was;;captured while bravely attempting to rescue a comrade named Aaft,(?) who was shot near the blockhouse while attempting to cross ■ the line near Hanover Road Station. Kruitzinger made three attempts to rescue the man, and at the third was shot himself and' . dragged into the blockhouse. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL Du'MOULIN, ' • KILLED. ; »" The death is reported from the WarOffice of Lieutenant-Colonel Du Moulin,' second in . command in South Africa of the 1 First Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Du Moulin was a' son of an old Auckland settler, the late. Mr,. John Peter Du Moulin, whose widow re-- '■■■ sides in Lower Symonds-street, Auckland. This lady received a cablegram yesterday from the Military Secretary, London, to ' " J the following effect Deeply regret Lieu-tenant-Colonel Du Moulin, Sussex > Regii i ment, reported killed in action" at Abra- • ham's Kraal, near Koppyfontein, January , i 27.' ' ' : ' Lieutenant-Colonel Louis Eugene , Dii Moulin was an Auckland boy, and will' doubtless be ' remembered by many • here.. He was born at " Stoneyhurst," Mount. Eden, and at the time of his reported death was 42 years of age. He became a pupil * ; at the Auckland College and N Grammar School at the age of 12 years, and at the • age of 17 went to England to enter' Satfd* hurst Military College. This was' in July, . , 1877, and three years later he received, a commission in the Second Battalion Royal i. Sussex Regiment. Following this, he saw, j considerable service in < India, taking part [ in the suppression of the revolution in the . State of Manipur in September,. 1890, and rapidly attained promotion to his present ' position. He has a wife and two children ; residing at the present time ' with his - , mother. Lieutenant-Colonel Du Moulin i took an active interest in military affairs ' from his early youth, and was a member ! of the Grammar School Rifles when a student in Auckland. He was a grandson of . ' the late Major Tighe, of the 58th ; Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Du Moulin was the author of several military text ' books,, • prominent among them being " The Aid to to Musketry," " Handbook of ' the Magazine Rifle," "Recruits' Course, of Musketry,' " Targets and Marking," and "Annual ' Course for British Soldiers" . (tabulated). The news was received with the deepest , regret by the numerous friends of :•= his '■> widowed mother. • ' = - 1 V-' : ■' ' , •'