THE TERMS OF PEACE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11987, 9 June 1902, Page 5

THE TERMS OF PEACE.

SPEECH BY MR. CHAMBERLAIN. A LASTING SETTLEMENT. I (Received .Trine 7. 3.40 p.m.) London*, Juno G. Mr. Chamberlain, in acknowledging a message of sympathy from Birmingham, said the terms granted to the Boers, although generous, would secure all for which Britain had been fighting, and would, he hoped, prove the foundation of a lasting settlement. THE COLONIES AND THE WAIL THEIR MILITARY ASSISTANCE. A NEW CHAPTER OF IMPERIAL HISTORY. (Received June 3. 4.48 pin ) London, June 7. Mr. Chamberlain, in opening the Colonial Troopers' Club, said that Canada and Australasia had sent an army to South Africa greater than the British army at Waterloo, and it' our need bad been greater the colonial forces would have been multiplied manifold. The club was a proof of the brotherhood and of the sympathy animating the whole race. Mr. Balfour, in the Louse of Commons, in moving a vote of thanks to the troops, said the sentiment inspiring the colonial military assistance opened a now chapter of Imperial history. I AN AUSTRIAN VIEW. OPINIONS OF A FIELDMARSHAL. BRITAIN'S MILITARY PRESTIGE ENHANCED. (Received .Tune 8, 4.48 p.m.) Vienna, June 7. The Austrian Field-Marshal Ratzenhofer, in an article in the Nieue Frei Presse, says that of the many which the British fought, the engagements in the penultimate stage of the war, and Lord Kitchener's systematic occupation of the theatre of war, command the greatest respect on the part of the expert. The army may look with justifiable pride on achievements calculated to enhance the military prestige of Britain, whose world-wide dominion is in no wise impaired. ASSISTANCE TO BRITISH SUBJECTS. (Received June 8, 4.43 p.m.) London, June 7. In answer to a question in the House of Commons Mr. Chamberlain stated that assistance to restore people to their homes would be applied to all Britishers in South Africa. THE MANAGEMENT OF THE WAR. (Received June 8, 4.48 p.m.) London, June 7. Mr. Balfour, replying to a question in the House of Commons, stated that the promised inquiry into the management of the war was engaging the Government's attention. CONGRATULATIONS FROM AMERICA. London, June 7. President Roosevelt has asked Mr. Arthur Raikes, Secretary to the British Embassy at Washington, to convey to Lord Salisbury his kind and sincere congratulations on the restoration of peace. THE FEELING IN EUROPE. London, June G. The courtesies between Lord Kitchener and the Boer generals have staggered Europe, which is unable to reconcile the growing friendliness of the two races with the newspaper misrepresentations regarding the war so long indulged in by the Continental press. OPINION IN SOUTH AFRICA. London, June G. The terms of peace have been extremely well received in Natal and Cape Colony, British interests" are considered to be adequately safeguarded. RUSH FOR FARMS. London, June G. A great rush has set in for farms in the new territories. A SOLDIER'S FUNERAL. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] CiiEisTCHUKcir, Sunday. The remains of Trooper J. H. Treneary, of the Sixth Contingent, who died from congestion of the brain, were accorded a. military funeral this afternoon, and over 600 volunteers and 60 returned troopers were present. The ceremony was witnessed by over 6000 people.