THE BOER WAR.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12145, 11 September 1901, Page 5

THE BOER WAR.

» . , EFFECTS OF KITCHENER'S 1 PROCLAMATION. ; TREATMENTOFTHEDISLOYAL . TWO LAAGERS CAPTURED. Steyn and De Wet .Expelled from Reitz. ■ Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. PROTECTING TRAINS. LONDON, September f). (Received Sept. 10, sit, U. 27 a.m.) I Burghers will l)i' selected according to tlu>ir known pro-Boer prcc-livilies to travel on all nii.snfo railways. LOIU) IUTCHENEIt'S PRO- ; CLAMATION. I LEADERS TRYING TO. AVOID THE PENALTY. LONDON, September !). I Tlic loader-? are resigning their post- ' lions as commandant and iiokl-carnot in order to avoid the penalty of disregardiiig; Lord .KiU-liencr's proelaination. I Commandants Do la Key and Viljoen 1 received the proclamation from Lord Kitchener'* envoy, who was well treated. I Some of the Boer leaders have eon- . fiseatcd and mutually shared (he stock i belonging to intending surrenderors. CAPTURE 01'\ SIXTY BOERS. •Sixty Boors who were concealed in the [ Mcgaliesberg Mountains have been captured. , A HOTEL LOOTED. 5 Some Boers looted Hunt's Hotel, near ' Rivcrtoii. 1 ARRESTED FOR SPYING. [ (Received Sept, 10, at 9.2.1 a,in,) In connection with the arrest of Dr Krause, who has been committed for trial, Broeksiua, a Hollander, formerly l public prosecutor in the Transvaal, and Dr Visser, formerly resident surgeon at , the Johannesburg Hospital, and many others have been arrested at Johannesburg on a charge of spying and pubj lishing seditious documents. The printing press has been seized. CAPTURE OE TWO LAAGERS, i Two laagers were captured at Fonriesburg and Wilkop. They included much stock ami waggons. Steyn's printing 1 press at Fonriesburg was destroyed, iui eluding his latest proclamation, signed 1 "Steyn, Burgher." It declared that ' there could be no peace without indc- . pendence. ) A PRO-BOER PROTEST. 1 BRITISH CAPTURE A CONVOY. } LONDON, September 10. (Received Sept. 10, at 10.50 p.m.) There is a consensus of English opiuion : that the. disloyal burghers "in Pretoria have heretofore been the chief inforin- , ants of the departure of trains. The . plan oF compelling them to accompany 1 trains is likely to prove effective. The. > plan is similar to the German precedent in IS7O. 1 _ The Handelsblad, an Amsterdam . journal, vehemently denounces the plan 1 as a violation of international law, and ; says it offers a precedent for the French 1 and Russians, in the event of war with i Great Britain, protecting their iron- <- clad?, by exposing British" prisoners. '■ Colonel Rimington captured Has- , droek's convoy of <J0 ' wnegons, and ex--3 pellcd De Wet and Steyn'from'Beitz. ; THE SEVENTH CONTINGENT. WELLINGTON. Septembsr 10. The Premier has received the following cablegram from Colonel Porter, officer commanding the seventh contingent:—"The contingent, now at the Natal border, about to operate. Thirty 'hours in train. Captain Seddon temporarily isolated ut Eland«fontcin with an attack of measles: others infected from Boer prisoners; all mild form. Captain Seddon's prompt support * and coolness saved hecvier loss when Lieutenant Lecce and others were killed. The officer commanding at Capetown tele- ., graphs that Captain Seddon is rejoining the contingent, having recovered ivell." Trooper Francis, of Clinton, who has not enjoyed (ho best of health sinco his return from 'South Africa, intends to proceed to , Kotorua for two months. Trooper Pindlator, 3 of Ratamii, belonging to the fourth contingent, has also been ordered to Estonia to ; recuperate. He waa met by a large number j of the residents of the district on Friday night, and presented with a gold albert anil 1 pendant.