BRITAIN & THE TRANSVAAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11816, 13 November 1901, Page 3

BRITAIN & THE TRANSVAAL.

WHAT KBtJGER WANTS. THE LOSSES AT BRACKENLAAGTE. BOER DELEGATES GONE TO BERLIN.. United Press Association .~By Electric Telegraphs — Copyright. Received November 12, 10.56 p.m. London, November 9.— The Daily Mail states that' Kruger is willing: co Cede the Rand to Great Britain and conclude peace if the rebels are amnestied, prisoners immediately returned to their homes, troops withdrawn, farms re-built, and a treaty, guaranteed by France and Russia concluded granting immediate and complete autonomy under the Africander flag. Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman, speak ing at Aberdeen, said that since the restoration of Boer independence was impossible, he advocated an independent self-government under British supremacy. He added that the" Liberals would welcbme Lord Rosebery back if he was prepared to do what was acceptable to the party. .. Amended lists of the Brackenlaagte fight show. 86 British killed and 216 wounded. The Daily Mail states that Lord Kitchener ordered all khaki clad prisoners to be shot. ■ . . ' Received November 12, 11.40 p.m. • London, November 12.— Majo/ Madflocks, New Zealander, is appointed a member of Major-General lan Hamilton's staff. The Netherlands' South African compensation claims have been settled for £37,500. Sergeant-Major Calloway, Seventh New Zealand Mounteds, was wpunted at Wynberg. Received' November 13,' 12,14 a.m.. London, November 12,-^Leyds an.! Fischer,, the Boer peace delegates have gone to Berlin. There is much speculation with regard to thei:' mission. MEETINGS IN GERMANY. Received November 13, 8.52 a.m. London, November 12,— Major MeBride - whos commanded the Irisa Brigade in the Transvaal, has bee. a presented- with, a sword by Pan's subscribers and Celts.. Violent AntiBritish speeches were made. Mr Symons, the Health" Officer at Bath, shows that the infant mortality at' Birkenhead, Salford, and Manchester during the summer quarter, is greater than in the Boer concentration camps. . . Berlin, .November 12.— Large ana noisy meetings were held in six German Universities. Veteran warriots of the '1870 Franco-German War denounced»Mr Chamberlain's insnilti*i*? references to the methods of the German campaign. The Cologne Gazette, shows' the agitation is based on' mistranslations. Leyds semi-ofili ially warned Sir Campbell-Bannor-man that the agitation against Mr ''Chamberlain would not modify Ger;many's policy-.. (Per. Press Association). "•' Wellington, .November 12.— Attvic? has Deen received from South Atiica that 4715 Private Patersou is ill of enteric at Newcastle ; 4363 Sergeant Major Callaway, who was wounded last v week, has Deen removed to Wy&buTg hospital.'

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