Britain and the Transvaal.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12028, 25 July 1902, Page 2

Britain and the Transvaal.

GENERAL BOTHA AT CAPE TOWN. United* Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. " Received July 24, 10.52 p.m. Capo Town, July 24. — General Louis Botha, at Capo Town, while thanßing the Afrikanders for the reception given him in the Hall of the Dutch Reformed Church, urged the necessity of co-operation, as Africa was the only country they could call home. General To La Rey declared the Boers had burned their Mausers and their flag, but not their traditions. Many Englishmen were present. Received July 25, 1.5 a.m. London, July 24.— Mr Kellner, who was Mayor of Bloemfontein in 1900, interviewed in Berlin, eulogised the British conduct of the -war, and the deep concern of officers over the earlier mortality in the concentration .camps, and their efforts to improve sanitation. He added that >the annexation of the Republics assures their' freedom, progress, and pros^j perity.,-. The King has approved the appointment of Lord Chief Justice Alverstone, Mr Justice Bigham, en"i Major-General Sir John Ardah as a Royal Commission, with Mr Gilbert Mellor, Barrister, as secretary, to inquire into cburtmartial sentences passed while martial law was in operation^in' South Africa, and to report on the expediency of a reduction, or remission of sentences. Received July 25, 9.20 a.m.' London, July 24.— The Royal clemency in judicially revising rebels' unexpired sentence and fines still un-r paid is unanimously pr'aissd-BS a further step towards the pacification .of South A rice. Tho Times Johannesburg correspondent suggests utilising transports for bringing 100,000 unskilled English workers to the Rand with a free passage, inasmuch as initial experiments, with white labour have convinced mine managers of its success.