Show it 4 s-s- s f M t II t 6 M 4 BOER PEACE PROSPECTS i it 4 t t I t 4 I 4 t 44 I 44 I 4 I t H t 4 4 I 4 4 4 6 4 I 4 I 4 I 44 I I 4 I 4 I 4 I 4 4 4 M I While we have ha nothing ng very definite upon which to base opinion it is apparently true that th the prospects for peace in South Africa are more golden I than they have appeared at any time since the beginning beginning beginning be be- ginning of hostilities This view i is jq justified by the time presence in Pretoria of the Transvaal and Orange River leaders and generals who wh recently have ha beep been identified with the peace conferences and negotiations negotiations there andin in the field As our London news new's ind indicates cates the British government government gov gov- is in in active communication with Lord Kitchener on some matter of imperial importance and there is the best reason for believing belie that the subject ct is the terms of an accommodation with the Boers which is within probable reach The chances are that a modus i endi can be found if the responsible re re- leaders in the field fied and th the people who have had to bear the brunt of the fight against Great Britain are not too greatly influenced by the perhaps irreconcilable and selfish views of the Boer delegation so called in Europe The demands Uttered uttered uttered ut ut- from Holland the other day by Dr Leyds amounting to an ultimatum on the peace question and insisting upon a sch scheme me of surrender r and reorganization reorganization reorganization re re- re- re organization which could not be granted may mayor ormay or may not affect the Boer negotiations They should not The British government and people are about certain to agree gree to more generous terms and conditions conditions condi condi- than Great Britain ever before allowed allow to a Vanquished foe and we are mistaken if they be not not found of a character which the Boers could accept with dignity and honor and which they ought to accept in the intel interests ests of civili civilization and humanity There is much of hopefulness in the situation and a God d grant that th the business soon may end in cessa- cessa tion ion of the cruel work of devastation ev Jat on and slaughter that for two years has been leen making a desert of I South Africa ca |