Show KRUGER TO HOLD HOLDA A MEETING WITH STEM STEYN London March 3 p m President dent Kruger is said to have left Pre Pro Pretoria toria t ons with the intention of meeting President Steyn The place where they will meet m t is not mentioned but Is ia be believed believed l to be somewhere in the Orange Free State Those in South Africa who are conversant with the effect the re no recent recent cent reverses have had on the Boers Beers express the opinion that the meeting of ot the two presidents is preliminary to t o Na a suggestion for negotiations for peace But if it is the case it must be due to the pressure brought to bear upon by the burghers and Af At f in the British colonies rather than the personal Inclinations of the presidents as all the available inlet information information mation depicts them as an being as de do determined determined as ever to persist in the war until the resources of the republics are much more enfeebled than they seem to Id be at present although thou h some significance canoe cance is attached to the consultation in u view iview o of the reported visit to Eng Erig land and l of Chief Justice Devilliers Mr Hofmeyer and Dr ostensibly On private business and for their health But the closest observers do not an anticipate any sudden cessation of or hos boa hostilities hostilities and certainly the reports from the theatre of ot war do not tend to en encourage enc encourage courage c urage the advocates of immediate peace The Tho Boers Boors are apparently rallying with their accustomed ability to repair a temporary reverse and Great Geat Britain has yet to test te t their force as a de defensive defensive power under the new conditions i of warfare Outside the meeting of the presidents there Is no new indication of ot any change in the situation Telegraphing Tele from today thanking the lord mayor maor of Liverpool for tor his con eon congratulations congratulatIons in behalf behal of or that city Lord Roberts says I trust that her soldiers in this country will gain such further successes as will speedily restore the freedom and prosperity to South Af At Africa Africa rica |