Show I ON ACCOUNT OF THE WAR I Tho cape mounted police have rcoccu pied Barklcy East Col Plumer occupied Lobalsl without opposition on March Oth The Canadians from Victoria west have proceeded to the Prieska district Boers arc said to be mousing a slrong force on the Vaal river in the neighborhood of Flip Ram Most of the Paris papers make no comment upon the peace propositions The Jaulols declares England no longer long-er concerns her plans C IIb Laner who has4dust returned from a trip to Barklcy West reports that the country is almost deserted de-serted He covered a distance of sev entyfive miles The condition of the German group of gold mines In the Transvaal is reported satisfactory and the other groups have suffered only Inconsiderable through thc stoppage A French official says As far as France Is concerned she certainly wilt not take the Initiative in offering Eng land mediation neither will Russia for the two are naturally working together in this mailer I Mr Fislicr the Orange Free State Secretary Mr Vessels chairman of the Orange Free State Ran and Mr I Woolmarans of the Transvaal execu tire council have sailed from Lourenco Marques for Europe In the Dominion House of Commons i last illicit the Premier defended the action of the Government and declared that there never was a Juster war than that in whIch Great Britain was now engaged in South Africa Referring to British statements regarding I re-garding the use of expanding bullets r by the Boers the Berlin Tagcblall remarks re-marks In view oC the letter of the manufacturer wc aro bound lo believe that the expanding bullets used by the Boors could only have been captured from the British themselves |