| Show BOTIA REJECTS TERMS ra7C 4 L Boer Commander Refuses to Accept Peace EXCELS Proposals Which Were Tendered Him APFLT i L I r < r S i by Geh Kitchener + a1 4 L 4 In r a Letter othe British Commander T I He Announces ThatHVls Not Disposed to t Recommend Terms Offered Him to His Gov N i S CHLii ernment British People and Press Do Not Understand Why 14T Kitchener Sued for Peace emU b 4 London March 20Mr Joseph Chamberlain the Colonial Secretary 0 + 1 Secre-tary yeslerday Informed the House of Commons that Gen Botha has 4 rejected the pcace terms offered him Ch3i 4 Gen Botha Mr Chamberlain said had conveyed the Information + In n letter to Gen Kitchener In which he announced that he was not + LOIXHS Tr 4 disposed to recommend the terms of peace Gen Kitchener was Instructed I 3 Instruct-ed to oiler him to the earnest consideration of his Government Gen I + Botha added that his Government and its chief officers entirely agreed 1 j + with his view o Mr Chamberlain added I propose to lay the papers connected 0 4 with the negotiations on the table 4 A1LFDJ 4 KITCHENER BEGAN NEGOTIATIONS i t1Of 4 The Issuance of Parliamentary papers on the negotiations between o 4 Lord Kitchener and Gen Botha Is delayed Gen Bothas refusal too 4 NT to-o accept the peace terms offered hlmS commented upon with an evident 4 J 4 evi-dent sense of relief The Idea that Lord Kitchener Initiated the I rRiS + negotiations Instead of Gen Botha as had been supposed la J unpalatable 4 1 I or sr 4 un-palatable to the British press o te lr n t tr 4 WANTS WAR PRESSED + l Sli 4 Tho Dally Mall under the editorial caption Our Rejected Suit 0 13Un 0 asks why the Government Instructed Lord Kitchener to sue for peace 4 a a + after the murder of the peace envoys and concludes as follows Let 4 pr + the war be pressed to tne utmost rind let further reinforcements bo 4 4 t o prepared for they may be needed but above all let us have no o rIY 4 more negotiations y 4 Gen BruceHamiltons fort which is sweeping over the southeast 4 lbaf a south-east portion of Orange River fcolony reached Wcpeher where the 4 rk It troops found heavy stocks ofy grain and cattle They carried away I iof 0 aa much as possible but destroyed 3000 bags of grain The houses at o v1 I 4 Wepener were found to be Intact 4 p rh D F > + f + + + > + I + + + o + + 4 + + + + + + + + o 1I4 + 04 1 h |
