Show UtilE PROGRESS MADE Negotiatio for Peace Not Making Headway REASONS FOR THE DELAY Great Distance Separates Members of Transvaal Mission at Kroonstad From Stoyn and Dehiry It Is Expected Ex-pected That Mr Schnlkb rgcr and His Colleagues on tho Pcaco Expedition Ex-pedition Will Shortly Move to c Moro Convenient Center From Which to Conduct Negotiations Kroonstad Orange River Colony April 6 Owing to tho great distance noparat Ing tho members of the Transvaal mission mis-sion here from Mr Stcyn the former President of the Oran o Free State arid Gen Delaroy the negotiations between the Boer leaders In South Africa looking to tho conclusion of tho wur make littLe progress Jt Is expected however thut Mr Schalkburcer ant his colleagues on the mission will shortly leave here for amore a-more convenient center from which to conduct tho negotiations A meeting of tho Johannesburg Chamber Cham-ber of Mines tho first since tho beginning begin-ning of the war has been held Tho president of ho I chamber said In an address ad-dress that It was greatly duo to G < 5n Botha that much wanton destruction hat been avoided as ho had hold tho commandant com-mandant of the town personally responsible respon-sible for the destruction of any property which might occur The president also said It was highly probable that by next July half tho mining Industry would bo In operation and that before many months full working would be resumed |