Show I 4 f 4 4 44 I i PEACE PROSPECTS IN AFRICA i M I I 4 M t I M I I M It t M M 1 M f M 1 1 M M M M 4 1 1 M 1 4 M It M M I I M I 1 4 It looks today y very rr much as if the wish o of ot King Edward to get the South African war settled before be pe- fore his coronation was to be gratified Conferences Conferences Confer Confer- between the Boer Doer l loaders e s 's are c taking place meetings of burghers be p calI called d to consider the question of general genera surrender Kitchener's Kitchene military mili nili- tary any net pet is being drawn a wn closer and i closer in lii th the Orange River Rh-er d and the tile Transvaal colonies Sui-i-ii Sui de ders e deisa-e are numerous and andall all the signs p point int to toa a final cessa cessation tion of resistance It is probable al le that Lord Kitchener is empowered ered to grant honorable null and in the circumstances generous terms Some Sone little lttie time ago ngo Mr 1111 Balfour was quoted as stating that o on the occurrence e of a complete sm surrender render the late republics l doubtless would be allowed ed a a. crown crOWll to be changed to an autonomous one like that of Natal a as soon as such a movell movement nt could l be e regarded i as safe safe- There is every reason to e expect that amnesty willbe will wilt be extended a and d perhaps even evea include the Cape Colony rebels although such a concession would certainly rouse the ire of the Cape loyalists In Iii any case it is no not doul doubted ted that the Doer Boer exiles will wiH b be allowed to return to their n homes and it is even probable that the tie British government will Avill offer to help them in n the tIle rehabilitation of their farms The Tho whole civilized world is watching and hoping for an amicable settlement of the war which has proven n nto to l be e one of of the bloodiest st and most heroically fought on the losing side in all modern history I |