Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-06 | Page 8 | Captured Letters Disclose Treachery

CAPTURED LETTERS LETTER'S LETERS DISCLOSE TREACHERY LONDON Feb 6 ln In In accordance with the promise promisE of Mr r. r Chamberlain the Colonial Colonial Colo Cob nial Secretary to Parliament the letters leters recently captured In South Africa has been p published It I Is from Gen Smuts to Gen Gem Botha and Is dated date September 2 1901 1901 Gen Smuts protests against his dig dis- missal misa for tor burning farms tarm at at dorp The writer wrier of the letter leter admits that farm burning violates violate Boer Doer principles prin prin- but contends It was ws Justified In this case because Breme Bremen dorp dor was outside outside out out- side the Boer borders G len Gen is n. n Smuts pleads his military n r prowess e as a reason for forIn mitigation of t his f punishment n In the course of the letter he shows that at Botha's orders the Boera Boers drove their women unwillingly into the tine British Tines lines Ines to force them into the concentration camps lei The conservative n e papers rs point to this I Ite i ht letter as proving Bo Boor r b and te treachery chery while the Dal Daily News points out ut that although Smuts wa was was a successful suc sue Bet Botha general the latter te and wa was was' a a a. feg Inexorable personal friend rl In ngu punIshing pun pun- of him for tor farm tarm burning