Show ITS UP TO THE BURGHERS BURCHERS they will Vill I 1 ote on the li question of poe in 14 south africa llie ilia government leabert leader A J balfour in the house louse of commons friday made the following important state beut after two conferences between lord 1111 allner ner the british high commissioner in south aft lea and lord kitchener and the boer delegates bt at pretoria loid kitchener while refusing refining to graut grant an at ai mist iceon military grounds has agreed to give facilities for or the election and maintaining of lives of the various boer commands to consider the alie position the boer leaders have therefore left pretoria to carry out this plan 11 mr balfour added that it was not expected that between tile the british authorities and the boer leaders could be resumed in less than three weeks meeke mr balfoura balfourd Bal fours statement made a generally favorable impression it was argued among the members that tile the action of the doer boer lenders demonstrated that at any rate a majority of the dete delegates gates favol the iho acceptance of 0 the tha suggested BUggea ted british peace terms the submission of the question to ft a vote vole of the burg burghers bers Is according to boer law which bich re quites tile the leaders of aimed forces in the field to taue take the option of their followers before concluding peace |