| Show A mOAN Son Semi Francisco Chronicle While two of or three commands command In the foul field tire are practically bottled up Ul Steyn and Do Wets In tho the Bothie hem district of ot the Orange Col Colony ony oily and und with which Schalk burger and were attached In the th Ih district In the eastern pastern par of ot the Transvaal the third Important force Corre under Delaney hay has a n free freo run runor runor or of Western Transvaal This flits skilful commanders larb successes un undoubtedly Influenced the time British to re reo lox lax their terms of ot pence peace He lie II has luau evinced lie tho ability to strike as its hard ns nil the h have havo been able oble to 10 do within at lit least n U year past post A man In Oln aen oral eral ern I position then Is la not likely to accept unconditional surrender surrender surrender der as aa the lie terms on oil which ho lie will lay la down his arms However hard press pressed ed M the lie other commands may b be must bo he counted COlin lei with In th peace Kansas City Star Whether the tho coming together of the lenders loo of or the Iho South African war In Is Indue due to British overtures or to Doer Boer Initiation the outcome has hns beer been made more macro doubtful than It U would have been before the capture of ot General Methuen It 11 Is hardly conceivable that tho the lint Ish could make more liberal lb ral terms than they III 1 have already offered the Boors Boers and on the Ih other hand It Is not reason reasonable reasonable reasonable able to suppose after the tho capture ot of Methuen the Hoers Doers would be willing willingto to make larger concessions than be before before before fore On the tho contrary It Is not Im tin Improbable probable that their latest victory hate has postponed rather than hastened peace pence as oa It IL will give unwonted encourage encouragement ment meat to 10 the tho fighting burghers But nut perhaps tho the greatest obstacle of or all nil 1 I Is tho the teeming seemIng lack ot harmony harmon between the lie executive officials of the Transvaal III and the th Orange countries and the field commanders |
