| Show 1 GREAT BRITAIN II I I REMAINS FIRM I Lord Lansdowne to No Nob Note to of Dr TIE 1 OFFER O R JS 1 S o ro II Hour hoer tenders Leaders Munt to tu Ne ie ieK e K Id 1110 i III In i I London Feb 4 Tho ll mint replied to Dr Di D the Dutch premier that If It this the th Ilo Jh r In iii the his field neld desire to tuu ii for tor pence eare tan can b be rOlt lute Into III to but hut only In RemIt Bouth Africa Tha i J to lo Its Intention int to not accept the this Intervention of ot any nil foreign power Tho rho text ext of thus 1111 of Kurd lans Iowne Dm the Ih BritIsh h foreign I Ito to tho Iho communication of ur Dr Di Kuyper the he of ur the this It Is an us follows t The Foreign Office alOe Jan Taut 29 lr You were score good enough to lily lay la before me January IS 6 a II communication from the lie I Netherlands government In III which It II VILli with llio tho thi bringing the tsar nr to an 1111 end Isle his Silent might grant a salt miff to I the lie Hour UJ r delegates l now no in iii holland for Cor forthe Corthe forlie the lie of fit enabling them to cost con confer costret ret fer with thin tho Hoor leaders In South Af Ar Africa Alrico rico rica It la Is suggested that hint utter nUll a n ton the lie delegates might ought return to with po cr to 10 0 conclude u it 1 treaty of or peace with wills this thil country anti the government that In irs this lila wont event they tho might nt lit a 1 lutes Inter stage bo ho Instrumental 1 III In placing lie ii fl the this liner Doer In III with Is then who us ito ho ho bo appointed by l I his Isis Tin Thu Netherlands Intimate that If Ir this commends Itself to 10 his Iii s government t they hl will w ii I In Inquire quite quire of or the tho delegates whether IV they are to make Inn It the till suggested visit to 10 South Houth Africa It may thorn there foie folo bo be Inferred that the communication c tion I received was nuts made Intuit on the KI re of or the lie N ment alone and without In lit Inthe the Doer lIo r or em lenders leaders Ills His majesty s II government have hart given lIven it their theil boat beat consideration anti and whilst t en entirely appreciative if f the tho w moth of ot humanity which I lea I II the tho lie Netherlands to this they feel they Iho must adhere to tho tim position pollIon i J and publicly announced by tillS them Homo AlM litter lifter the time com om commencement Of M hostilities by b the tue liners Hours that It U was 08 not their Intention to It ac no accept the tho Intervention of ot uny foreign power In the South Routh African w wr tray r Should th Jour Hoer delegat them bent to lay ll a 0 request for n a suro conduct before his hili govern waP t theta Is no IWI O Wh f I arnt l if to 10 an CH opinion on tin such nil nn until they hwy have received It II and are aware aurl of ot the tho precise nature and grounds whereon the tho request la is lamade l made madeI mu muI I may muy therefore point out that It ItIs itis Is IA not riot nt itt present clear to his hl government that tho lie delegates retain tiny any Influence over tho the representatives of or the lie Docis In III South Africa or have any voice In their councils They are litO stated staled by the tho Netherlands government to have no such puch letters letter of ot credence or Instruction of or a later Inter date than March 1900 Ills His government on the other hand understood that lInt nil the tho of or it government Including those hose of ot negotiation were lere stout now completely vested In Mr II Steyn Slen for or the tIle hoots of or ortho tho lie jilter r colony suit and Mr for those of or tho thie Trans Transvaal vaal If lC tItle this Is III BO so it Is hum I evident hint the lie th quickest and most iron satisfactory means of or a it I settlement would bo be bv his 11 direct communication between the loaders leader I of or the Ilo Beers Boerl r In III South Aid Africa ca Cd alit till the lie of his forces who into ho hints hall already been beell Instructed III truId to forward Immediately sissy any offers he may receive for the consul ron of or his government In this connection his hll government have hate sledded decided that If tr tho Ito Boer loaders lenders s should desire to 10 enter negotiations lions for tor the tue th purpose e of or bring III In the war to lu nn nil end those thoNe negotiations tione must t take place plure not In III but III In South Africa It should moreover OVel be b borne In iii mind that If It the Joel floes loaders leaders arc are to occupy CUpy time tale In visiting South Africa In iii with hoer leaders londers In the field and III lit returning to tot for forthe the lie v of oC making known kuian the ro rem suite of ot their errand a period of or at ot otle leest le l Ht t months month would elapse dur tur during turIng ing log which hostilities would be pro prolonged I longed anti and much human suffering per haps haRe needlessly occasioned I II I have etc ete Signed lANSDOWNE |
