Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15
REFUSES OFFER
OF AMERICA
Omitted States Good Offices in South
Africa Are Declined by
Salisbury.
REPLY TO THE BoER PRESIDENTS
Premier informs Kruger and Steyn
Britain Cannot Assent to
independence,
GERMANY REFUSES TO INTERFERE
Berlin Government Declines TO In.
tervene Unless Both Belliser-
cnts Arc willing to Accept
Its Goo Offices.

1.OnQoH. -Mdfcu lo.-- ne tNllcu
States government. at the request of
Presidents krncgcr and Stcyn. has uf-
fcred to the British government, lis
service, as MEDIATOR with Il view 10
bringing about peace in South Africa.
Lord Salisbury has not vet replied.
but the representative of The ASsoei-
ated Press learns there is little dnuot
offices i'm terms as cortlial anl polite
as those in which tho offer is .ouched.
Offer Is Declined.
The United States charge d'affaircs.
Henry White. saw Lord Salisbury "t
the foreign Office this evening" and IL
ceived a formal reply from the British
government declining the rood Offices
of The United States in rs@ard to
peace. 1t is understood The reasons OF
the premier are identical With those
already given by the Associated Press.
Salisbury To !sruc ger.
In the house of lords today the pre-
mier, Lord Salisbury. read the British
governments u ply to Kruger and
Steyn. The concluding sentence fol
lows:
IiCl JtSt.N government eau GhIN
answer yonr honorS' telegram by say
ing it is not prepared to assen. TO the
independence either of the South AZ
rican. republic or The Orange Free
state"
Germany Declines to In,crserc.
Berlin, March IL, The German GOV
eminent has replied to the appeal .of
President krueger declining to inter
vcne i'm the South African war. On tho
ground that it is no affair OF Ger
many's.
London, March ia London dis
patch from Berlin says:
ut is semi-oilicially announced that
the Orange Free State and 1'ransvaal
addressed TO number of large and
small states d request for friendly mo
diation. The German government re-
piled ii would willingly participate
provided the essential condition OF
such mediation were present. namely
the cen tainty that both bclligerents
desired it,
Attitude OF France.
Paris. March ia representative
of The Associated Press has scc,Ire,
from Il responsible, mo!thpiece of the
French government the following ex-
position of Frances attitude i'm the
matter of intervention in the Anglo
lsansyaal war, which ii is said to be
solicited by Kruger. The ollici;i! i'm
question said: :.
We believe il true the Iransv,al
sent Il request 10 the powers for their
Intervention, though up to this morn,
ing kruegers message had not
reached us. AS far as France is Goa
cclncd. she certainly will not take the
initiative in offering England media
ton MOI" viii Russia. for I he dual ALI
ancc is naturally working together in
the question. We feel that in ting pres
ent excited state OF public feeling in
England. and especially as regards
ourselves. any step taken by the
French government would defeat its
own object and instead of opening th,
May To an honorable peace would act
as oil on the flames and probably only
create fresh complications. We con.
slider overturcs for mediation can en-
anatc from some power whose cordia
relations with England prevents such
suggestion being construed as am nn
friendly act. The emperor of Ger
many, for instance. might take the in
itiatiye, or President Mckinley, with
out fear of creating friction which
stands in the way OF amy such action
ON our part. and after This is done full
reliance can be placed ON the ,lnquai-
fled support of France and Russia
whose only desire is TO see an end of
bloodshed and who are eager to cnC
their good offices to bringing about