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ing OpposltiOn but ftnus Bcthulic Rail-
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:. The Hague, March 12.-It Is learn.
Led from IL reliable source that Pres.
..ident Kruger, through the Consuls..
lat Pretoria, has appealed for the in.
Intervention of the great powers in.
1.-The Transvaal war and has also APP.
..pealed to the governments OF Bell.
..gium, Holland and Switzerland. :.
:. Durham, Monday. March 12.-Thc..
..Transvaal having appealed to Ger.
..many for mediation or intervention.
lin the war with Great Britain, Ger.
..many has replied that she declines.
Ito interfere. es she Is in no way.
concerned in the conflict. .
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INFORMATION PROMISED.
London, March 12.-In the House of
i Commons to-day Mr.. Balfour, the first
lore of the treasury and government
leader. replying to q question as TO
whether, consistently with public inter
est, he could state the essential condi-
tions on which alone the government
would entertain peace proposals from
the South African Republic promised
that pnpers In this, connection would
shortly be presented to the House.
When asked IT, there was any founda-
ton for the report that President Kru-
ger had addressed communication TO
the government Mr.. Balfour reiter-
ated his promise that papers bearing
on this subject would BIO presented to
the House within n short time.
These papers will be presented to-
morrow and will confirm in every re-
spect the news cabled by the Associat-
ed Press Friday last that the peace r,I-
mors were founded on the fact that
President Kruger has appealed to Lord
Salisbury for a cessation OF hostilites
setting forth at length. by cable. the
terms which he is willing to accept
and also that the cable dispatch to the
Premier was signed by President
Steyn, as we'll as by President Kruger.
Lord fSalisbury's answer Is exactly as
given by the Associated Press at the
same time. namely, that the advances
had met with an emphatic rejection at
the hands of Lord Salisbury, who also
said that no such attempt to retain the
independence Of the Transvaa could
be considered for n moment by the
British Government.
WILL MEMORABILIA SALISBURY.
London, March 12-Leonard B. Court
ney. NJ. p, and others, in behalf OF the
South African Cancellation Committee,
will memorabilia Lord Salisbury to
make peace, now that the British arms
are triumphant on the basis of equal
rights to all whites and disarmament.
leaving the two Republics national life
within their own borders
ANOTHER BRITISH VICTORY.
venters Wei. Orange Free State,
Monday, March IL (Evening).-The
British forces, which, since the fight
ing at Dreitfonteln, have been march
ing rapidly hither. have turned the
Boer position. Our cavalry are ahead.
The Beers were reported this MORN
ing about 10000 strong. with eighteen
guns in position on a range of kopjes
commanding the direct road to Bloem-
fontein, which is distant fifteen miles.
ROBERTS ADVANCE.
London. March 13.A20 a. m.-Lord
Roberts is making a very rapid adj
vance. and he is again misleading the
Beers by continuing the advance south
ward instead of through the fiat coun-
try due east Of Aasvogel I<op. He will
probably seize the railway south of
Bloemfontein, and although another
battle Is possible, 1t is more likely that
the Beers are only endeavoring to delay
his advance until all the rolling stock
of the railroad and the stores and
.
can be gotten away north.
WHITELAW REID QUOTED.
Such confidence is now felt in the
military operations that interest rather
centers in the political aspects of the
war; The Daily News quotes Whitelaw
Reid. in a private letter. as saying:
IT give you hearty congratulations on
the changed aspect of the war. 1t is
an immense relief to us all, as well as
to YOU
ATTITUDE OF THE POWERS. =
Except in the case of Germany the
replies of the powers to the Boer ap-
peals for Intervention are not yet
known publicly here. but 1t is quite
certain that Austria Hungary and Italy
will decline to interfere, and there is
no apprehension that anything will
come of the overtures of the two Re
publics.
A dispatch from Lorenzo Marques an
nounces the arrival there Of Mr..
Fischer, the Orange Free State Secrc-
tary, and Mr.. Wolmarlns, member OF
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