The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-25
HR SUGG IlR / 4 al L;
L Is Said Kruger Has Sent Pro
posale fots Psace,
seeks aesCeasation q HostiIIties-
Riotous Demonstrat tons FolIow
eseeaes OF Retoicing Overthe 4 Isl
Il 8 Heiief "a llafelinE.

London, May 21.-Displayed In the
y most conspicuous style Sin the Daily
Express is the dominant war news 81
the morning: @"We have the best; rea.
SON for stating that in the last "a
hours . telegram has been received at
the foreign uffice, addressed person.
ally to the prime minister; from. Pres
sident Kruger, proposing terms of
peace. The exact terms of the mes
sage cannot be stated, but. we believe
IT is couched in 4anGexceedingly hum
BILE strain" -, sez 3
81 1t is Uncomfortable of /. course that
Lord Salisbury can have, sent any re-
ply except the one that stands ready
ON the lip of every Briton--uncondi-
tional surrender. $500. i.<&s 81 $..ss +
. Seeks Cessation Of Hostiiities.
The New \ ork Herald says: *sga 5S5,eg,
Lorenzo Marques May 19-Thes TRANS
vaal government decided to-day to send a
message to Lord Roberts, requesting a
cessation of hostilities, demanding guar
antee that the lives of all colonials fighting
with the Beers shall be sparedaand stating
that unless these terms are granted the
destroyed 80. .''s< 50 n -
The government has been for some time
considering the destruction of the mines.
President Kruger and the executive coun-
Gil were against the proposition, but strong
popular pressure was brought to bear in
favor of it. E$sf
President Kruger has had dream that
the war would be ended within three weeks.
which he firmly believes.
There Is much uncertainty in Pretoria,
where Kruger Is the only strong hand. The
Boer president told me that he would fight
until the last cartridge. III.
Notwithstanding the discouraging stu
alton: President Steyn maintains CHEEKY
and bold demeanor. i$%
Still Rejoicing. @'
The boisterous rejoicings over the
news from Mafeking have become
riots in parts of London, Abefdeen
and Belfast and elsewhere in the
United Kingdom. In the Finchley
district of suburban London mob
stoned the railway station masters
house and smashed the windows of a
diapers shop, setting the building on
fire also, although. whether by acct
dent or design it is not yet known
Special prayers of Thanksgiving
were offered Sunday in the churches
of the United Kingdom. The lord
bishop of London, DR.. Mandell Creiqh.
ton, who preached before the queen
at Windsor, alluded to the relief of
Mafeking. and .clergymen generally
found in the event their topic for the
day.
Boer sympathizers stoned process
sion of shipyard employees at Belfast,
and there were some disorders in Biz.
mingham. i.
Details still Lacking.
Details of the relief are still want
ing, the British military authorities
being without dispatches. Lord Rob-
erts wires that he knows of the re-
lief only through press agency.
Lord Lansdowne, however, announces
that the war Office expects direct news
to-day. T..
Plot to Depose Kruger. =,
The Daily Telegraph is advised that
a plot has been discovered at =, Pre-
toria to depose President Kruger and
to surrender the Transvaal during the
present month. Progressive Dutch.
men and members of the judiciary
are asserted to have been parties to
the movement.
Suffered Heavily.
A Cape Town correspondent reas-
serts that the Irish-American ambu-
lance corps from Chicago suffered
heavily during the fighting at Kroon-
stad, and that United States Consul
Hay had protested vainly to President
Kruger against using the corps on the
fighting line.
willing to Surrender.
London, May 21.-A special dispatch
from Kroonstad says that Gen. Dewet
has sent word that he is prepared to
surrender conditionally with his en-.
tire commando.
Later-It now appears that the
Dewet who offered to surrender with
1000 men was not the well-known
Gen. Dewet, but Commandment Dewet.
He stipulated that his men should
be allowed to return to their farms.
Lord Roberts replied that the sur.
render must be unconditional.
EARLY IN THE FIELD.