The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-03-22
RESENTTHE NOTE
British Public Inclined to Feel
Sore Because Of Hays
Suggestion.
That This Country Was Will
ing to Assist in Peace
Negotiations.
Satisfaction Over Salisbury's Per-
fectly Cautiously Brusque
Refusal.

LONDON, March 19.-Between the
lines of the politely worded editorial
comments on President McKinley's ex-
preston of willingness to aid in the res
toration Of peace between Great Britain
and the Boer republics can be discerned
every evidence Of an inward irritation
which the less responsible public does
not hesitate to outwardly express, while
members of the government quietly dis
play pique that of all the powers Amer
lea should have consented to assume
what one official designated as the ''un-
gracious role of suggesting some form
of interference" to which he added this
expression:
Cannot Help Contrasting It.
England cannot help contrasting the
perfect correctness of the attitude of
openly unfriendly France with the offer
of the United States, which, if it had
come from a less disinterested source
could only have been regarded as an un-
friendly act"
There is no doubt that the overtures
of the United States, even though they
were carefully worded, have ostensibly
irritated Great Britain as whole, while
circles especially friendly to the United
States express open regret at the
opportunity offered 4 to compare the
refusal Of M. Delcasse, the French min
lister Of foreign affairs, to crafty the
hostile sentiment in France by making
proposals to Lord Salisbury which were
sure of rejection with what they testify
call the interference" of Washington
and which, though only tentative and
clothed in words of perfect friendhness
and courtesy, came at an inopportune
moment when the supreme self-suff-
cheney of the British empire is the pre-
dominating feeling Of the day.
Everywhere one hears expressions of
satisfaction that while the answer to
the proposal was clothed in words of
perfect courtesy the language of Lord
Salisbury in brushing aside" Presi-
dent McKinley's proffer was so. ex-
tremely definite as to kill all possibility
of a repetition Of the offers from any
source unless those proposing them are
DESTROYS of being recognized as openly
antagonistic to this country.
In the Hobbies of parliament it is ru-
mored that Lord Roberts is about to
issue proclamation announcing that
the former system of government in the
Orange Free State is abolished and
promising Free Staters who immedi-
ately surrender due consideration. 1t
is understood that all the continental
powers, with one exception,
Uncompromisingly Refused to Intervene.
The exception was Russia whose reply
was couehed in less firm, language, al
though, like the others, she declined to
interfere. 1t is said that the pope was
also appealed to, but that he declined to
do anything beyond writing letter to
the queen, appealing to her to stop the
further effusion of blood.
DIR. Leyds' efforts with King Leopold
were quite futile. :.
The possibility of the destruction of
johannesburg is still discussed here,
but it is believed that the French and
German shareholders would offer a
strong protest.
The latest advices respecting the sur
render of Bloemfontein show that the
approach of the British caused a stam-
pede. Thirteen trains, each composed
of 40 cars and all crammed with Beers,
hurried northward just before the line
was cut. The Beers got the bulk Of
their wagons and military stores away.