Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-13
England Will Give Nothing but
Destruction Of the Republics.
GERMANY REFUSES TO ACT
ether European Powers VIII Not Fa-
vor Hepublies-uessage from
the United States,

London. March 13-Except In the
case Of Germany. the replies OF the
powers TO the Boer appeals for inter-
vention are not yet known publicly
here, but 1t is quite certain that Aus
tria-Hungary and Italy will decline to
interfere, and there is no apprehension
that anything will come OF the over
lures Of the two republics.
A dispatch from Lourenzo Marques
announces the arrival there Of Mr..
Fischer, the Orange Free State secre-
tary, and Mr.. Woolmarens. a member
OF the Transyaal executive council. It
Is not known whether they are bound
on a mission 10 foreign countries or to
Sir Alfred Miner. Mr.. Woolmarens Is
In President Kruger's confidence.
All the morning papers take the line
that the government Will decline TO
open negotiations with the Boer repub-
lies except upon the basis OF complete
surrender. and will also make II per-
fectly clear that nothing in the shape
Of foreign Intervention VIII be toler-
ated.
The Standard says; There is an
idea In some quarters that on arriving
at Bloemfontein, Lord Roberts VIII
issue proclamation which will leave
little doubt as to the future Of the re-
publics."
The Times says: President Kruger
and President Steyn should have
counted the cost before they made war
They played for a great stake and have
lost. Until they are ready for uncondi-
tional surrender they may save them
selves the trouble Of sending communi-
cations TO her maJestys government
I'VE are glad 10 see that II Is under
stood in the United States as well as
on the continent that any prefer OF
mediation viii be distinctly repugnant
TO this country. 1t would be wholly in
admissible, and the Dutch minister at
| Washington Is entirely mistaken in
supposing we would listen to such pro-
posals II only they came from a nation
on terms Of cordial intimacy with us.
| We mean TO settle this controversy
ourselves. and in our own way"
BALFoURs REPLY.
London, March l2.-In the house OF
commons today Mr.. Balfour the first
lord Of the treasury and government
leader. replying TO a question as TO
whether, consistently with public inter.
| ests, he could state the essential condi.
tions on which alone the government
would entertain peace proposals from
the South African Republic promised
that papers In this connection would
shortly be presented TO the house OF
| commons.
Being asked II there was any founda-
ton for the report that President Kru.
ger had addressed a communication e
the government. MI Balfour reiterated
his promise that papers bearing on this
subject would be presented TO the
house within a short time.
DESTROY REPUBLICS.
II IS learned that the papers prom
ised by Mr.. Balfour will be presented
tomorrow and VIII conform In every
respect the news cabled by the Asso-
olated Press Friday last, that the peace
| rumors were founded on the fact that
| President Kruger had appealed to Lord
| Salisbury for a cessation Of hostilities
setting forth at length by cable the
terms which he was willing TO accept,
and also that the cabled dispatch to the
/ premier was signed by President Steyn
as well as by President Kruger.
Lord Salisburys answer IL 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 10 retain the
independence OF the Transvaal could
be considered for a moment by the
British government.
Leonard H. Courtney, NJ. p. and 9TH
ers. In behalf Of the South African con-
Citation committee, will memorable
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 repub-
lies national life within their own bor-
ders.
GERMANY REFUSES.
Durham, Monday March 1.-THE
Transvaal having appealed to Ger
many for mediation or Intervention in
the war with Great Britain, Germany,
has replied that she declines TO inter-
fere, as she is no way concerned In the
conflict.
Berlin. March l2.-With reference 20
the report that the Boer republics are
suing for peace, the Berllner Tageblatt
says: Hitherto there has been no in.
dcation that any great power Is In
clined 10 fulfill President Kruger's
wish and 10 intervene. Anyway this
new fiedged love OF peace IS a sign that
both presidents consider the war lost"
The Frankfurter Zeltung prints a
private letter from Heidelberg, In the
Transvaal, the writer OF which says
that at the most nearly three-fifths Of
the Boer forces are Kept In the field,
and the others continuously receive
home leave. The writer declares that
there Is an abundance Of food In the
two republics and the blacks continue
their farm labors without disturb
ance.
UNITED STATES ACTS.
Paris. March 10, Gas a. m.-The
Gaulols publishes the following from
Its London correspondent; According
10 good authority, President Kruger
and President Steyn have not made a
formal proposition Of peace but have
asked the British government, through
the United States, the conditions II
would accept for the opening OF nego-
tiations on the basis Of the indie
pendence Of the republics.
President Kruger is alleged 20 have
said that he would accept mediation,
but the United states government. In
transmitting this communication. took
care TO declare that Il did not assume
the responsibility for the initiative In
mediation.
The London correspondent OF the
Mailn says: Il learn that United States
ambassador Choate received last even
ing a long and important cable from
the United States relative 20 South AZ
RIGA. which he VIII communicate today
10 Lord Salisbury
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