The L'Anse sentinel., 1900-05-26
HE SUGGESTS TERMS.
1t Is Said Kruger Has Sent Pro
posals for Peace.
Seeks n Cessation of HostiIities-
RiotOus Demonstrations Follow
scenes of Rejoicing over the
Relief of MafekIng.

Relief of Mafeking.
London, May 21.-Displayed in the
most conspicuous style in the Daily
Express is the dominant war news of
the morning: 1--WE have the best rea-
son for stating that in the last "a
hcdrs a telegram has been received at
the foreign office. addressed person
ally to the prime minister, from Pres
ident Kruger, proposing terms of
peace. The exact terms of the mes
sage cannot be stated, but we believe
il IS couched in an exceedingly hum
BILE strain"
It is inconceivable of course that
Lord Salisbury can have sent any re-
pls except the one that stands ready
Oh the lip of every Briton-uncondi-
tional surrender.
seeks Cessation of HOstilities.
The New ork Herald says:
Lorenzo MARQUES. May 19.>-The Trans
vaal government decided to-day to send
message to Lord Roberts requesting
cessation of hostilitiesS demanding guar
aztec that the lives of all colonials lighting
that unless these terms are granted the
m,ncs will be blown up and Johannesburg
destroyed.
The government has been for some time
considering the destruction of the mines.
President Kruger and the executive coun-
c.l were against the proposition, but strong
popular pressure was brought to bear In
favor of IL.
President Kruger has had a dream that
:he var would be ended within three weeks,
which he firmly believes.
There is much uncertainty in Pretoria.
whore Kruger Is the only strong hand. The
l.per president told me that he would fight
uuti the last cartridge.
Notwithstanding the dscouraging situ-
alton. President Steyn maintains CHEEKY
and bold demeanor.
stilI Rejoicing.
The boisterous reioicings over the
news from Mafeking have become
riots in parts of London. Aberdeen
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
drapcr's shop, setting the building on
fire also. although whether by acci-
dent or design it is not yet known.
Special prayers of Thanksgiving
were offered sunday in the churches
ot the United Kingdom. The lord
bishop Of London, DR.. Mandell Creigh-
ton who preached befoe 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 aJproces-
sion Of ,hiprard employees ut Belfast,
and there were some disorders in Bir-
m,nghaIn.
Details stiII 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 a press agency.
Lord Lausdowne, however, announces
that the war Office expects direct news
- day. ..
Plot to Depose Kruger.
The Daily Telegraph is advised that
plot has been discovered at Pre-.
toria 10 depose President Kruger ard
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.
\ Cape Town correspondent reas-
scrts 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 2l.-A special dispatch
from kronnstad says that Gen. Dewet
/ has sent word that he is prepared to
surrender cOndtionally with his en-
ire commando.
Later 1t now appears that the
Dcw"t who offered to surrender with
{ 1909 men was not the well-known
! Gen. Dcwe', but Commandant Dewet.
/ lie stipulated that his men should
/ be allowed 10 return to their farms.
| Lord Roberts replied that the sur
| render must be unconditional.