The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-13
NO HOPE FOR INTERVENTION
GERMANY FIRST TO DISTINCTLY
DECLINE TO ACT IN CAPACITY
OF PEACEMAKER
AMERICA Is APPEALED TO
Mystery Envelopes a Conference
Between Lord PauncefOte and
Mr.. Secretary Hay-BritIsh
Refuse All Conditions.

LONDON, March 12-In the house OF
commons today Mr.. Balfour. the first lord
of the treasury and government leader.
replying to question as to whether con-
sistently with public interests, ne could
state the essential conditions on which
alone the government would entertain
present peace proposals from the South
African republics, promised that papers
In this connection would shortly be pre-
sented to the house.
Being asked If there was any founda-
ton for the report that President Kruger
had addressed a communication to the
government, Mr.. BaIfour reiterated his
promise that papers bearing on this sub
ject would be presented to the house
within short time.
1t Is learned that the papers promised
by Mr.. Balfour will be presented tomor-
row, and will confirm in every respect
the news cabled by the Associated Press
Friday last that the peace rumors were
founded on the fact that President Kru-
ger 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 sign
ed by President Steyn as well as Presi-
dent Kruger
Lord Salisbury'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 Transvaal could be
considered for moment by the British
government
Leonard H Courtney, NJ. P, and 9TH
ers, in behalf Of the South African con-
ciliation committee will memorialize Lord
Salisbury to make peace, now that tho
British arms are triumphant, on The basis
of equal rights to all whites and dis.
armament, leaving the two republics na-
! tional life within their own borders
AMERICA APPEALED TO.
WASHINGTON March p. - Lord
Pauncefote called at the state depart
ment late this afternoon, and spent half
an hour with Secretary Hay. If ne was
made acquainted with the tenor OF any
communications relative to peace that
may have come from Pretoria yesterday
he gave no-sign of the fact The officials
Of the department also maintained a re-
serve respecting this subject that was
impenetrable, and all that could be OBJ
ta1ned from them was an injunction To
await the developments of the next twen-
tyfour hours. 1t is surmised from this
that the department is restrained from
discussing the subject by a regard for
the diplomatic properties, AMI especially
because of the requirement that the per-
sons to whom a note is addressed should
be permitted to receive 1t before its SUBJ
stance is made public. In such case, Pre-
Stunning that Mr.. Choate received a note
only today, 1t is probable that he would
not be able to inform the state depart
ment that he had delivered it to Lord
Salisbury before tomorrow.
INTERFERENCE IMPOSSIBLE.
BERLIN, March 12-With reference to
the report that the Boer republics are
suing for peace, the Beriiner Tageblatt
says:
Hitherto there has been no Indication
that any great power is inclined to ful-
fill President Kruger's wish to inter
vene. Anyway this new fedged love OF
peace is a sign that beth presidents con-
slider the war lost"
NO CONDITIONS.
LONDON, March 1S-All the morning
papers take the line that the government
will decline to open negotiations with the
Boer republicans, except upon the basis
of complete surrender, and will also
make it perfectly clear that nothing in
the shape of foreign intervention will be
tolerated. The Standard says:
There is an idea in some quarters
that on arriving at Bloemfontein, Lord
Roberts will issue a proclamation which
will leave little doubt as to the future
of the republics"
MEDIATION REPUGNANT.
The Times says:
"President Kruger and President Steyn
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