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REPUBLICS.
MUST FALL
Boer Governments Will
Be Expunged.
PRESIDENTS ASK FOR PEACE
Lord Salisbury Will Not Assent to
the Terms Proposed Off
cial Correspondents.

LONDON, March 13.-Krueger and
Steyn's request for peace. vas based
on the following conditions
First-Reorganlzation OF, the indie
pendence and sovereignty of the South
African Republic and Orange Free
State.
Second-Naturalizat to be confer
red upon foreigners residing five years
in the Transvaal.
Third-English and Dutch to be
taught in the public schools and to be
used in the courts.
Fourth-Arbitration OF claims grow
ing out of the jameson raid, Of the
cooiie question, of the dispute growing
out of the restrictions imposed by the
South African Republic upon the ne
groes of the entire Transvaal and Of
all other questions at issue between
The belligerents.
Letter from the Presidents.
LONDON, March ia parliament
tary paper containing the kilograms
sent to the British Government Dy the
Presidents OF the South African Re
public and the Orange Free State-aRd
Great Britain's reply thereto was IS
sued this afternoon. II frs, giyes the
telegram sent by the two Presidents
20 the Marquis Of Salisbury as fol-
lows:
BLoEMFoNTEIN, March 5.-The
blood and tears of thousands who have
suffered by this war, and the prospect
of all moral and economical ruin
wherewith South Africa is now threat
ened, make IL necessary for both bel
| ligerents TO ask themselves dispassion-
ately and as in the sight Of the trib-
une God for what are they fighting and
whether the aim of each justihes all
this appalling misery and devastation.
With this object, and in view of the
assertions of various British states
men to the effect that this war was
begun and is being carried on with the
set purpose of undermining Her Maj
esty's authority in South Africa and OF
setting up an administration over all
of South Africa, independent of Her
Majestys Government, we consider 1t
our duty to solemnly declare that this
war was undertaken solely as de-
fenslve measure to maintain the
threatened independence of the South
African Republic, and is only contin-
ued in order to secure and maintain
the incontestable independence of both
states and to obtain the assurance that
those OF Her Majestys subjects who
have taken part with us in this war
shall suffer no harm whatever in per-
son or property. On these conditions
but on these conditions alone, are we
now, as in the past, DESTROYS Of seeing
peace re-established in South Africa
while, IL Her Majesty's Government Is
determined to destroy the independ-
ence OF the republics, there is nothing
left to us and to our people but to per-
severe to the end in the course already
begun.
in spite of the overwhelming pre-
eminence of the British empire, We
have confidence in that God who light
ed the unextinguisbable fire OF love Of
freedom in the hearts OF ourselves. and
In our belief that He will not forsakt
us and that He will accomplish His
work IN us and in our descendants.
We hesitated to make this declara'
ton earlier TO your Exeellency, as We
feared that as long as the advantage
was always on our side, and as Ions
as our forces held defensive positions
lar within Her Maiestys colonies, such
a declaration might hurt the feelings
and honor OF the British people. Blu
as the prestige OF the British Empire
may be considered to be assured by
the capture OF one Of our forces by Hel
. Majesty's troops, and since we have
thereby been forced to evacuate Other
! positions which our forces had occu
. pied, that difficulty is over, and We
J can no longer hesitate to clearly In
form your Government and people, II
. the sight OF fighting and on what con
ditions we are ready to restore peace
sahsbury's Reply.
The Marquis OF Salisbury TO the
President Of the South African Repub
lie and the Orange Free State:
FOREIGN OFFICE. March IL
have the honor to acknowledge you
. Honors' telegram, dated March 5. from
Bloemfontein. OF which the purport 4
principally TO demand that Her Mates
tvs Government shall recognize eth
fncont estable independence OF tn
} South African Republic and Free State
as sovereign international states,
J and to offer on those terms 70 brini
the war to a conclusion
| In the beginning OF October las