Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-03-10
KRUGER IS FOR PEACE
Makes Lord Salisbury a Proposition
10 Cease HOStililicS.
HIS PLEA IGNORED.
II Il Believed Il l. Only a Rnse, and
When Terms Are Named Kruger
WIN Not BE Prepared 10 Ae-
eepi Them Satisfactorily.

london, March o. - From various
quarters come signs Of the possibility of
peace in South Africa being shortly
within the bounds Of practical politics.
An dispatches from Roberts headquar.
tcrs. including those of the commander.
in-chief himself, indicate a lack Of guild I
ing spirit among the Boors and Of indi.
vidual demonliation, portending disin.
tegration unless speedily stommed. The
flight Of burghers from Poplar Groye.ac
cording 10 accounts, was wholly inglo. |
riOus.
A Times dispatch from Poplar Grove
under Thursdays date, goes ~ far as 10
assert the rout Of the Bocrs was ~ com.
plete that submission Of the Free State
Is being demanded by the burghers from
their unwilling president and expected
it, submission will he made within
week. The correspondent adds.
Probably the Bocrs' wisest course
was flight, but 1t was most undignihed
and Is certain to produce CONSERVATION
at Bloemfontein. There is a growing
outcry against any further identihca.
ton of the Free State with Transvaal's
interests. Dispatches from the BOof
camp at Glencoe depict President Kru.
ger as donning handolier, seizing IA
rife and inviting the volunteers 10 nc.
company him as he wished 10 have
shot nj the enemy himself President
Kruger also is quoted as having declared
IN AN address 20 the troops that he "did
not know whether arbitmtion OF inter.
vention would end the struggle. but IL
would come quickly. within the next
month he strongly believed"
In the meanwhile the British are not
staying their advance. Roberts has
moved 10 miles nearer Bloemfontcin,
evidently with the view Of scizing and
utilizing the railruad. and possibly hops
b. mach the Free State capital within
three or four days, whence he may b..
gin repairing the railroad southwark,
meeting the British advance from Cap,
Colony. which Is expected 10 b. hastencd
Us soon n Whites forces takes control
late this afternoon IL was learned that
peace rumors were founded on fact. fol
President Kruger has appealed 20 Lord
Salisbury for cessation Of hostiities
Offering at length. by cable, the term.
which be- is willing 10 accept. This
however, Is not taken seriously as they
include practically nothing more than
what the Tmnsvaal government oifcrcs
prior 10 the issuing Of the British ulti
matum.
IL official circles here the proposition
nrc regarded merely as a ruse Of th'
Beers 90 gain time and Il is not consid
cred that President Kruger Is vet read,
to consider the sweeping demand whicl
Grcat Britain viii make as n reimburse
ment for the loss Of life and great ~
pendituros.
understood that President Kruger
advances has met with emphatic rojcc
tion at the hands of Lord Salisbury VIII
is believed % have said no such attcmp
b. gain the Independence Of the Tran.
wal can b. considered for a moment b,
the British government
The British occupied jamestown uu
opposed Thursday and tho Beers are r,
ported 90 bo rctrcating beyond Aliwa
North. m that Caps Colony Is PRACTICAL
clear Of armed Beers.
Reinforccmcnts from Natal are goin
% Roberts. Warren division and som
artillery have already bcCn ordered {
Join the commnndcr-in-chici 50 the lnl
Ter Is preparing for al cycntualiucs. IL
oluding the possible desperate opposiuo
~ his crossing Naal riycr and the nccc
sity of q siege of Pretoria. whore thot
sands Of natives are reported 10 bc ON
ployed IN the construction OF dcfcnsiy
works, concerning which such secrecy
maintained that NO one Is allowed {
walk or drive on the outskirts OF town
The war Office has Seccivcd the follow
ing dispatch from Roberts,
Poplar Grove March S-Prcsideni
Kruger and Steyn wcrc both present .
the fight ON March Z, and did all in the
power to mlly their troops. The rou
however, was complete, the men doola
ing they could not stand against Brits
artillery and such u formidable force
cavalry"
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