The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17

reason to believe that the United
States government is using its good Of
fees to restore peace between Great
Britain and the South African rcpub-
lies. This has not taken the shape Of Il
protfer of mediation. That would be
distinctly repugnant to Great Britain,
and, according to the rule OF interna-
tiOnal law. which has. without cNcep-
ton, governed the state department in
the past, could not be volunteered by
us until it was known TO be acceptable
to both parties to the war.
But the United States might very
properly serve as IN intermediary to
transmit an appeal for peace and the
terms upon which peace can be Sc
cured. The United States has success
fully served in this capacity i'll the
past, notably in the termination Of the
Chino-Japanesc war. and it is believed
it's good Offices in this line arc now be
ing extended.
If this belief is well founded, then
Adelbcrt Hay, United States consul at
Pretoria, has been the instrument for
transmitting to the British govern
ment, through the double intervention
of the department of state and Amhas-
sador Choate an application from Pres
idents Kruger and Steyn to be i'll
formed as to the terms upon which the
war can be ended. The facts in the
ease will be fully developed in II day
or two.
Roberto Rapid Advance.
. London, March 14.-Lord Roberts is
making a very rapid advance and he
is again misleading the Beers by con-
tinuing the advance southwark instead
Of through the fiat country due east OF
Aasvogel kop. He will probably SEIZE
the railway south of B..oemfontein, and,
although another battle is probable. it
is more likely that the Beers are only
endeavoring to delay his advance until
| all the rolling stock of the railway and
| the stores and troops from the Orange
| river district can be gotten away north.
The Daily News quotes Whitelaw
Reid as saying in a private letter.: ~
give you hearty congratulations on the
| changed aspect of the war. 1t is an
! immense relief to Us all as well as to
you.' This view." says the Daily
| News, "is welcome as expressing with
an unusual measure of authority en-
! lightened public feeling in the United
States" -.
Except in the case of Germany the
replies of the powers to the Bocr ap-
peals for intervention are not vet
known publicly here. but it is quite
certain that Austro-H Hungary and Italy
will decline to interfere, and there is
no apprehension that anything will
come of the o%vcrtures of the two re-
publics.
A dispatch from LourenZo Marques
announces the arrival there of MIR.
Fischer. the Orange Free State secrc-
tary. and Mr.. WOOlmarans, a member
Of the Transvaal executive council. 1t
is not known whether they are bound
on a mission to foreign powers OF to
Sir Alfred Miner. Mr.. Woolmarans is
in President Kruger's confidence.
All the morning papers take the line
that the government will decline to
open negotiations with the Boer re-
publics. except upon the basis of COM
plete surrender and will also make 1t
perfectly clear that nothing in the
shape of foreign intervention will be
tolerated.
Outwitted the B0ers.
London. March 1.-THE Daily News
has the following dispatch, dated Mon
day evening. March u. from Ventcrs
Wei: