The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-21
Addressed BY Boer President To
Lord Salisbury.
Unconditional Surrender the Only Reply
COncciva bic.

London. May 21.-8. 10 a. m.-Dispiaysd
in the most conspicuous style in the
Daily Express IL the dominant war news
CT the mornings
"we have the best reason for stating
that, In the last "a hours. O Telegram m he's
bssn received at the foreign ofIice, ad-
dressed personally TO the prime minister.
from President Kruger, proposing terms
Of peac,.
not be stated, but we believe 1t is ccuched
in an exceedingly humble strain"
10 is inconceivabie, OF oourIe, that Lord
Salisbury can have sent any reply ex-
cept the ons that stands ready ON the lip
OF every Britou-Uneonditiona sur
rander."
The hoisterous rsioicings over the news
from Mafsking have bscome riots In parts
OF London, Aberdeen and Belfast. and
elsewhere In the United Kingdom. In
the Finohisy districl 81 suburban Lon
don, q mob stoned the railway station
masters hosss ard smashed che win
dow's Of draper's shop, setting the
tuiiding on fire. although whether By
sosidsnt or design, IL is not jet known.
Two clerks were injured. The house OF
q Beer sympathizsr at Earissden was
attacked BY o large crowd and the WIN
dows were shattered. The peiice charged
tue mob and were greeted with shower
of deoaysd eggs. Numerous ARE ste were
made and the polios reserves were On lied
out.
R'oting took place In Absrdse, ftom
to 10 o'clook, Saturday evening, around
hall where "stop the war" rnesting
was being addressed by Mr.. CronwriEht
schYiener, husband Of Olive Schreinsr.
Details OF the relief Of MafeKing are
still wanting, the British military au-
thcritiss being without dispatches. Lord
Roberts wires that he knows of the re-
lief only through press agency. Lord
Lansdowns, however. announ oed that the
war office expects direct news today.
The situation in the held has changed
but little since Friday. Lord Roberts's
troops are in Una form and abundantly
supplied. 1t now appears that the De
Wet who offered to surrender with 1000
msn. was not the well known Gen. De
Wet, bus Commandant De Wet He
stipulated that hts men should be allowed
to return to their farms. Lord Roberts
replied that the surrender must be uncon-
ditional.
BRITISH LOSS CONSIDERABLE.
Lourenco Marquee, May 20.-Ihe STAN
dard and Diggers News confirm the re-
port Of the relief of Msfsking. It gives
a confused account OF the events pre-
osding. An engagement was fought
sunday near Mariboge and the relief
forces cut through the Boar lines, en-
tored the town and began bombarding
the B oers who retreatsd. The b ,ers had
two kille1 and i've wounded. The Bit
ish loss Is said TO have been considerable.
The British are reported as fleeing, but
no expIanation is given.
CAPTURED 1900 BoERS.
London, May Ala despatch to the
Daily Telegraph from Mequaltings Mex.
dated May 10. says:
seen. BrAbant Is reported to have
captured it00 Beers at Clccolon."
ENTIRE FORCE CAPTURED.
London, May ALA desI atch to the
Daily Mail frcm Lourenco MARQUEE,
dated Sunday. says:
son Thprsdsy the entire Boer force
around MsfskinR. including the guns.
was captured by the British"
The BothA, who was captured the other
day, was Philip Botha.
Reports fioR into Lord Robsrts's al
headquarters of the discourAgemsnt Of
the Beers and OF thsir willingness, even
in the sase Of the Transvaalsrs. to give
up.
President Steyn is described as having
lost his head several times recently.
The Daily Telegraph is advised that
plot has been disco Tsred ct Pretoria 20
depose President Krugsr and to sur
render the TrAnsvaal durlng the present
month. Progressive Dutchmsn and meme
bars OF the Judiciary are asss rted to have
heen PARTIES to ths movamsnts.