The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22
SHUT OUT CAPE DUTCH
REASON WHY GEN. BOTHA RE
FUSED TO SURRENDER TO
LORD KITCHENER
WHAT THE sIRDAR OFFERED
LARGE MEASURE OF sELF-Gov.
ERNMENT PROMISED THE
FORMER REPUBLICS
HAD TO GIVE UP THEIR ARMS
boer Commander Objected strou~Yv
TO Provision Allowing Citizen.
ship to BIacks-OhiciaI
Report Delayed.

LONDON, March 22.-The Daily Chron-
icle' processing to be able to give an ont
lne OF the negotiations between Lord
hitchener and Gen. Botha, says:
Inc chlef obstacle to a settlement was
M Loro hltcheners refusal to grant com
plete amnesty to the leaders of the rebels
IN cape Colony. He offered seIf-govern-
ment on the lines of Jamaica immedtate-
Iy upon the cessation of host e,fies with
legislative bodies partly elected by the
burghers. '-o
Inc government agreed to provide sll.-
VVOV9O to compensate the Beers for nrop-
erty destroyed and articles conmandeer-
ed by the Beers on commando. provided
the signatures Of the officers who COM
mahoeered the goods was forthcoming
lie also offered to grant loans on easv
terms for rebuilding and restocking farm.
steads
Moreover, he agreed that children
should be instructed in English or Dutch
at the discretion of their parents The
government undertook to make no claim
on church property or funds. or upon
hospitals of hospital funds. or upon prI-
Vate investments.
TO BE DISARMED.
NO burgher of either state was to be
allowed to possess rifle except by spe-
cial license
Gen. Botha was generally in favor of
these conditions, but he dssented strong
~ from proposal to give the full priv
hege OF citizenship to properly domiciled
and registered blacks He was also
greatly concerned about the position
Jewish capitalists would occupy in the
country, and was told that Jews and
Christians would enjoy equal rights. no
distinction being made IN the matter of
CONCESSIONS
The parliamentary papers on the sub
1ect are still delayed, but will probably
appear today (Friday).
BOTHA's BROTHER KILLED.
A dispatch from Lord Kitchener. dated
at Pretoria, March 20, says
Philip Botha, a brother Of the Boer
commander general, was killed on the
Doornburg. His two sons were wounded.
The Beers of the Orange River Colony
nave disbanded and scattered. Dewet Is
IN the neighborhood Of Hebron
NEW TRANSVAAI4 COUNCIL,
JOHANNESBURG, March n.-The new
TransvaaI executive council, appointed by
Sir Alfred Miner, governor of the Trans
-vaal and Orange River Colonies, is as
follows:
George v. Fidds, secretary of admin
istration; Mr. Duncan, secretary of the
treasury; Richard Solomon attorney gen.
eral; Sir Godfrey Y. L. Agden, commits
sioner of natives, and Mr. Wyberg. COM
missioner Of mines.
DEWET ON HIS WAY NORTH
LONDON, March "a correspondent
of the Times who is near Bloemfontein.
gives report that Gen. Dewet. Gen.
Botha and two other Boer commanders.
addressing force of burghers at Eene-
kal, Sunday, said they were still able to
66 hll+ To
cept annexation on condition that the
British would guarantee joint education
In Dutch and English. liberty to retain
sporting rifles on license, indemnity to the
amount of e3G0O,660 for burned farms, no
franchise for natives and amnesty for
all belligerents still IL the field.
Gen. Dewet, according to the corr
respondent, has gone north to the Trans
val, after ordering a suspension of active
operations until his return.
BOERS STILL HOPEFUL.
The Times commenting on the Kitchen
er-Botha negotiations, says:
THE event shows that the Beers are
still hopeful Of something turning up to
their advantage. 1t is difficult otherwise
to understand their rejection of Lord
Kitchener's terms, which the parlia-
mentary papers on the subject will no
doubt show, were lenient to the verge of
Weakness
RUMOIiS OF FRENCH'S EXECUTION.
ANTWERP, March PA rumor is in
circulation here which is not generally
credited to the effect that the Beers,
after capturing, then liberating and SUBJ
sequently recapturing Gen. French, final
ly executed him for not keeping a prom
ise not to fight against them again.
LONDON, March 22.-The Antwerp
runior of the execution of Gen. French
by the Beers is absolutely discredited in