The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-10
ARE TO BE BANISHED
KITCHENER ISSUES FORMAL PROC
LAMATTON AGAINST BOER
FORCES IN ARMS
ARE GIVEN UNTIL SEPT. Is
To Come in and Surrender to the
Authority of His Majesty King
Edward VII. Under
Pain of Exile.

LONDON, Aug. "a parliamentary pa
per has been issued containing the proc
lamation issued by Lord Kitchener Aug.
T. in accordance with instructions from
the imperial government, the governments
of Cape Colony and Natal concurring.
The proclamation says:
IAN commandments, field comets and
leaders of armed bands, being burghers
Of the late republics and still engaged in
resisting his matesty's forces, whether
other portions of his majesty's South AZ
Ilcan dominions, and all members of the
Orange Free State and the Transvaal,
shall unless they surrender before Sept
10, be permanently banished from South
Africa. The cost of maintenance of all
families of burghers who surrender by
Sept. IS shall be recoverable from such
burghers, and shall be a charge upon
their property removable and immoVable
in the two colonies
The preliminary correspondence shows
that the proclamation is based upon sug-
gestions which the governor of Natal for
warded to Colonial Secretary Chamber
lain July "a. and the date Sept 10 was
recommended by Lord Miner. The rea-
sons Of the government for the proclama-
ton of Lord Kitchener, Of Aug. 7, are
set forth in a preamble to the proclama-
ton as follows:
LENGTHY PREAMBLE.
Whereas, The late Orange Free State
and South African republics have been
annexed to his majesty's dominions, and.
whe! eas, his majesty's forces are and
have been for some considerable time In
possession of the seats of government Of
both the aforesaid territories with their
public Offices and the whole machinery Of
administration as well as the whole of
the principal towns and the whole Of the
railways, and
Whereas, A great majority OF the
burghers Of the two late republics to the
number of $1,000. exclusive of those who
Ila,se,,a naHe aanen IN the war, are now either
prisoners or have submitted to his
maJesty's government and are living
peaceably in towns and camps under con-
troll Of his matesty's force, and,
Whereas, The burghers Of the late re-
public, still in arms, are not only few in
number, but have lost almost all their
guns and munitions of war and are de
void of every military organization, and
are therefore unable to carry regular
warfare or to offer any organized resist
ance to his maJesty's forces in any part
OF the country; and
Whereas, Those burghers who arc still
in arms, though unable to carry on reg
uiar warfare, continue to make isolated
attempts upon small posts and detach-
mcnts of his majesty's forces, to plunder
or destroy property and to damage rail-
way and telegraph lines; and.
Whereas, The country is thus kept
in state Of disturbance, checking the
resumption OF agricultural ana Industrial
pursuits; and,
Whereas, His majesty's government is
determined to put an end to sta1e Of
things which Is aimlessly prolonging
bloodshed and destruction and inhicting
ruin upon a great majority Of the In
habitants, who are anxious to live in
peace and earn a livelihood for them
Selves and their families; and,
Whereas, 1t is just to proceed against
those still resisting, especially against
those persons who, being in position of
authority. are responsible for the contin-
uance of the present state of lawle essness
and are instigating their fellow burghers
TO continue their hopeless resistance to
his majesty's government"
Then follows the proclamation as given
above.
STEYN TO CONFER WITH KRUGER.
PARIS. Aug. 9.-It was reported on the
bourse today that Mr. Steyn, the former
president of the Orange Free State, will
shortly join Mn Kruger in Holland, with
a view of reaching a definite understand
ing in regard to the peace overtures.