Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-20
BOERS HOPEFUL
Chinese Troubles May Involve England in Another War.
THEN THE BOERS MAY WIN.

Two Train Wreckers Shot at Cape
 Town at Sundown-Two Others
 Sentenced to Prison-Kitchener Con-
 frmed the Verdict-Death Was In
 stantaneous While Friends Looked
 On.
 London. March 2O.-The Westmin- ster Gazette. this afternoon. makes pessimitic comment on General Botha $ refusal to accept the peace terms or fered by Lord Kitchener and connects This refusal with the situation Tn China. The Gazette says the powers are at sixeS and sevens in the far east and that any day may see the com mencement of struggle from which the Boers may recover their oWn inc failure of these peace negotiations means that the military position iii South Africa is not yet decisive
 Cape Town. March 2O.-J. r. Nina Der. s. Minaber and J. A. NeuWouat' were shot at De Aar yesterday eVen- ing for treason and murder. in purSu- ance of the sense of court martlal. The death sentence was passed a week ago. in connection with the wreckins of a train near TaasboSch. in which five men were Killed. Gen eral Kitchener confirmed the verdict The garrison was paraded and the nr'sonerS were led out at sunset. Death was instantaneous. \ Dutcn minister and relatives remained Wlth the prisoners till the end. Two others concerned in the train wrecklng were sentenced to terms of five years penal seryitude.
 New York. March 2O.--In making tie announcement that the peace ne@o- tiations with General Botha had been broken off. a dispatch from London 10 the Tribune says: Mr ChamDerlaln spoke in q conversational tone. with out accentuating the importance Of it by tone or gesture. He also spoke gradually and carefully. so that no false differences could be drawn from his admission that the negotiations had failed. Lord Kitchener was cred ited with offering terms which Gener- al Botha was not disposed to recOm- mend to the other BOer leaders. The responsibility for the continuance of guerilla warfare 10 the bitter end con- Sequently rests with General Botha and those whom he has consulted. This was the impression which MT Chamberlain clearly meant to convey.
 New York. March 20.-The fact that he made the explanation proved that Sir Alfred Miner rather than Lord Lord Kitchener has been attempting 10 negotiate with the Boer leaders, since otherwise MT Broderick would have been the one to announce the un- pleasant news.
 The promptness with which the full details of the negotiations are prom ised indicates a desire on the part of the government that the terms offered to the ROers may be known for the moral effect here and in South Africa.
 The ministerialists accept General Botha'S answer philosophically as a proof that the war must go on until the Boer leaders were captured, and that the chancellor of the eXchequer might as well pigeonho1e his more fa- vorable budget and warn taxpayers to prepare for the worst. the sugar duty as well as the increased income tax. Tine proBOer liberals. who are looking for strange revelations from Holland are predicting that General BOtha will have a version of the negotiations quite different from the one authorized by the colonial office.
 Paris. March 2O.-Earl Darlington and the British mission were received by President Loubet at 2:3O D. m. They drove to the Elysee Palace in three presidential gala carriages escorted by a squadron of cuirassiers. A bat talion of infantry rendered the honors in the court yard of the palace. and band playing God Save the King.'' General Dubois,5 the presidents mili- tary secretary. conducted the mission to the ambassadors hall. where Presi- dent LOubet, wearing the grand cordon of the Legion of Honor. with NJ. Oel- casse and the members of the presi- dential household grouped around him, received Earl Darlington. who present cd an autograph letter from King Ed ward. in a short speech. during which he expressed congratulations in the name of the government and people of Great Britain at the cordial relations between the two cOutries. NJ. LOubet replied briefly. expressing the hope that the ties would be further strength ened under the reign of the new king. After the usual presentations the mis- sion returned to the hotel with the same ceremonial.
 Cape Town, March 2O.-A dispatch 1r6fH ofddoch. ohpe coioHS, says Soi- onel Gorringe's force engaged KnitZin- gers force of Boers. March Ia. The latter lost nine men killed and had seven men wounded. The British loss was one man killed and ten men wounded.
 TWO SCHOONERS COLLIDE.
 City Island. N. Y.. March 2O.-The schooner Nimrod. of Boston, Captain Haley, from St John, N B.. lumber laden. passed here this morning bound for New York and reported having been in collision yesterday morning about Il o'clock off Vineyard Sound li9htsllip with the British schooner. Clayola. Captain Miller, from New