The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-16
CRUELTY Of
THE B0ERS
Shoot Wounded
Men Who Plead
for Life.
RADICALS CLAIM
BRITISH INCENTIVE
Parliamentary Paper Says Beers
Are Kept in the Field
by Deception.

LONDON, July s,-The Daily Mail
gives sensational prominence this
morning to mail advices from Wax
fontefn, which attribute to the Beers
inhunan atrocities that the censor
would not allow to be described NV
cable
A couple of Beers" says the Daily
Mails correspondent, who were armed
with Martins walked around among
the dead and dying. Sorue they turned
over to see if they were dead. If it
were otherwise, then one or the other
Of the Beers shot them as you would
shoot an OK. 1 saw four killed in this
way. One youngster pleaded for his
life. L heard him say: oh, Christ,
DON'T and then, bang! went the rifle
That is what happened"
The Daily Mail protests vigorously
against the suppression by the censor
of such details.
MILITARY COMMENT.
NEW YORK, July S.-British mill
tary men. says the Tribune's London
correspondent, have been shaking their
heads ominously over the disclosures
made by a special correspondent of the
Daily Mail, respecting the conduct of
the Boer war, and the arbitrary sup
preston of facts by the press censors
They find evidence of what they have
been expecting for long time, name
ly, that Lord Kitchener is now allowed
to be as thorough and ruthless as they
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government insists upon interfering
with him for political reasons.
The Radicals, on the other hand, as
sert that Sir Henry Campbell
mans Indictment Of the government
for conducting a barbarous warfare is
fully sustained, and that Boer atroc1-
ties are the natural sequels to Lord
Kitchener's drastic measures. There
will be a heavy cross-fire of questions
in the House Of Commons IN conse-
quence of all these painful revelations,
but Mr.. Brodrick has a safe refuge IN
silence.
A parliamentary paper issued last
night relating to the peace negotiations
demonstrated that the Boer forces are
in a very periIous state, and that the
burghers are only kept in the field
by unblushing perversions OF Lord
Kitchener's terms, and exrravagant
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notable instance Of the latter are
Dewet's statement that Cape Colony
has risen to a man against the British
and that in proceeding to invade the
colony he killed General Knox Other
veracious statements are that the Car
has received a Boer delegation, intro
duced by Mr.. Leyds. and that France
was ready to land troops in England
on November 1. The assurance given
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rangements in Europe by which the
safety and comfort of the women and
children in the refugee camps would
be assured. had considerable influence
with the Boer leaders in deciding to
continue the fight.
ROER WAR CLAIMS.
NEW YORK, July 9.-There was d
close approach to a skirmish, says the
Tribune's London correspondent at the
latest meeting of the commission 10
which the British foreign office has re-
ferred the European and American
claims respecting the war in South Al
RIGA. The representative Of the Dutch
government and the chairman OF the
committee corrected and disciplined
each other for half an hour, until Sir
John Ardagh took up a large class OF
railway claims and sought to rule
them out on the ground that the claim
ants were not neutral, but virtually
belligerents. Nearly all the claims
against the British government came
through the Dutch foreign office. There
are not more than dozen American
claims. and they are not important;
but the proceedings are watched close
" by Mr. Carter on behalf OF the Ann
erican embassy since larger claims
may yet be presented.
DISCUSSING PEACE TERMS.
NEW YORK, July AT the Reform
Club conference of the Liberal party
today. uuaninlity in support OF Sir
Henry mpbell-Bannerman seems az
most assured, the Tribune's London
CORRESPONDENT thinks. Efforts VIII De
made to heal the cleavage in the party
by formulating peace terms IN south
Africa which the whole party can sup
port. Tt is understood that Lord Rose
berry will not attend the Asqu1th olh-
ner. but will probably issue letter
indorsing his views.
THE TRANSVAAL CONCESSIONS
WASHINGTON, July s.-The posi-
ton of the British government rela-
tive to the various mining and other
concessions in the Transvaal is fuIly
disclosed in a blue book covering TINS
question which has just reached " asu-
ington. The subject is OF the very III -.
Importance 20 the State and the W." war
Denartuents. as some of the most
troublesome and weighty problems now
confronting them is result OF Claims
from various concessionaries IN tne
Philippines, Porto Rico and Cuoa'
Claims of vast amounts based on tele,
graph and railroad franchises granle 81
by the Spanish government prior -
the Spanish-American war nave peen
made, and Great Britain's course ma
establish a valuable precedent.
Moreover the most important OF the