The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-03
is WHAT JOE CHAMBERLAIN DEs-
IGNATES THE RESISTANCE
OF THE BOERs
ORDERS TO GEN. KITCHENER
Have Been TeIeSraphed by the War
Office to Execute Summary JUS
tice on Those Guilty
Of Murder.
NO DECISION BY DOM PAUL

| in the house of commons tonight over
the colonial office appropriation and it
| gave the opponents of the government
ample opportunity to bait Mr. Chamber
| lain while making motion pro forma to
reduce by &100 the colonial secretary 8
salary.
Sir Henry Campbell -Bannerman, the
Liberal leader, said that, in view of the
patience with which the nation had for
| twenty-one months endured Mr.. Cham
! berlains policy in South Africa ne
| thought it opportune to secure q state
ment from the colonial secretary as to
| the war situation. He went on to point
out that Cape Colony was now invaded
and oVerrun with Beers; and he asked
| what prospect there was of repelling the
| invaders, what the condition OF the
| Cape Colony would be after the war,
what was the prospect of famine as a
result OF the governments policy OF
devastation, and where was Cape Col
ony's constitution which appeared to him
| to be under lock and key since the
| declaration Of martial law
Mr.. Chamberlain's declaration was re-
| burning had been entirely abandoned and
| replaced by the policy of concentration
| camps He contended that these were
humane and satisfactory institutions as
! thousands of Beers came into them vol
unfairly THE government has the best
! reasons to believe" continued the colon
| ial secretary, that a vast majority Of
! the Beers acknowledge themselves beat
| en- and would gladly surrender and re-
| sumo peaceful pursuits but for the com
parative handful Of irreconcilables, wno
are carrying on a guerilla war that is
rapidly degenerating into brigandage and
| absolute murder Lord Kitchener is ade-
quately dealing with the problem by es-
tablishing block house cordons within
which the peacefully inclined can safely
settle and be protected"
TO MAKE REPRIsALS.
Regarding the announcement by Lord
Kitchener that Commandant Kritzinger
had declared mis- intention to shoot all
natives in British employ whether armed
or unarmed, Mr.. Chamberlain said the
government had telegraphed Lord Kitch-
ener to inform the Boer leaders that
such acts were contrary to civilized
usage and that all guilty persons of this
class, if captured, would be court-mar-
tailed and executed .
Mr.. Chamberlain's declaration was re-
ceived with loud cheering
SEVERE MEASURES NEEDED.
There seems to be an impression that
we have come to some sort of an agree
ment with the Beers" said Mr. Chamber
lain in another portion of his speech,
that natives are not to be employed in
this war; but there is no such agree
ment
'Incursions into protected districts
must be more severely dealt with. if
there is to be 'sniping' of soldiers from
behind hedges, and even Of women
Rubbish" cried an Irish member
Mr.. Chamberlain retorted that he had
met some ladies who had been assaulted
in this way.
IF things have changed from bad to
worse in Cape Colony he continued, 'it
is because the cape rebels have found
, rebellion cheap, interesting and even
amusing performance Then there has
been mistaken leniency; and this was the
policy in the past.
''Botha, Dewet and Schalk-B Burger do
not say that the war was caused by the
raid. They say they are fighting for
their independence. 1t is nonsense to
speak of offering terms to men who say
1t must be fight to the finish This
now is the policy of the government
Sir Edward Gray, Liberal Imperialist,
expressed bitter disappointment at the
tone Of Mr.. Chamberlain's speech, al
| though he agreed with the general mill
tary policy Of the government. He said
the colonial secretary had dealt careless
~ Will the subject OIL employing native
troops and had not distinguished between
Africans and highly trained Indian
troops
John Redmond said Mr.. Chamberlain's
speech was "a candid, if somewhat
brutal, exposition of the governments
policy" and he prayed to God that the
resistance of the Beers might be
strengthened
BOER INVADERS.
LONDON, Aug. 3.-""The Beers who are
invading Portuguese territory" saws the
Lourenzo Marques correspondent of the
Daily Mail, number 500. They crossed
the line near Nanetzi and are now going
northward toward Komatipoort. A Swiss
farmer reports that his farm buildings
have been burned and his stock has been
driven off and that his wife and servants
arc missing. Although the Portuguese
authorities are preparing to make a Wig
orous resistance only 144 men under Capt
Almeida are pursuing the Boers'
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Daily Mail in communication dated
July Il, places the strength of the Beers.
IN Cape Colony between 1000 and 5000
men, almost all of whom are rebels
me Daily Mail contrasts this with the
ofnclal statement not long ago that they
were only 1000.
The colonial authorities" the cor
respondent continues, have just aWak-
ened to the possibility that the last shot
In the war-may be fired in Cape Colony
and unless vigorous efforts are put forth
there is nothing to prevent the Beers
from holding out another twelve
months"
communication to the Daily Express
OF, the same date says that the Boer plan
Is to make final stand south of the
Orange river and that they may hold out
for six months
A dispatch from Standerton, Tranvaal.
dated July 5, which had been stopped bv
the censor has just been received here
1t reads:
Walter Kitchener met Louis Botha
and his secretary, Dewet, by appoIn-
ment, near Plat Rand, a few days ago
They brought Kruger's reply to Botna's
surrender proposal. 1t was:
Botha Dewet, Delarey, Steyn: Con-
tinue fighting, alienation will be sem
when needed Enough for the present
There is curious announcement in
tonight's Gazette to the effect that King
Edward has accepted the resignation by
MAJ Karrie Davies, of the companion-
snip OF the Bath, that officer expressing
the wish that he might be permitted To
serve his majesty without any reward
Mai. Davies received the decoration for
conspicuous services in South Africa.
especially in connection with the relief
of Mafeking.
Such a retrocession of q decoration is,