The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-04-09
ANXIOUS FOR
BOER LEADER
Lord ROterts' offer Of $50,
600 10 Gen. BOtha.
British Tried to Obtain Ends
by Corruption Of the Chief
Bo.r General.


Z Ia an inlefsiew With Charles y
Pierce. Consul General OF the OranEs
I Free State add Treasurer Of the BJ~r
Relief Fund, aDd Commandant ". D.
snyman. uho vas on the stsff Of Gen.
7 Christian De Wet over six months, ani
who was intimately acquainted vIth
Gen Louis Botha Tor mauy years. it vas
stated That tue position ~ Gen. Boiha
a. the present time is az follows: Accord.
\ ing % the terms u a convention bed a.
I PotchesitOom Ia JuBe.I 8J8 and reafirm.
81 10 1895 after the Jamsspn rail By the
then President, Reitz, nov State Secret
sry Of the South Airic4n Republic, and
President Kruger and which was agresl
10 by the Y0tksrsads oi both rspuhiie,,
the two republics agreed that Nhen one
or the other should be thr,aienei by aB.
other power that each OF them would a.
sist The other in var. Thus. II Gen.
Boiha should desire 70 surrender 70 The
British he could DO 70 only by the foil
consent Of Gen. DE Wet and President
steyn, and a. long AZ both repubiics re.
fused y surrender, 20 long must England
keep on the war with them. IL vas
called to mind bOs At DonderbOok near
Pretoria, aheu Doni Roberts sent peace
envoy 70 Gen. BJlha, about the l4th oi
June, 1900. he lord RobertsJ told Geo
B)tha that considering the gallant stand
which he had made with his men and
knowing his defeat ~o1ld be owing ouiy
- the overwhelming forces opposed b
him, he tRoOerts) promised him an in.
come Of $4,000 per annum as long as be
lived and position in the new Yolh.
raad. which wouid be formed after the
surrender. This statement CommAnl.
ant Snyman said he had personally from
Gen. BoihA HIS last words 10 Com.
mandant Sayman were that ~ long q.
be had 800 lighting men be wJuId c1n-
tinue the fight. I'm the present case no
doubt q large sum Of money has been
offered Gen. Botha by the British for hs
surrender; also that there has been
some correspondence between Lord
Kitchener and Gen. Botha, In which
Gen. BoBha threw out the conditions
under which he would surrender, l. e..
restoration Of full rights 70 every
burgher; restoration Of property; free
pardon to every Cape rebel who hac
Joined the BOer forces and a free ioru
OF government 10 both republics.
The Airikanders have a majority 0
ten members in the house Of the Cap,
Parliament, and In the Orange Ere,
+ State there would be almost unani
J nous majority OF the Airikander party
IN the South African Republic they ais,
I have large majority. We can sti
e count on the extreme Jingo party, wh
we're missled by the proc amation Of Gen
. Butler on his arrival ia South Airica
! in which he stated that considering tn
! British government Was inadequate h
protect its loyal subjects as we'll as thei
private property and interests, tba
whatever iosses they wodld sustaiI
q during .his war would be fully oompen
4 sated by the British government. No'
u as this war Is costing England mucl
more than she ever bargained for, d
. would be impossible 10 compensat
a these people; her former supporter
d would be her opponents. No eredenc
N can be placed on these newspaper r.
p ports, o. hsy cmanate from Londo
olhces aud are circulated 10 bolster u
their stocks.
The above statement, which was mad
during the armistioe for the negotiation
iof peace, proves that the British Go,
" erament has been eadeavoring 10 obtai
its ends by the corruption OF the chic
Boer general.
y England has exposed her weakness
The BOcr situation is more fayoTAbl
y than At any time since the war began.