The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-02
BOER WAR is ENDED
KITCHENER ANNOUNCES THE GOOD
NEWS.
TOOK BRITISH BY SURPRISE.
u.D NOT EXPECTED THE NEWS UN-
TIL TODAY.

Lord Miner and the BOer Dele
Gates Had Signed Terms of Surren-
der-LOndOn and All England Is
Greatly RejOiced-King Edward
Issues Message to People, Announce
tnu the .sWeIcOme News" and Ex-
pressing Hope for Speedy Prosper
ity in His New DOminiOns-''My
cad. 1t Is ImpOssibIew Said MIR.
Kruger, When He Received the
News.
London, June 2.-Peace has been de-
clared after nearly two years and eight
months of a war which tried the Brit
ish empire to it's uttermost and wiped
the Beers from the list of nations.
The war has come to an end with
Lord Kitchener's announcement from
Pretoria that he, Lord Miner and the
Boer delegates had signed terms
of surrender" This announcement
had been anticipated for several days
and it was definitely forecasted in
these dispatches, but its receipt Sunday
afternoon took the natives by surprise,
as everybody had confidently believed
that the House of Commons would hear
the first news to-day. The edge of the
anticipation with which Great Britain
awaited the promised statement in he
House of Commons from Mr.. Balfour
the government leader was still fur
Their dulled by the following message
from King Edward to his people, which
was issued after midnight:
The King has received the welcome
news of the cessation of hostilities in
South Africa with infinite satisfaction,
and His Majesty trusts that peace
may be speedily followed by the res
toration of prosperity in his new do
minious. and that the feelings neces-
sarly engendered by war will give
place to earnest cooperation on the
part of His Majestys South African
subjects in promoting the welfare of
their common country"
How greatly King Edwards insis-
tence that peace in South Africa be
secured prior to his coronation influ-
enoed the present agreement will prob
ably not beeknown until the private
memoirs of the present regime are CIV
en- to the public.
'ImpOssibIe," Said Kruger.
According to a dispatch to the Daily
Express from Utrecht, Holland, Mr..
Kruger was informed shortly after
o'clock last night that peace had been
declared. He had been asleep.
My God" he said, ut is impossible!"
Mr.. Kruger and his encourage, dis
patch continues, hope to be permitted
10 return to the Transvaal. This, how
ever, is quite unlikely.
The news which Great Britain was
so anXiously awaiting came charac-
terlstcally on an entirely pacific and
undressing Sunday afternoon when
London presents a deserted appearance.
Very late Saturday night a dispatch
Was received from Lord Kitchener in
Which he said the Boer delegates were
coming to Pretoria, that they had ac-
cepted Great Britain's terms and that
they We're prepared to sign terms of
surrender. Mr.. Brodrick, the war sec
Ielary personally communicated this
message to King Edward, who was at
buckingham Palace. But the govern
ment declined to take any chances,
ana nothing concerning the receipt of
ms message was allowed to leak out.
Al ABOUT l o'clock yesterday after
MON me war office received the follow
Ing qlspatch from Lord Kitchener,
May 81: '-' - '-''''
document concerning terms of
surrender was signed here this evening
at 1880 O'Clock by all the Boer repre-
sen'atiVes, IS we'll as by Lord Miner
and myself"
|ohd"n Was Slow to Realize 1t.
The clerk on duty at the war office
udASLmtted this message to Bucking-
hain Falace, where King Edward was
!uHchlng. At about O'Clock word
W. was received permitting the publication
III inns message and the small notice
o ~5!lch was stuck up outside the war
49,, consisted of copy of Lord
..tllchener's cablegram. A similar no.
e eioe was put up outside the colonial Of
- 7eyond these two bits of paper
london knew nothing of the great
.eHI' In the clubs, the hotels and
sle newspaper offices, which were al
most all deserted. the momentous news
I "aS tcked out on the tape Then,
iiNe Wlld1re, at about o'clock Lon
en- en- awakened to the fact that the
hoIuttIn African war was over. The in
ndDltants of the East End f1ocked to
DoISterously patriotic, just in time to
the Lord Mayor of London, Sir
ooSeph {. Dimsdale, come to a bal
o"y ana announce that terms of sur
leHder had been signed in South At
va Amid many cheers, the Lord
mayor made a short speech, in which
ne expressed his hope that London
"ouId show its appreciation of the good
LEV, ne"S by behaving itself in an orderly
Let us" said the Lord Mayor in
SSoHcluslon, now pray for a long and
happy peace"
AT this statement the assembled
Co"d yelled Justify and, at the in
oISance OF the Lord Mayor, gave hearty
CDeers for the King, followed by others |
Al the men who had died in South |
''ca since the war commenced.
Newspapers We're Slow, Too.
BY o'clock last night the news had
p,ooine generally known. A few be-
.'led extra editions of newspaper IS
|le peddled about the streets. but
Yslore their appearance the enterpris-
"e nawkers who for long time past
Icy kept union jacks, feathers and
,iNlH ms stored in anticipation of
lhe present event. were much
evidence. The efforts Of the
Wkers received lucrative rewards,
IN the result that long after mid
thl the national flags were waved
Intimately by well meaning roy
Iers' There was scarcely an Omni-
~ on cab which was not adorned with
' national emblem. Impromptu pro-
Hnlpns marched up and down the
rama and Piccadilly. Sporadic cheer