New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
BOER CHIEFS COME IN.
PEACE NEWS FROM AFRICA
EXCITE.S LONDON.
SCHALKBURGER. REITZ AND OTHERS
COME THROUGH BRITISH LINES
UNDER FLAG OF TRUCE.
Copyright; 1902; BY The Tribune Association)

Especial 10 The Tribune by French Cable.I
London, March "a, n. m.-Peace IS again in
The air. Last night West End clubs were
greatly excited by the news that Mr.
schaIkburger the Boer Acting President
with Mr.. Reitz and Commandants Lucas
Meyer and Krogh. had come into the Brit
fish lines under a flag Of truce and gone
south into the Orange River Colony This sur
prisirg intelligence Is generally understood to
mean that negotiations on the subject Of a pos
sible peace are once more IN progress
THE Standards" telegram states that Lord
Kitchener, after all. is in Pretoria and that the
Boer delegates had an interview with him at his
headquarters there. They afterward left Pre-
toria for Kroonstad, Orange River Colony from
which place they viii go out under safe conduct
Schakburger and his companions 1t appears
had been stationed at Rhenoster Kop. north Of
Baroral. For the past week the Boer Acting
President had been greatly harried by Colonel
Park and other English commanders, and on
one occasion he had a narrow escape from being
captured. The BOer position being increasingly
hopeless. dispatch riders We're sent into Balmoral
on Friday night, intimating that the delegates
would arrive there. Possibly the government
Will throw light on the situation in the
House Of Commons to-day.
The disturbing question is whether the nego-
tiations between Schalkburger and Kitchener
VIII deal Win q general BOer SUBMISSION
or will merely affect the immediate fol-
lowing Of these leaders who come in The
fact that commandments Botha is not
taking part in the negotiations affords ground
for the view that there is question Of a gen
eral surrender The universal opinion notwith-
standing. is that the prospects of peace are
brighter than they have been for many day.
King Edward starts on a yachting cruise
round the English coast on Thursday. He viii
have 10 make certain public appearances at
ports Of call of the royal yacht, but there viii
be as little ceremonial as possible No pro
gramme has been marked out. but il is believed
that his majesty win visit the Channel Islands.
If he does So he viii be the first English king
20 set foot in the old Norman hef OF the Crown
since the days of King John. When Queen Vic
toria visited the islands in a cruising tour the
soil had not been trod by an English sovereign
for more than six hundred years
Queen Alexandra leaves London tomorrow on
a visit TO Copenhagen for King Christians birth
day. II is understood that when the King and
Queen return from their respective trips they
will take up their abode at Buckingham Palace
while the Prince and Princess Of Wales will
move into Marlborough House.
Yesterday being Palm Sunday. the blessing
and distribution of palms formed the central
ceremony Of the day in the metropolitan Roman
Catholic and Ritualistic churches
According to news from Stockholm, expert
ments have been made at Marina with the
aerial torpedo invention Of a Swedish comman-
dant of artillery named Unga. The results are
said to have been extremely satisfactory. The
details are kept secret. but It has leaked out
that the machine is not only an engine Of de-
structon, but can he used for saving the lives
Of shipwrecked persons. INF