The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-03-27
PEACE RUMOR n 1RAISVlll
CONFERENCE II HELD.
Prominent Beers Arrive II Preterlo
Under = Flag Of Truce-ProeeeAea
Immediately 70 Kitchener's Head
QWarters-Pcace News We1ceneA
In acknowledgements Commenl.

Immediately To kitchener's Head
9sarters-pcace News WelcsnsA
In acknowledgements Consaeal.
Pretoria, March 25.-Acting Preat
dent Schalkburger. r. w. Reitx. *
secretary of state for the TransvaAl.
aud Commandants Lucius Meyers ana
Krigh. with their secretaries and ~
tendants. arrived here March a aS
1904 p. m. On special train from Hal.
moral about 600 miles east OF here.
They came into Balmoral under mar
Of truce.
Upon arriving here Mr.. Gchalkbure.
err and his party drove Immediately q
Lord Kitchener'a headquarters. where
they had an interview with the British
general. The Doors afterward procesd-
ed to the railroad station and o.
trained 1t s o'clock Tor KroonatnAe
whence they will 90 out under ! aafe
conduct.
For week past Mr.. Schalkburger
and his colleagues have been stationed
at Rhenoster kop. north Of Balmorat
where they have been closely proceed
by British columns. Dispatch ridoFe
entered Balmoral Friday night ana
notified the British Of the approach az
the party. II II reported that the Hcer
position 1t Rhenoster kop had becem1
almost hopeless and that Mr.. 6chalk-
burger once narrowly escaped CAD
ture.
Toward Peacs.
London. March 2l.-The news thai
the wandering Boer government. hae
entered the British lines n reear6oA
az having but ono meaning. namely.
that another movement Ii being MAIDS
toward peace. The fact that th0
censor passed the news Of this move
Dent II accepted - coniirmatory q
thisl opinion.
Whatever their object. the news hae
been welcomed In London q pointin4
to the possibility Of peace.
Some correspondence. which Wno1
seized short time ago when m.
Steyn narrowly escaped capture
proved that he and M. 0chAlkhure9r
were anxious TO conclude peape, No
eAtrayasant hopes. however, Aro -
Ing built on the outcome Of tho move
ntent Of Mr.. 6chalkburger and ~
companions. chiefly because 4 u foos-
ed that Delarey. In the lush ~ Nh -.
cent success. win refuse TO b paxty
to the negotiations.
Commandant Krigh II one u tn
secretaries OF the Boer goverumonG
He was formerly the administrator &
Swaziland and has not been protnineh4
during the war.
View - the Pstlt oiss.
Brussels. March 2A-Ths Pst1k
Blue, referring to the arrival at Pre-
toria Of Messrs. 6chalkburgeT. Rells
and Commandauts Meyer and Krigh.
says 1t believes that Mr.. 6chalkburer
er's move II IN response 70 freeh
British overturss for peace. made ont
Of gratitude for tho release o. General
Methuen. and predicts that thee
overtures will lead to no result unleao
Boer Independence 10 conceded.
| Newspaper Comment IN Lendon.
London. March 26.-Few oe the -
pers here comment on the news from
Pretoria. These take It for, granted
that Mr.. Schalkburger and hin COM
panfons are on mission Of peace and
again engaged In discussion Of posi-.
BILE peace terms. expressing the hopo
that the overtures will have . succeedr
| full outcome.
The presence Of Lucius Meyers =
regarded - significant. 40 he b N IN
innate friend Of Louis BothA.
The Daily Chronicle, commsnting o.
the absence Of Botha from the deleDn-
ton. suggests that he remained away
owing to the failure Of his overIures
OF . year ago. and says that al tho
conditions then offered by Lord Kitch-
ener to BothA had been annulled. e
is highly probable that peace may -
arranged on similar lines. but that tho
Roers cannot expect more lenient
terms.
The Daily News remarks that set
Element would be possible II the Beers
we're treated like civilized combatants,
but men do not surrender uncondi-
tionally just after taking one OF the
enemy's &C nerals and four OF his guns.
Italian strike Spreads.
London, March PA dispatch from
Rome to the Central News says the strife
Of sgriculturists 10 spreading throughout
: Italy and that 10000 farm laborers are
now out in the provinces of Fsrr.rs.
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