The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-13
Absolute independence Will nos.
Be insisted On.
AMNESTY FOR CAPE REBELS
Conflscated Property Must Be Restors1
Private Property Destroyed Paid for
and Banishnent and Confisca.
ton Proclamation Cancelled.
Date to Be Fixed When
Prisoners Returned
f8y Associate,1 Prcss.


LONDON. April l2-''Peace II .~t4D
measurable distance That, Dfsea1A
sums UP the present crop OF r,mora CO.
lecture and deductions which has 0reao
Britain by the ears. 3ss5
as It peace2,, meets the eye in newino
posters of afternoon papers. and the rss
port all over the United Kingdom. s.
1t is announced that the minister's -
o-day's Cabinet meeting, which lasted Al
hour, discussed a communications froD
Lord Kitchener. While Lord Kite
chener's message may have beeO
OF vital Importance the Associated Press
has good reasons to believe that the s,n1s
den summoning of the Cabinet members
was due to a desire to decide whetnen
the presenting Of tho Budget could %
postponed until the Klerksdorp negotia.
tfons are settled one way or tho other.
Whatever the proposals Of the Chanceis
Tor Of the Exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, may be, they are bound to %
greeted by storms of criticism from warn
GUS quarters
Peace will not modify the crying need OF
additional revenue, but 1t would take ons
the sting from the additional taSation4
which is bound to raise a protest from
every claim or industry affected. In the
national iubilation over the end of the
war these Individual protests would bo
lost to sight.
1t will be no surprise if the budget pre-
sentation once more has been possponeus
and il this does not take pace rar-.
liamentary circles will regard It a one
of the lest omens that the government
practically is assured of 4 successful ten
mination OF the Klerksdorp conference
The Cabinet Council to-day. rs:......
nrobabIy did not fulfill the sensa tionall1
attributed function of deciding setwees
peace or war, undoubtedly reviewed tha
c,-tire situation. both as regards nome Ne
RANGES and the situation in South 4Atrl-s
ca.
How complicated md :-npss'abie q, css-
hanI solution is til, lat.er9 ". si1
pc Judged by an apparently a!lsielisio
s.atsr.,e5.; published III tsle Ea.nou-s'
Evening News this afternoon
TIE Cc,.sEsi;rsesss's
The News whose editor IS IN cioso
touch with Mr. kruger. declares on tha
highest authority that the Beers are pre-
pared to acccpt the following coast.:s.fs:
They will not make independence 8. car
dinal feature If they can come 70 q sat
isfactory agreement as to fut:'s- ia.e.ass
government. The Punishment and co.'s
nscation of property proclamation :n.ise
be cancelled. ard contsCShci 2-opesty
must be restored to its owners with re.
nureration for private sTook aHd properly
destroyed or taken by the British. Fals
recognition OF State debts contracted me-
fore and after hest!li.ies ans up to the
date OF the annexation proclamation 10.
sued by Lord Roberts. Tne language
question to be mutually agreed vpss- Aniss
nesty for the Cape rebels. The release
Of all political prisoners. A date to b
fixed when all prisoners Of war will h0
returned to South Africa. The oficerss q
one or two friendly Powers to be acceDte6
to superintend the carrying out OF the
terms OF peace
AMNESTY HARD PILL
OF these the cardinal poins and the
hardest for Great Britain to concede y
the granting of amnesty to tho Case
rebels, not so much because OF British
opposition, but owing to tho colenial %
position in South Africa itself. while
there Is no reason to believe that THIS u
not unofficial summary Of the Bo&0
demands. there also Is reason to thinA
they may be modified How strongly tn
Government may share that hope may bO
judged from the fact that the London 20
lice officials to-day were ordered to hssiO
especially large forces ON duty until furs
Their orders, in order to avoid any fb1&hsp
repetition of .Afafehing night" which. 10
is feared. might ensue should the conolus
sion of peace be- announced.
One Of the curious features of the pres
ent negotiations is that five Of the Boe1
representatives secured legal trainiro
at tho English bar -