The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-02
PEACE ROLLS ASIDE CLOUDS OF WAR AND BEAMS OF FRIENDSHIP
 AGAIN BREAK O'ER SOUTH AFRICA
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with the national emblem. Impromptu l processions marched up and down the | Strand and Piccadilly. Sporadic cheering and much horn-blowing atoned for the slimness of the crowds, which, had their volume been greater, would doubtless
 have rivaled "Mafeklng night" As 1t was,
 the demonstrations of the night resulted
 in genial and harmless sort of jubila- ton which continued long after midnight. Outside of Buckingham Palace where
 King Edward kept himself in seclusion,
 a crowd of fairly good proportions gath | cred. and here, as elsewhere, the national | anthem was sung lustiy.
 Policemen Guard Message.
 Two sentries and many policemen guard ed the historic message outside the war I office It could be scarcely read by the | hickering gaslight.
 After reading this notice the people passed on in eager crowds Into the more | eastern districts of London where there were no iluminations such as made the
 clubs on Pail Mall noticeable.
 Good Tod Kitchener" and Were
 bloomin' glad It's over" were among the
 phrases shouted by the crowds. A large
 number of those who had relatives at | the front participated in tonight's street | scenes and left a serious and often pathetic touch to what would otherwise
 have been an amusing jollifcation. | While the general public celebrated the | news of peace in the streets, society was | equally joyous although perhaps not | quite so demonstrative. Many references | were made to the coincidence of the
 declaration of peace in South Africa with l the glorious first of June" ever mem-
 orable in Great Britains history by req
 son of Howe's victory over the French
 fleet in 1794
 Patriotic Airs Played. | At the fashionable hotels and restaur-
 ants, patriotic airs were played and l those present repeatedly stood and
 cheered when the bands played God
 Save the King Among the people at
 the Carlton hotel were a good many | Americans who good-naturedly joined in l the enthusiasm.
 In the meanwhile the news had been | conveyed to most of the churches whose 1 bells changed out the message of peace. Preachers stopped in their prayers and 1 their sermons to read Lord Kitcheners s l laconic message to their congregations. | At St. Paurs cathedral the Bishop of | Stepney made this announcement and impressively prefaced the reading of | Lord Kitchener's message by saying:
 God has been pleased to answer our prayers and give us the blessings of peace"
 | Dr. Parker electrified 5000 listeners at
 the City Temple by suddenly interjecting | the dispatches received at the war office, | to which he added an expression of hope | that this would also mean peace in Eng
 land and that there would no longer be
 anything heard of pro-Boers and pro- | Britons.
 The Archbishop of <Canterbury will | shortly appoint a day of national thanks | giving in which Cardinal Vaughan will | join in behalf of the Catholics. Cabinet Meets Today. The cabinet will meet this morning and | will probably discuss the wording of the | statement to be made by MT. Balfour,
 the government leader in the house of | commons, This statement Is eagerly | awaited, as 1t is understood Mir. Bal four will enlighten his hearers as to the l conditions upon which the Boers sur rendered. On this important point no | further information has been forthcom
 ing other than the intelligent anticipa- tions with which the papers have been i hlied for the past week.
 Cabling from Pretoria, the correspond ent of the Daily Mail, after announcing | the signing of the terms of surrender.
 says the British authorities absolutely re- | jected the suggestion of the Boer dele gates that the terms of the surrender should be ratified by Mir. Kruger, and declared that the Boers in Europe had | no hand in the settlement
 British Got Best of 1t.
 "The terms will show" continues the correspondent that the British govern
 ment carried its contentious on every vi- tai point, while the minor concessions,
 particularly those in regard to the gener-
 ous financial treatment, will greatly ap- peal 10 the Boers in general The value of Lord Kitchener's personality as a factor In the conclusion of peace can never be | overestimated. There Is no doubt that peace will be popular among the Boers." Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman, the | Liberal leader in the House of Commons, said In an interview on the announcement | of peace: "The whole country will rejoice
 over peace. know nothing of the terms
 or conditions, but I hope they are such | as will be full of promise for the future" | The large cities of England notably | Liverpool and Manchester celebrated the
 receipt of the news from South Africa in | a manner similar to that which prevailed | in London. The country where almost | every member of the cabinet had gone | for the weekend heard the news too late
 for any organized rejoicings. Wherever
 telegrams had reached throughout the | whole United Kingdom or where the glad l tidings had been made known by other
 means, the keynote of the sentiments ex- | pressed and of the celebrations was, | "Thank God-it Is over."
 In the absence of any knowledge of the terms of peace the editorials in this mornings papers are rather stereotyped and uninteresting, expressing generally thankfulness that the long and arduous struggle Is ended and hopes that peace will be enduring. The papers recognize | also that there is still a difficult task ahead In reconciling and reconstructing South Africa, and, as the Morning Post
 significantly observes. Ito take the right
 means to prevent what has been won
 north of the Orange river from being lost to the south of it."
 In this connection 1t should be remarked that there are some small Boer comman- does in Cape Colony and elsewhere which were not represented at the Vereningen conference. The Daily Graphic in this connection says: "This is consideration
 which may we'll chasten our sense of tri- umph today. We have done great things in the war, but we have still greater things to achieve in peace"
 While expressing the need of admiration for and gratitude to the British troops. almost all the newspapers ungrudgingly testify to the bravery of the Boers On this subject the Standard says:
 ''Assuredly the Boers have no reason to