New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-02
LONDON JUBlLANT.
KITCHENER'!S BRIEF MES.
SAGE OF PEACE.
CHURCH BELLS PEAL AND SCENES OF
MAFEKINCs NIGHT ARE
REPEATED
REPEATED
CBy The Associated Pr.ssJ


London June IAN official cable dispatch
from Lord Kitchener dated Pretoria. Saturday.
May 81. 11.15 p m, says
document containing terms of surrender
wa. signed here this cveninG at 1890 o'clock
by all the Boer repres natives well
by Lord NiIner and myself
The news of peace in South Africa, contained
in the foregoing dispatch from Lord Kitchener,
expected in London to-day Soon after
the receipt of the dispatch. however, the news
spread 70 the clubs and hotels and was received
with much enthusiasm. The church bells were
rung to acclaim the good news crowd gath
cred at the Mansion House, and the Lord Mayor
of London. Sir Joseph c. Dimsdale. announced
from balcony that terms of surrender had been
signed in South Africa
Lord Kitchener's definite announcement OF
peace was received the War Office at o'clock
this afternoon and was communicated to King
Edward and all the members of the Cabinet
before it given to the public. Tonight
the Sunday evening calm of the London streets
broken by enthusiastic singing. shouting
and horn blowing.
The hotels. the clubs. the public houses and the
streets were not the only places where the peopis
were actively demonstrating their joy the peace
news announced in the churches to-day. and
by some congregations it was received with ap-
plause. In all the churches of London prayers os
thanksgiving were offered and special hymns
were sung
Peace has thus been declared after nearly
two years and eight months of which
tried the British Empire to it's uttermost and
which wiped out the Beers from the list Of
nations. The war has come to an end with
Lotd Ritchener's announcement from Pretoria
that he. Lore MfIner and the Boer delegates
had signed terms of surrender" This
nouncement had been anticipated for several
days and it definitely forecasted In these
dispatches: but it's receipt Sunday afternoon
took the nation by surprise. everybody had
confidently believed that the House OF Com
mons would hear the first news to-day The
edge of the anticipation with which Great
Britain awaited the promised statement IN the
House of Commons from Mr.. Balfour. the gov
ernment leader. was still further dulled by the
following message from King Edward to his
people, which issued after midnight:
of the cessation of hostiIities in south Africa
with infinite satisfaction. and his majesty
trusts that peace may speedily be followed
by the restoration of prosperity In his
dominfons, and that the feelings necessarily
engendered by will give place to
cooperation the part his mai
esty's South African subjects In promoting
the welfare of their common country.
How greatly King Edwards insistence that
peace in South Africa be secured prior to his
coronation influenced the present agreement
will probably never be known until the private
memoirs of the present regime are given to the
public
The news which Great Britain was so anx-
iously awaiting came Enthusiastically on an
entirely pacific and uninteresting Sunday after
noon. when London presents sadly dead and
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 accepted Great Brit
aims terms. and that they prepared TO
sign terms of surrender Mr.. Brodrick, the War
Secretary personally communicated this mes
sage King Edward who was at Buckingham
Palace. But the government declined to take
any chances and nothing concerning the receipt
Of this ge allowed To leak out AT
about / O'Clock Sunday afternoon the War Office
received the dispatch from Lord Kitchener given
above
The clerk duty at the War Office transmit
ted this message to Buckingham Palace. where
King Edward was lunching. AT about 5 o'clock
word was received permitting the publication of
this message. and the small notice which was
stuck UP outside the War Office consisted Of
copy of Lord Kitchener's cable dispatch A
similar notice was put up outside of the Colonial
Office. Beyond these two skimpy bits OF paper
London knew nothing at the time of the great
event. In the clubs. the hotels and the news
paper offices which were almost all deserted.
the rnon1entous news was tcked out on the
tape. Then like wildhre. about o'clock.
and without any visible means for the trans
mission of the news. London awakened to the
fact that the South African war was over The.
inhabitants of the East End who were busy
airing their Sunday clothes focked to the Man
sion House that mecca of the boisterously pa
triotic. just in time TO the Lord Mayor of
London Sir Joseph c. DimsdaIe come to a
ba Icony on the front of the municipal head
quarters and announce that terms of surrender
had been signed in South Africa. Amid many
cheers the Lord Mayor made short speech, In
which he expressed his hope that London would
show it's appreciation of the good news by be
having itself decently and in orderly man
uer Let US" said the Lord Mayor in concur