The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-06-13

Wnlcn peace VIII De the principal toast
PRETORIA, June 4.-General Schalk-
Burger, who was acting President OF
the Transvaal, Joined General Botha in
addressing an open letter to the burgh-
ers. After referring to the courage
which they had displayed and to their
brave deeds in the field, he called on
them to work together for the social
and spiritual advancement OF the
country. General Botha remarked rel
alive to the termination OF the war:
1T il the happiest day OF my life since
left school,
The Beers do not anticipate the least
difficulty in bringing in the various
commandos. The work OF returning
the men to their wives, children and
farms will. however. be heavy and dir
ficult. 1t Is impossible to send them
straight To the veldt. 1t liz absolutely
necessary, at this time OF year. to have
warm shelter. and wooden huts have
already been ordered from Cape Town
to be delivered In sections for each
family. Those who are unable to re
turn TO their former avocations will be
temporarily supported by the Govern
ment.
The question OF restocking the farms
is also under consideration. The main
difficulty Is to find wheat and cattle
likely to thrive. No great difficulty is
experienced In regard to the horses as
the Government is able to dispose of
great numbers of remounts.
The ballot of the Beers resulted in $50
votes in favor of surrender and six
against II. Preparations are being made
here for the surrender of the Boer com
mandoes, which will take place on the
race course. All the Beers are allowed
perfect freedom.
There will be a Thanksgiving service
Sunday, June 8, on the church square.
in which 1t Is hoped the Beers will par
ticipate.
The women in the concentration
camps are anxious to return to their
homes Immediately, but this will be
/ impossible until n system of supply de-
| pots for the outlying districts Is es-
| tablished.
| General Baden-Powcll is arranging
( for the distribution of mounted con-
stabulary In various districts. The po-
! lice, railroads and telegraphs will be
handed over to the civil authorities as
, soon as possible and the restrictions
OF martial law will be gradually re-
Taxed.
The Boer delegates. who, during the
peace negotiations, were stiff, formal
/ and unfriendly, are now extremely cor
/ dial. All the commandments are return
/ ing to their commanders in order to
explain the situation. General Louis
/ Botha has written an open letter to
/ the burghers thanking them for their
/ obedience in the past and exhorting
them to be equally loyal in their ODE
dience to the new Government
b. Lord kitchener's address to the Boer
delegates at Vereeniging, in which the
! commander in chief said that If he had
been one OF them he would have been
proud to have done so well in the field
as they had DONE made the best posi-
BILE impression. and drew a hearty re-
Spouse from General Beyers, the CHAIR
man OF the Boer conference. who ex-
pressed the pleasure the Beers expe-
rienced at meeting Lord Kitchener as
friend, adding that they had fought
so long against him that they had ac-
quired full appreciation OF his worth.
The departure OF the Boer command
ers from Vereeniging for their various
districts was marked by remarkable
scenes of determination. The trains
conveying the Beers started late, and.
the night being extremely cold. the sen
! tries along the railroad track lighted
huge bonfires, round which groups of
Beers and Britons gathered. forming
highly picturesque scene. The late
opponents Joined In such songs as
Hard Times Come Again No More
"a ALI. II ~.
soldiers and burshers outlying one an
other In demonstrations OF Joy. In
brief. the scenes at the departure of the
trains resembled, nothing so much as
the starting OF huge picnic parties.
The same Signs OF rejoicing were
witnessed throughout the Rand. Flag.
were displayed everywhere and
Thanksgiving services were held in all
the towns
KITCHENER'S REWARDS.
| LONDON. June TT was announced
this morning that Lord Kitchener had
been created Viscount by King Ed
ward. Lord Kitchener also has been
promoted to be a General.
In the House OF Commons today the
| Government leader, A. j. Balfour, pre-
sented a message from King Edward
as follows: His majesty, the King
in consideration OF the eminent services
rendered by Lord Kitchener. and being
DESTROYS in recognition of such service
to confer on him some signal mark OF
his favor, recommends that he, the
King. should be enabled TO grant Lord
Kitchener 100000"
John Dillon, William Redmond and
Swift McNeill. Irish Nationalists. an
nounced their intention of opposing the
grant at every stage.
LONDON, June 5.-Almost all the
morning newspapers in London COM
ment upon the grant of e50,o00 TO Lord
Kitchener as unnecessarily niggardly.
The report that Lord Kitchener will
come home for the coronation is incor-
rect. He sim has muchto do In South
Africa and 1t is not likely that he will