The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-05
BOER SURRENDER PLANS.
TO LAT DOWN ARMS ON PRE-
 TORIA RACE TRACK.
Thanksgiving Service There Next Sunday-Boer Leaders Now Showing Cordiaiity-Foilow Urged to Be. como Loyal to England-Remar Scenes of Fraterntzation-Peac Vote Stood 54 to6.

l stood 54 to 6.
 l Pretoria, Transvaal, June 4.-Prepa- rations are making here for the sur- render of the Boer commands, which will take place on the race course All l the Boers are allowed perfect freedom. There will be a thanksgiving service, | on Sunday, June 8, on the Church | Square, in which it is hoped the Boers will participate.
 The Boer delegates, who during the peace negotiations were stiff, formal. and unfriendly, are now extremely cor- | dial. All the commandants are returnr ing to their commands in order to ex- plain the situation. General Louis
 Botha, the Boer commandant general, has written an open letter to the burgh- CTS thanking them for their obedience ln the past, and eXhorting them to be equally loyal in their obedience to the new government. General Schalk- Bur- ger, who was acting president of the Transvaal, joined General Botha in ad- dressing an open letter to the burghers After referring to the courage which they had displayed, and to their bravs deeds in the field he called on them to
 
 itual advancement of the country.
 The ballot of the Boer leaders, at Vereeniging, to whom was submitted the terms of peace arranged by the conference at Pretoria resulted in fifty- four votes in favor of the surrender and six against it. Lord Kitcheners address to the Boer delegates, at Yer eeniging, in which he 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 a great impression, and drew forth hearty response from General Beyers, tha chairman of the Boer conference, who expressed the pleasure the Boers ex- perienced at meeting Lord Kitchener as friend, adding that they had fought so long against him that they had acquired full appreciation of hia worth.
 The departure of the Boer commando CTS from Vereeniging for their variouz districts was marked by remarkable scenes of fraternization The trains conveying the Boers started late, and, the night being extremely cold, tte sentres along the railroad track lighted huge bonfires, round which groups of Boers and Britons gathered, forming a highly picturesque scene. The late op- ponents joined in such songs as Hard Times Come Again No More" and "Old Folks at Home," the British soldiers and the burghers outlying one another in their demonstrations of joy. The scenes at the departure of the trains much resembled the starting out of huge picnic parties. The same signs of rejoicing were witnessed throughout the Rand. Flags were displayed ev- anywhere, and thanksgiving services were held in all the towns.
 The women in the concentrating camps are anxious to return to theit homes immediately, but this will b6 until a system of supply de- pots for the outlying districts is estab- lished.
 General Baden-Powell is arranging for the distribution of mounted con- in various districts. The po- lice, railroads, and telegraphs will ba handed over to the civil authorities aS soon as possible, and the restrictions of martial law will be gradually relaxed
 Generals Botha and Delarey and other Boer leaders will start for Eu- rope soon, for the purpose of raising funds for the distressed burghers.