The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-02

er doubtless would have rivaled 'Mafe-
king night" AS it was. the demonstrations
of the night resulted in a genial and harm
less sort of 1ubilation which continued long
after midnight.
Outside of Buckingham Palace, where
King Edward kept himself in seclusion, a
and here, as elsewhere, the national anthem
was sung Justify. Two sentries and many
policemen guarded the historic message
scarcely read by the Pickering gaslight.
After reading this notice the people passed
on in eager crowds into the more eastern
districts of London. where there were no
illuminations such as made the clubs on
Pail Mall noticeable.
Good old Kitchener and Were
bloornin' glad it's over" were among the
phrases shouted by the crowd. A large
number of those who had relatives at the
front participated in to-nights street
touch TO what would otherwise have been
amusing jollifcation.
Dear old Bill or some such name would
be called out by some one in the crowd,
with an added. He'll soon be 'ome."
SOCIETY QUIETLY JOYFUL
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 the Glorious
1st of June" ever memorable in Great
| Britain's history by reason of Howe's VIC
| tory over the French feet in 1894
At the fashionable hotels and restaurants
patriotic airs were played. and those pres
ent repeatedly stood up and cheered when
| the bands played God Save the King" At
| the Carlton Hotel particularly brilliant
crowd or fashionable people celebrated the
| news in this manner Among the people
| at the Carlton were a good many Ameri-
cans. who good naturedly joined in the en-
| thusiasm.
In the meanwhile the news had been
conveyed TO most of the churches, whose
| bells changed out the message of peace
Preachers stopped in their prayers and
their sermons TO read Lord Kitchener's la
comic message TO their congregations. At
| st. PauPs Cathedral the bishop of Stepney
| made this announcement and impressively
| prefaced the rea1ing 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 1900 listeners at the
| city Temple by suddenly interjecting the
| dispatches received at the War Office, 10
which he added an expression of hope that
| this would also mean peace in England
and that there would no longer be anything
| heard OF pro-Boers or prohibitions.
| The archbishop of Canterbury soon will
appoint a day of national thanksgiving, in
which Cardinal Vaughan will join in behalf
| of the Catholics.
The Cabinet will meet this morning and
| probably will discuss the wording of the
| statement TO be made by Mr.. RalfOur, the
| government leader in the House of Com
| mons. This statement is eagerly awaited,
| as 1t is understood Mr.. Balfour will en-
] tighten his hearers as to the conditions
upon which the Beers surrendered On this
| important point no further information has
| been forthcoming other than the intelligent
anticipations with which the papers have
| been filled for the past week.
KRUGER NOT CONSIDERED.
| Cabling from Pretoria. the correspondent
/ NJ Tot Oft
signing of the terms of surrender. says
the British authorities absolutely rejected
the suggestion of the Boer delegates that
the terms Of surrender should be ratified by
Mr.. Kruger and declared that the Beers in
Europe had no hand in the settlement
The terms will show" continues the
correspondent, that the British govern
| ment carried its contentious on every vital
| point, while the minor concessions par
/ ticularly those in regard TO generous finan-
| cial treatment will greatly appeal TO the
Beers in general. The value of Lord
| ktchener's personality as factor In the
/ conclusion of peace can never be over
estimated. There is no doubt that peace
will be popular among the Beers"
| Sir Henry Campbell -Bannerman the
| Liberal leader I'm the House of Commons
| said In an interview on the announcement
of peace: The whole country will rejoice
| over peace. l know nothing OF the terms
or conditions. but hope they are such as
will be full OF promise for the future"
| The large cities of England, notably Liv-
| erpool and Manchester. celebrated the re-
| ceipt 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
weeks end, heard the news too late for any
| organized reJoicings. Wherever kilograms
| had reached throughout the whole United
/ Kingdom. where the glad tidings had be-
| come known by any other means. the key
/ note of the sentiment expressed and of
| the celebration was, Thank God, il is
| overt
! In the absence of any knowledge OF the
terms OF peace the editorials in this morn
| ings' papers are rather stereotyped and
| uninteresting. expressing generally thank
| fulness that the long and arduous struggle
| is ended and hope that the peace will be
| enduring. The papers recognize also that
| there Is still a great and difficult task
ahead in reccnciliating and reconstructing ~
South Africa, and, the morning Post
| significantly observes, Ito take the right
means 10 prevent what has been won north
| OF the Orange river from being lost TO the
| south OF IT."
SMALL COMMANDERS OUT.
In this connection it should be remarked
that there are some small Boer comman-
does in the Cape Colony, and probably else
where. which were not represented at the