The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-02
PEACE TERMS SIGNED Lord Kitchener Sends 0f- flciaI Announcement to
 the British War
 Office.
SIGNING OF THE DOCUMENT
TOOK PLACE AT PRETORIA
 lSATURDAY NIGHT.

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 All the Boer Representatives. and Lord.
 MiIner and Kitchener Affixed Theil
 Signatures-News Received i'm London
 at l o'clock Yesterday Afternoon
 Church Bells Rung-some Congrega-
 tions Received the Announcement
 With AppIause-Demonstrn on
 People.
 London, June 1.-An official cable
 gram from Lord Kitchener, dated Pre-
 toria, Saturday, May 3t, 11:15 p, m, It follows.
 "A document containing terms of surrender was signed here this evening at 1O:aO o'clock by all the Boer repre- sentatives. as well as by Lord Miner
 (the British high commissioner in South Africa) and myself
 The news of peace in South Africa contained in the foregoing dispatch from Lord Kitchener was not expected in London to-day. Soon after the re- ceipt of the dispatch, however, the news spread to the clubs and hotels and was received with much enthusiasm. The church bells were rung to acclaim the good news. A crowd gathered at the mansion house and the lord mayor of London, Sir Joseph c. Dimsdale, an- nounced from balcony that the terms of surrender had been signed in South Africa.
 Lord Kitchener's definite announce ment of peace was received at the war office at 1 o'clock this afternoon, and was communicated to King Edward and all the members of the cabinet be- fore it was given out to the public. To- night the Sunday evening calm of the London streets was broken by enthu- siastic singing, shouting and horn blowing.
 The hotels, the clubs the public houses and the streets were not the only places where the people were actively demonstrating their joy; the peace news was announced in the churches to-day, and by some congregations it was re- ceived with applause. In all the churches of London prayers of thanks giving were offered and special hymns were sung.
 London June 2-Peace has been de- clared after nearly two years and eight months of war, which tried the British empire to it's utternost and wiped out the Boers from the list of nations.
 The war has come to an end with Lord Kitchener's announcement from Pretoria that he, Lord Mllner and the Boer delegates had signed terms of This announcement had been anticipated for several days and it was definitely forecasted in these dis patches; but its receipt Sunday after noon took the nation by surprise, as ev- erybody had confidently believed that the house of commons would hear the 1 first news to-day.
 The edge of the anticipation with | which Great Britain awaited the prom ised statement in the house of commons from MT. Balfour, the government | leader. was still further dulled by | from King Edward to his peo- pie The message which was issued af- ter midnight, follows:
 "The king has received the welcome l news of the cessation of hostilites in South Africa with infinite satisfaction | and his majesty trusts that peace may speedily be followed by the restoration # prosperity in his new dominions, and hat the feelings necessarily engendered oy the war will give place to earnest CO., ,perat ton on the part of his majesty's South African subjects in promoting he welfare of their common country"
 How greatly King Edwards insist ,nce that peace in South Africa be se ,ured prior to his coronation influenced he present agreement will probably lever be known until the private me noirs of the present regime are given 0 the public.
 According to dispatch to the Daily Express from Utrecht, Holland, MT. Sruger shortly after o'clock last night vas informed that peace had been de- Jared. MT. Kruger had been asleep. When he was told the news he said: My God It is impossible.''
 MT, Kruger and his entourage, the ispatch continues, hope to be permit ed to return to the lTdISVddl. l LlSy l owever, is quite unlikely.
 The news which Great Britain was o anxiously awaiting came, character stically, on a peaceful and uninterest- 1g Sunday afternoon, when London resents a particularly dead and de- l arted appearance. Very late Saturday , ieht a dispatch was received from ord Kitchener in which he said the OCT delegates were coming to Pr toria, nat they had accepted Great Britain's erms, and that they were prepared to r gn terms of surrender. t MT Brodrick, the war secretary, per S ,nally communicated this message to I ing Edward, who was at Buckingham S alace. But the government declined S , take any chances, and nothing con- o ,rning the receipt of this message was q flowed to leak out. About l o'clock V unday afternoon the war office receiv- t l Lord Kitchener's dispatch announc- t g the signing of the terms. a
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