... . (Cheers.) At the close of the address questions were in- An Elector asked Mr Paterson-s viewsv on the war in South Africa. Mr Paterson-The 'war in South A'friea having been largely undertaken on behalf of the mine- owners and large landed proprietors ...

... who thought the war might have 'Irl been avoided. if they took the facts as they th s of exisepd 15 months ago n'td judged them by what vs a of had been disclosed dnring the progress of the :tion war thev were convincina that the war Was l one that could ...

... on the movements of the latter, who is not to be allowed to escape from the Free State. BE-JOICINGS IN SOUTH' AFRICA. - (Press Association - War Specialt) Cape Town, June 1. Newt of the surrender of Pretoria has been taken nuietlyb lcre owing to the lack ...

... (Laughter and a Vice- e ?? Three cheers for the driver.) If we had had r ia sufficient number of that breed in South I Africa, the war would not have, lasted so long , as it did. The second reflection which has eccu-rred to me is this-tposing an intelligent ...

... leader. ?? As the war had gn o on its trute character and the causes which _had i th set it in motion had become abundantly Ia clear. I-e thought the country was eon- dis vinced that unless we had been prepared tul dit abandon South Africa war was a -necessity ...

... COUNTRY OF THE M1EICICNALIES. b _ ?? (Press Association War Special.) Cape Town, August 15. General Prinsloo has arrived here from Both- lehem. He has expressed himself as heartily tired of the war, and welcomes the prospect of o peace. Mr Kruger's conduct ...

... Aldershot'telegrarm states that the War te ,rp, Office his notified that the Infantry Reservists wv of Section D of the battalions ordered to t' mobilise for the Eighth Division are not to be 0' called out 'to complete the war establishments a xly pending firthdr ...

... hostilities with the two Boer States of South Africa have made probably the deepest mark on the world's history. The Peace Conference may be found to have made a deeper, but it is more than likely that the South Africa war and its sequeta will in the lon__g - ...

... the justice of the war be repudiated by him, but that he v:i; not b'e prepared to support those measures which the Government must take in order to cffect a, lasting settlernent in South Africa. He thought it was obvious that if the war was grossly unjust ...

... patents will probably tan e i t the Trans- vaal under the altered conditions that are likely to prevail in. South Africa. alter the war. The Cassel Company's directors seem to think that, since they have distributed all the different sub- sidiary compayes' ...

... produced by the war. Great wars came upon us, fortunately, at very long intervals, and political memories were very XI!short, and historical research not very common. (Laughter.) And, therefore, few recollected what the effect of the Crimean War was on the ...

... first duty to us, to the people of this country, and to the Empire was to keep us out of war in South Africa- (cheers)-and we are plunged into war in South Africa. They declare that they did not intend it, and we are bound to accept their declaration. ...