... THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA, HEAVY BRITISH LOSSES. The following despatch has been received from Lord Kitchener : Pretoria, Saturday, 7.40 p.m. On 12th February the Malta Mounted Infantry, Battalion, reconnoitring in Zuikerboschrand, found the Boers in c ...

... END OF THE WAR Telegrams to hand, write, from the seat of War in South Africa announce that peace has been proclaimed, but no mention is made the terms which this very desirable result has been arrived at. may perfectly ...

... proposed that with the object of bringing the war end his Majesty’s Government might grant a safe conduct the Boer delegates now in Holland for the purpose of enabling them to confer with the Boer Icnlers in South Africa. It is suggested that after the conference ...

... Powers continue to be of a friendly character. 1 regret that war in South Africa has not yet concluded, though the course of the operations has been favourable to our arms. The area of the war baa been largely reduced, aud iuduatriea are beiug reauiued ...

... emanated fioin an authorat 've source, • iat, according information received privately by the Po(ie, the end of the war in ISouth Africa may really be cons dered at hand. It is ven asserted that the Pope’s information goei so far to give particulars of ...

... and the Buers in Africa. In the event of an effi’inaiivu reply it would be necessary for bis Britannic Majesty's Government to band to the Netherlands Government tbrte safe-condoTs pernmimg the Boer delegites to proceed freely to Africa, to remain there ...

... tirades against the Catholic Faith and the National Cause. His Eminence refers with sorrow to the continuance of the War in South Africa, and points out that it is a real unmixed, unrelieved evil to this country. Undoubtedly it is all that he describes ...

... E T I R E WHEN THE WAR IS OVER. The “St James’s Gazette** says : We sre in position to state upon the highest authority that Lord Salisbury will resign the seals of office at the end of the present Parliament if by that time the war is at end. It is the ...

... his Majesty’s Government they will inquire of the ddegates whether they arc prepared to make the suggested vis.t to South Africa It may, therefore, inferred that the communication which I received from you was made on the reHjJonsibility of the Netherlands ...

... brings misery and snff, ring more iminediatrly home ourselves. For over two years destructive war has been raging in South Africa. Seldom, if ever, has a war of its dimensions resulted so much slaughter in the field .and so many deaths by disease. Even ...

... mid it was this, that the in ch been in >uth Africa of the frisk leaders had been Ki>en openly and avowedly to our enemies in the Geld. Tins was » war, i> recnemb which ;»t any deveioprneots, hate bet* rao war for our (liar, bear). Ha. toast divide the ...