AN IMPROBABLE STORY
... A telegram from Cape Town, dated November 10, ■ays : “It officially stated that Mr. Reitz has demanded from General White the immediate release of supposed Transvaal spv, named Nathan Marks, now confined in Ladysmith. coupled his demand with the intimation that refusal would be met with the execution of six British officers. General Buller has replied that he is entitled to retain the man ...