The Lord Mayor, In Response To An Appeal Made By
Sir Alfred Milner and strongly endorsed by Mr. Chamberlain, has opened a Mansion House'fund on behalf of the refugees from the Transvaal and the Free State. Though much has been......
Thursday's Papers Publish A Letter From Lord Rosebery...
the crisis. He had been silent because he was loth to re-enter the field of politics. The Boer ultimatum, _ however, creates a situation beyond party polemics. There may be much......
News Of The Week.
T HE war has begun. On Tuesday Sir Alfred Milner tele- graphed to the Colonial Secretary the terms of the ultimatum handed to the British Agent at Pretoria on the previous day,......
Though On Friday Morning No News Of Actual Hostilities Had
been received, the military situation is sufficiently clear To begin with, the two Boer States are encircled by a number of British commands. There is the main body in Natal, of......
But Though The First Attack May Be On Captain Baden.
Powell, the most serious movement is, of course, that directed against Natal. It is obvious that on this side there is to be an invasion in force. Even on Friday morning news......
The Substance Of The Boer Ultimatum Can Be Set Forth
shortly. It begins by referring the Government to the London Con- vention, and declares, in effect, that if that Convention is nat. violated, the Boers have a right to regulate......
