In the Shadow of Death | Page 9

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their lawful Sovereign. The manner and details of this surrender will be
arranged between Lord Kitchener and Commandant-General Botha,
Assistant Commandant-General Delarey, and Chief Commandant De
Wet.
"2. All burghers in the field outside the limits of the Transvaal or

Orange River Colony, and all prisoners of war at present outside South
Africa, who are burghers, will, on duly declaring their acceptance of
the position of subjects of His Majesty King Edward VII., be gradually
brought back to their homes as soon as transport can be provided and
their means of subsistence ensured.
"3. The burghers so surrendering or so returning will not be deprived of
their personal liberty or their property.
"4. No proceedings, civil or criminal, will be taken against any of the
burghers so surrendering or so returning for any acts in connection with
the prosecution of the war. The benefit of this clause will not extend to
certain acts contrary to the usage of war which have been notified by
the Commander-in-Chief to the Boer Generals and which shall be tried
by court-martial immediately after the close of hostilities.
"5. The Dutch language will be taught in public schools in the
Transvaal and Orange River Colony where the parents of the children
desire it, and will be allowed in courts of law when necessary for the
better and more effectual administration of justice.
"6. The possession of rifles will be allowed in the Transvaal and
Orange River Colony to persons requiring them for their protection, on
taking out a licence according to law.
"7. Military administration in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony
will at the earliest possible date be succeeded by Civil Government,
and, as soon as circumstances permit, representative institutions,
leading up to self-government, will be introduced.
"8. The question of granting the franchise to natives will not be decided
until after the introduction of self-government.
"9. No special tax will be imposed on landed property in the Transvaal
and Orange River Colony to defray the expenses of the War.
"10. As soon as conditions permit, a Commission, on which the local
inhabitants will be represented, will be appointed in each district of the

Transvaal and Orange River Colony, under the presidency of a
Magistrate or other official, for the purpose of assisting the restoration
of the people to their homes, and supplying those who, owing to war
losses, are unable to provide for themselves, with food, shelter, and the
necessary amount of seed, stock, implements, etc., indispensable to the
resumption of their normal occupations. His Majesty's Government will
place at the disposal of these Commissions a sum of three million
pounds sterling for the above purposes, and will allow all notes issued
under Law No. I, of 1900, of the South African Republic, and all
receipts given by officers in the field of the late Republics, or under
their orders, to be presented to a Judicial Commission, which will be
appointed by the Government; and if such notes and receipts are found
by this Commission to have been duly issued in return for valuable
considerations, they will be received by the first named Commissions
as evidence of war losses suffered by the persons to whom they were
originally given. In addition to the above named free grant of three
million pounds, His Majesty's Government will be prepared to make
advances on loan for the same purposes, free of interest for two years,
and afterwards repayable over a period of three years with three per
cent. interest. No foreigner or rebel will be entitled to the benefit of this
clause."
Statement read by Lord Milner to the Boer delegates:--
"His Majesty's Government must place it on record that the treatment
of Cape and Natal Colonists who have been in rebellion, and who now
surrender, will, if they return to their Colonies, be determined by the
Colonial Governments, and in accordance with the laws of the Colonies,
and that any British subjects who have joined the enemy will be liable
to trial under the law of that part of the British Empire to which they
belong.
"His Majesty's Government are informed by the Cape Government that
the following are their views as to the terms which should be granted to
British subjects of Cape Colony who are now in the field, or who have
surrendered, or have been captured since the 12th of April, 1901: With
regard to rank and file, that they should all, upon surrender, after giving

up their arms, sign a document before the Resident Magistrate of the
District in which the surrender takes place, acknowledging themselves
guilty of High Treason, and that the punishment to be awarded to them,
provided they shall not have been guilty of murder, or other acts
contrary to the usages of civilised warfare, should be that they shall