London, 29th April.
The leaders of the'Reform Committee, Colonel Frank Rhodes, Mr. Lionel Phillips, Mr. Hammond, and Mr. George Farrar, have been sentenced to death.
The Right Hon, J. Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary, has cabled to President Kriiger, through Sir Hercules Robinson, that the British Government was confident that resident Kriiger would.commute the sentence, and that he-had assured Parliament to this effect.
The United States Consul. at the Cape has cabled to Mr. Richard Olney US, Secretary of State, that he understood that the sentence on Mr. Hammond, who is an American citizen, would be commuted.
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