We have taken th: nder of Johannesburg and the practical surrender of Pretoria very quietly, a few flys be for Ladysmith wr Mafeking Day, or still carlier for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, have been hung out; but there has not been, even a distant echo of Ue delirium which infected all of us when Sir George White and Baden-Powell were relieved. There is, however, everywhere a deep feeling of satisfaction and thankfulness that the war is practically at an end, Already we are beginning to discuss the terms of settle. ment, and already the desire for somethin like teveng, which took hold of many of of us about the time of "Black Monday" is giving way to a more generous feeling. Not that there is any wavering hie great mass of the people of all political patties on the subject of the annexation of the two Republics. On that subject there is no room for difference of opinion, except among those of the strange cast of mind represented by Mr. Leonard Courtney. Many of us wish that it were possible to preserve the independence, if not of the Pransvaal, at least of the Orange Free State but those who have bent their minds to the task of framing a settlement which should preserve that settlement and yet safeguard the integrity of the Empire, establish equal rights for bath races, and prevent the recurrence of war, have given up the tas despair. The annexation of the orange State is indeed already an accomplished fret, and the annexation of the transvaal will doubtless follow within a few days.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.