At a meeting of the commandants, including De Wet, Botha, and de la Rey, it was resolved that no peace should be made or conditions accepted which put an end to the independence and national existence of the Boers, or did not protect the interests of their friends in Cape Colony. asking for the appointment of a commission, accompanied by an independent sanitary expert, to enquire into the sanitary condition of the colony, is being largely signed.
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