1 FEBRUARY 1902, Page 18

THE BOERS AND ' PALAVERING.'

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."(

Stn.—In the first Blue-book on the concentration camps, p. 324, Dr. Kendal Franks in his report on Balmoral, speak- ing of the removal of cases of sickness to the hospital, writes :—" There is never any difficulty or trouble about it. The order is given without discussion, and obeyed. If there were any ' palavering,' said the superintendent, we should have a lot of trouble. I know the Dutch.' So there is no palavering, and no trouble." There was no " palavering " at Paardeberg, none when General Hunter captured his four thousand. There was " palavering " in North Natal, and Botha is still in the field with his commando. Yet Liberal statesmen still fidget about "palavers."—I am, Sir, &c., G. G.