As for amnesty, Lord Rosebery would grant one at once,
and would also give civil rights to Boers who had signed a drastic oath of allegiance. Representative self-government could not be given at once, but he would hasten its bestowal, and in the meantime consult the Boers by giving their leaders places on a Cannel Moreover, he would. spend lavishly in resettling the country and restocking the farms. Most of this is reasonable enough, but we cannot' admit that Lord Rosebery's settlement suggestions contain anything very new ; nor do we believe that their spirit differs materially from that in which the Government propose to approach the question of a final settlement. As Lord Rosebery knovrs'very well, they have no desire to retard the grant of 'self-government, but, on the contrary, wish above alithings to see the Boers living on the land in amity with bodies of-British settlers.
