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The Government's declarations in regard to the rebels are as

follows. Rebels will be tried by the law of the Colony to which they belong. The Government have stated that they will not en- force the strict law. The rank-and-file of the rebels will simply be disfranchised for life. The ringleaders, however, will be tried by the Courts for high treason, but in no case will the death sentence be inflicted. Natal is less lenient, and insists that it will apply its regular laws of rebellion and treason. Though the banishment proclamation is not mentioned in the terms, the Government put on record that they do not mean to enforce it. The owners, however, of land sold under it to supply the wants of Boer women and children _will not be reinstated.

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