The correspondence between the Dutch and British Govern- ments on
the subject of the war in South Africa was pub- lished on Tuesday afternoon. The Dutch communication, handed in by Baron Gerieke—the Minister representing the Netherlands in this country—on January 25th, sets forth the difficulties by which the Boer authorities in Europa and South Africa are hampered. They cannot deliberate together, they are mutually ignorant of each other's position, and in the case of the Boer delegates are . bound by their letters of credence, dating from before the occupation of Bloemfontein. Accordingly Queen Wilhelmina's Ministers, offering their good offices with a view to placing the negotiators in com- munication, propose that the British Government should grant safe conducts to the Boer delegates, enabling them to proceed to South Africa for a definite period and then return to Europe, when the Dutch Government would place them in communication with British plenipotentiaries.
