BOER DISREGARD OF RULES OF WAR —THREATENED DESTRUCTION OF JOHANNESBURG.

HC Deb 20 March 1900 vol 80 cc1304-5

MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether a threat was made by the Boers to level or burn down Johannesburg; and if so, whether the Boers were informed that any wanton destruction of British property during the war would be charged to the Boers and the amount levied on their farms and other property.

*THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. Wyndham,) Dover

The questions raised are outside the province of the War Office. I understand, however, that the Colonial Secretary intends to issue a proclamation on the subject.