The war began on October 11th, 1899, and has lasted two years seven months and twenty-one days. It has cost England $1,200,000,000, besides which they have suffered a loss of 21,966 killed and 75,000 prisoners and wounded.
The estimated loss of the Boers is 19,000 lives and 40,000 captured.
The greatest force of troops which England had in the field at any one time was 280,000, while estimates of the Boer army vary from 25,000 to 50,000.
The terms of peace allowed to the Boers are, perhaps, the best ever offered to a conquered people. Among its conditions are: Immunity from war indemnity, the substitution of representative for military administration, and a gift of fifteen millions of dollars for the re-stocking of their farms.
The Cuban Republic
On May 20th, Governor-General Wood, according to his instructions from the President of the United States, turned over to President Palma and his Congress the government and control of the island of Cuba.
During the impressive ceremony President Palma, amid the cheers of the spectators, expressed his thanks to the Government of the United States for the fulfillment of its pledges and its kindly services to the new republic.
According to the Boston Herald, “the American flag was never more highly honored than when it was hauled down by Governor-General Leonard Wood from the Government building at Havana.”