Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1912 — BRITONS HONOR OLD FOE [ARTICLE]

BRITONS HONOR OLD FOE

Louis Botha, former Premier of United South Africa, Appointed Honorary General of Army. London, Aug. 16.—Official announcement from the war office illustrates how completely the animosity betw-een 1 Briton and Boer has disappeared in the ten years which have elapsed since the Boer war. Louis Botha, premier of United South Africa, who as a Boer general fought and several times defeated the British troops, is appointed honorary general in the British army. Hr thus becomes the comrade in arms of his former enemies.