American Embassy,
London, April 12,
1901.
No. 542.][Inclosure.—Extract from The London
Gazette of Tuesday, April 9, 1901.]
Foreign Office, April 8, 1901.
It is hereby notified for public information that the Marquis of
Lansdowne, K. G., His Majesty’s principal secretary of state for
foreign affairs, has appointed a commission for the purpose of
investigating the claims to compensation which have been or may be
made by persons the subjects of various friendly powers in
consequence of their deportation to Europe by the British military
authorities in South Africa.
The following gentlemen have been appointed commissioners:
Thomas Mil vain, esq., K. C, chancellor of the County Palatine of
Durham; Maj. Gen. J. Upton Prior; Maj. Gen. the Honorable H. F.
Eaton; C. A. Wilkins, esq.,
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late judge of the high court, Calcutta; R. K. Loveday, esq.,
formerly a member of the Volksraad of the late South African
Republic.
The commission will consider the various claims which have been
already brought to the notice of His Majesty’s Government, together
with such others as may be presented to them hereafter by or on
behalf of the claimants. They will meet in London and after hearing
the cases submitted to them will proceed to South Africa with a view
to continuing their investigations on the spot, and on their return
to London will take any further evidence which these investigations
may have shown to be necessary.
Due notice will be given in the London Gazette of the date on which
the commission will open its sittings.
It will be competent for the claimants to appear either in person or
by counsel, and also for their respective Governments to be
represented if they think fit before the commission.
All claims should be filed at the foreign office on or before the
25th instant.
