BLOEMFONTEIN'S NEWSPAPER. The Blcemfoutein Friend has goua out, and the Post has taken its place. The latter is still under military control, and for some months to come will be the only newspaper whioh will be permitted to be issued in the Orange River Colony. The whole of the front page of the Post is taken up with military notices and procla mations, printed in English and Dutch, some of which are quoted bereunder : — " Over Lord Roberts' signature appeara a warning to inhabitants of the Northern Districts that if they are misguided enough to join or assist the rebels they will be treated with -the utmost rigour of the law, and the extreme penalties of martial law will be enforced against them. " Proclamation. — In future no persons are to be allowed to ride except officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Imperial Army, and those connected with it. Those transgressing this rule are to have their horses confiscated. — (Signed) Roberts, Field-Marshal, 30th of April. Notice Irom the Military Governor.— "As the following offences are becoming frequent, they will be punißhed severely in future : Persona who are in the street or away from their own homes after 8 p.m. (9 p.m. on Sundays) without passes permitting them to be out. Persons who refuse to comply with the fixed price of goods for sale W eoldierß. Persons who do not comply with an order of eviction. Persons who refuse or make any difficulty about showing their passes when they are demanded of them. Persons who sell or supply or procure liquor for soldiers. Pereons who sell adulterated goods." An editorial on the treatment of rebels concludes with theßß words :— " Vin dictiveoesa is the one thing farthest from the thoughs of all of us, while we equally depreciate unnecessary harshness or ex ceeding the demands of strict and necessary justice. AU that we ask, and all that we must continue to agitate for — and in this we rely upon the influential support and active assistance of the South African League— is a fair and unbiassed trial, wherein naught extenuating and naught set down in malice, due consideration shall be given to every aspect of the unique eitualion, and whereof the out come shall be impartial justice, impartially administered.
