New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-11
THE BOER ENJOYS.


SUCCESS OF THEIR MISSION TO ENGLAND.
ynou ruR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF rHs rhS ,S
p"'- PARIS. April 20
The Boer triumvirs, President kruger oeneiei
smit aud Dutoit Minister Of Public Instruction. az
NJ Lions 81 tho hour Tho former two do not speak
- 80 rrc,cb aud the Minister only
,,ders4apds English All three speak Dntch' ou'
90 a pecnlar accent which renders them uhin-
,.u,-i,,re ., Airstcrdamcrs unfamiliar WIN j"
- n...i. 10 Of French Calvinistic extraction l
Al 4, conversation this morning with h"n "' '"'
t,,se NJ N &c cssops whore he aud ms coiioasu's
-. ,,,,ine vist Kruger and Smit wouid' I'M
lin. he taciturn in the society OF persons WI"
...,l.rstocd their tongue They are quiet, grave
ri.,iv gentlemen whose eyes appear 20 Rave zeal
ofsfrit-nover and the far-oH expression Whi'n N
,.,nirsa by living m q Wild country where beasts
~ prcy lurk in thickeis and savages lie IN wan w
-, Ass when they smiled their faces we're very
,lcssant: when they dd not there was curious
s,nestnes. rhich was almost grim in their physiog-
n,,n.,. Madame de Lesseps and her uncle, who is
A. th. French navy received them. lo-morIo"
e,enipr her nlustrious husband vii preside NJ q
dinner which j. 20 bc given Ia their honor oy 'he
Geographical Society
The Transvoal triumvirs have n'eh 'h L"n','u'
Edinburgh and AZ The Hague. Amsterdam au0 pei
eium. They were more pleased with the m"ocfn
Athens than with any other city that they V'ste"
. What a ueraorv they have there for our luguen"i
ancestors exclaimed jacob Dutot. One would
think 20 hear them talk about them th"t Loul'
Ouatorze only revoked the Ldict 81 Nantes l"s'
week. Mynhcer Dutor spoke M the hihues' man
nor of the Oueen of England and her family and OF
Mr. Gladstone. whom he believed % be man VINO
MS great orator by di1t of scholarship and force
- ,,o,,ns and a wise man because he had lived
ouch in the presence Of the Almighty Tie had'
h,.,,ar one drawback He was so very loqua-
cious that neither Mynheer Dutoit nor Count bee
l.crts Van Bloklaud was able when they caileu
,non him 10 exchange views with him Inc Ing
lish Premier .alked for himself and for them Lord
Derby appeared o. them TO be unable To make mp ms
mind on any subject But he was essentially far'
and they admired in him, as IN every other btu ISL
statesman whom they met not only absence OF spite
but cordial appreciation of the good quaiit'es OF
winch the Beers gave proofs in their quarrel with
England. ,
Iasked whether they were the whole satisfied
with their negotiations with the Queens Govern
ment. Comte Beelaerts Van Blokand then inter-
posed and said:
Delighted Every concession that Government
could be fairly asked TO make was cheerfullS
granted When the trlumvirate saw IN whst d
shirt their demands were met, they thought great
many times before advancing a CLAIM. There was
howeyer. one drawback: red tape. The tngiish
Circumlocution Office is the siowest coach III exist
snce II WAS slower than a Dutch canal barge, and
il was very ignorant of Cape and lransVaa an55us
80 that il was like man III the dark surrOuhucu oS
holes and therefore afraid to stir
Count Beelaerts Van Blokland is member OF me me
pHtch Parliament and the legal adviser OF the
Transyaal mission. He is middle-aged, pleasant
looking extremely intelligent and has the courteous
manners of an old-fashiOned style OF gentleman
! The trunlvirs ONLY remain here a few DAYS. IneN
must get the convention with England ratified be
fore the end of August by the States Assembly oI
tile 1ransvaal. They have no object IN Stopping
r. N Ferry and to the President OF the Republic
In two days they start for Portugal to negotiate
tLont n railway which the Beers want TO maze
1rnn, Pretoria to DelagOa Bay, and consequently
through Portuguese as well as through Iransvaai
territory