Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-20
BOERs SURE OF WINNING.
An English Description of Their Ig-
nOrance and Arrogance.

From the London News.
1t is unnecessary to remind any but those
,,,e,,,,,iar with Soutb African affairs that
n,. II, 10, ,.,a1,, rat,r,aa
D. ID i'oDti'so't' -' -' -, -.
from South AFRICA speaks win especial
authority the Transvaal. The fact that
be &c tho head Of enormous mining and
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eoihiliei ei'i nv 80, Nii r..,a u :,
rlca IS MS least Chilli 70 atleiitiIiI' ~ "
an Afrikander, born in Cradock Hlty-loui
wears ago. and reared amid Afrikander in
a IT, mitch +org,,a is az familiar
i'uet~ IT. 80. IT. w 49,,
10 MIN DIS ENG iie sP eti' no
hood in the saddle on me Eelul, ne S'i r
bucks on what IS now De Beers anu ne
fought side by side with the Free Staters
in the great Basuto campaign. He was IN
at the birth Of Kimberley. and in the old
DAYS of the hot struggle between law and
order on the diamond fields he was presi-
dent of the Empire League there and lead
er Of the moderate party. When the news
| came in 1886 that "a special kind of con con,
plonneraten had been. found thirty miles
iron, Pretoria Mr. Robinson took coach to
the Wftwatersrand and among the
first to see the future of the Rand. He
has been for very many years one of Presi-
dent Kruger's closest friends. and those
most behind the scenes are best aware OF
| the good work ne has done in trying to Sc
cure peace.
",The great obstacle to progress in the
| Transvaal," said Mr.. Robinson, with a Ses-
| ture of impatience lis ignorance. You
can convince a rogue, and when you have
shown him that his trickery Is useless or Is
unproftable he has brains enough to give
it up. But you may spend your life In
| marshaling facts to convince an ignorant
man and get no further forward. Many of
the Beers are ignorant, and you can do
nothing with them. They have an idea that
the Transvaal is the center of the world
and that all the earth revolves around it.
| They swallow blindfold all the marvellous
statements of the .Volkstem' and such like
ai,i of Rrit-
ish army is obtained from Colley and his
twelve hundred men. They are thoroughly
convinced that they can completely over
come any troops we can send against
them
THAT brings US to a point on which 1
would like information Mr. Robinson
,There must he a large proportion of the
Roers who know something of the re-
sources of our empire. How can they for a
moment think they can conquer u.s."
Il have talked over this matter with
napv of them First of all they believe
n wouId not he possible for us to bring
all the resources of our empire to bear
They are taught by their newspapers that
once we are engaged in quarrel with
the,, Cernauy Russia France in fact.
ali the world will take advantage of the
moment TO fly at US Next they feel conf
dent because of their experience in the
ura, Of indanepdarca that they can easily
NM n fii~ht anv force we may send against
WV 7 have heard many of the old Boer
! warriors describe the battle of Laing's
.T,bo ra5 iarlxatS of Whit
t STh. =, ne r,orn;mp about Q or 10. after
tbay had ~, their reakfast and formed up.
ny my no" .rheir red coats could be seen
tiies say' 90 tboir baynnets Suffering in
10y every olie' ~ 1nI,t,,ars n,a,+ and
the suhShlne. ne SUI 49, I'D ~ s+atid
measured OUT spots f,:, a. ~ go
| IN INES ana 1ileh ny ~ NJ. np 49,,
man straight; Inc adJueant came anu coc tfo
ed his eye down aI1hs me rams nm ~
no one was an men pen!iiu tne oln It >:
They numbered. ne askeu lheih II tlSS
| felt comfortaple ana hau nau soou VI eah
fast, and when they salu les tae c4ionei
rode up. inc co.oIlel was Vi, d M. M =,
and had oeauIu III o9la NJ I'LL 49, ne
SAID, you see those Iochs: Inc eiie i az
behind mem, YOU ~ are ~ ,t t,a aiI ba,r,ats
them OUT. men .iie men p ot 10y ~, '5
| on their Dayoiiels an "e - ali Al
cheered. Ihey mart!iea up III fome 49,, al
TINS tme we Wele si.tilis quie'iy .rne1 ir -
| Laughing anu Johins nas 49,.
near the comma Salieu our emo
yourselves. men; men men we Put oo our gun gun
uzzes ot IRON ont the ocers and fred soon
aim plcheu out NJ IN, go 90 ..S III
| lhere came Iaoiie' @ go go, 60 80.
arouna' oue aii W. go net pioLad ~
| TOT we were sneltti Gu we Jusn pi'heu oii
| all the leaders as tney cd can up a..,,.,-.