The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-12-30

he remarked. IT think a generation will
wipe 1t out. The present day Boer hates
the Englishman, yes. But why? Be
cause Kruger, by means Of his money and
his secret service force, has kept hammer
ing at him and arousing his prejulices
with specious apd irritating tales Of Eng
ltsh 'infamy. The Boer has yielded to
the constant prodding In this direction
and racal. hatred is the result, but it will
not be so with the present-day Beers SON.
He will have little, if any, malice for the,
Englishman.''
Apart from his visits to the "nacht-
MAIL the Boer has two days only that
can be called holidays Those are Din ,
ganns day. Dec. 16, the anniversary of
Boer victory oven Dingann, the Zulu ,
chief, which Is always "a time for gather !,
ing OF Boer veterans; and the .geeat day i
az all, Independence, or ''Majuba day. on !
Feb. IL. At this time :all the veterans who
can get there assemble round the .nnonu- /:
Eent at Paardekraal, just outside the
town OF KrugersdoHp, and listen Ito
speeches by the president and some Of
the other leaders. AS for merrymaking,
or the celebration Of the day as we should
observe 1t, there liz none at all. Not ever
Is the meeting :at the monument partieu-
larly lively. THE Beers are. poor speech
makers and worse auditors. They are
slow and long Winded on the platform
and would be surprised If they aroused
any enthusiasm.
You know, the Boer devours the Old
Testament with avidity and believes
himself the anti-type Of the children Of
Israel, and thinks that The has a special
dispensation to wipe out the Philistines-&
and they, ITO him, are the blacks and the
Isrdtons. Ffe is proud of his ancestry,
too and: It lis an funcommOnly humble
Soer who cant trace his family in direct
line For several centuries, at least.
The Beers always will hate their near
w ,icJh how hal d
them and deprived them of the finest
strip OF maize growing land inaall South
Africa and the Basutos still look nat it
with envy II ever they see "a chance to
play the children of Dom Paul a scurvy
trick they certainly will. do It."
The Rev. Charles Pummell, IAN English
clergyman and the pastor CT "a Baptist
church not far from johannesburg, when
IS bed For IAN interview, wrote that he
would grant it, but warned the,writer that
be believed the Boers"y"to be largely in
When i sew him he said: IT have been
IN q position to know the Boer pretty
thoroughly and to know the situation in
tE,S Transvaal fairly well, land T. am glad
OF the opportunity to tell an American
IA per the truth about things there. I
should be equally glad to tell the truth to
Enghsh papers but those who believe
4'i1re 5"ouitt not dare print w hat T said.
'and those that might have merely the
courage to quote me are too biased to
admit my opinions to their columns
can't go far into details, because don't
pretend to be a politician, and if I made
specific charges l should wish to Re able
to indicate chapter and verse;; and L can
not do that. What say, is the result of
my personal observation, and must be
taken as such. But I. am shocked at the
intriguing and underhand course of the
Bntlsn government and at the statements
or the british press: alike. Were among
those who condemn the Boer, Il should
point to our government and our nress
as his justification. Together they have
blinded the British public deceived is NOT
the Word-and made that public ready
Tor AN tunjustifiable war by "a course Of
double dealing and misstatement.
What do they .a.llege against the Roer?
Ihey tell us that he Is a liar that he is
crafty and @ cheat, that he is a demon in
his treatment of the black man, that he
oppresses the stranger III his country, that
ms government lis unclean, that he with
holds the franchise from those who right
ly ought to have it. s.l >Ss
1 have known him well, and i have not
found him to be 'untruthful. It is a fact
that in money. matters he. Is what Scotch
naen,cal "a little near, butt is; not due to
meanness at all sbut merely to his affec-
ioa Tor all that is plain-+to his distaste
for the gaudy or the simply pretty. Time
and time again I have been a guest in
i5oer 'homes. MY host was frequently a |
man OF. vast wealth, yet his thouse was
the acme Of 'homeliness. His kitchen. |
where he eats, is; a great barn Of. a place.
a1ents visible anywhere. The family sits
down to meals round q rouRl-hewn table
without a cloth, and, instead Of chairs.
are seated on plain forms like those that |
children use in school. Yet that was not |
through miserly motives, not through a I
f0 t1oa o,rl
a trace OF characteristic. plainness-a feel
ing That ornaments would he only In the |
way and OF no practical use,
asked If the ,conquering Of the Trans |
vaal would mean a loss to Kruger Of |
Roer loyalty, and, If so. what leader prob
Il bly, would succeed him.
HE will be. their leader-and their only
leader-to the end" he ssaid. He will
have mo successor. Their sole hope is in |
him, and they know it.. He Is disliked by |
the younger Beers, it is true, but they do |
not constitute the backbone of the re,
publc-that is furnished by the veterans,
and they are for Kruger to a man. When |
he dies the Boer opposition to England
will at end. He is the Cromwell of /
the TranSyaal-a set, calm, stubborn man, J.
Tie man for the present emergency. |
There is no one like him in the Transvaal |
councils. AT every election he has !been |
made president by sweeping and tremen- |
COuS 1IlStJQIIGlcS. 1uelr commence IS Will l
him up to the hilt. Joubert, of course, |
comes next, but Joubert is vacillating |
and would be OutreaChed too easily. In |
the recent Boer council, had JOubert had |
his wish, everything might have been sur |
rendered, but Kruger stood in the way, |
irn1-willed and resolute.
:. Personally, the pictures drawn OF him |
are fairly accurate. He is stingy, and !he lis |
no fonder Of .dress-up' than most Beers.
remember when q small party of 300 |
men went out to fight the kaffirs once. |
There was general contribution Of sup
plies. and much anticipation was aroused
over the Presidents gift. That gilt, when |
finally y made Its bow. was tMo little |
bags of tobacco. ] recall another time i
Pretoria was begun. The president laid |
the corner stone. HIS contributions On that /
occasion was 50.
Rather at a loss how to reconcile these |
varying statements, I had q talk With an |
English architect of prominence, who was,
until last June, a resident of Johannes |
burg, and asked for his opinion as to the |
rights of the case.
Well he said. perhaps one OF your |
1nformants has put the oppression to which |
the Outlander is subjected too strongly. /
Its 2 fact, though that IL you've any
dealings with the Boer government Of
ffcfals you're likely to regret that you're !
an Englishman, for scuryy and bumptious |
treatment Is sure to be your lot. But,
then your buchanan is likely to be some
what boorish, take him wherever you find |
him. You notice the discrimination |
against the Englishman more IN other |
ways. on the railroads, at the stations. |
You are treated less courteously than a |
German, Russian or q Frenchlnan would |
be-. a# ss I
What comes hardest. however. Il tta
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