New-York tribune., 1899-11-23
MACRUM WANTS TO LEAVE PRETORIA
BUT THE STATE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT ALLOW
THE CONSUL TO QUIT HIS POST.

Washington Nov. 22-United States Consul Ma
crum at Pretoria. has asked the State Department
for leave OF absence with permission TO take ad-
vantage Of It at once. He pleads domestic reasons
for leaving his post. and offers to place In the
Consulate as the representative Of the United
States Vice-Consil Attebury. who is on the
ground. The Department. however, refused 10
grant the request. and Mr.. Macrum will stay where
he is unless he Az to quit his post without per-
mission.
II is learned that so far Nj. Macrum has not been
prohibited bv the Boer Government from caring
for the welfare Of the British subjects In the
Transvaal and the Free State or at least he has
not vet so informed the State Department some
friction has been encountered in the effort OF the
British Government to secure permission for the
bene6t Of the British soldiers held as prisoners
of
STEPS TO SECURE SAFETY OF MRS. BANKS
Henderson. KY. Nov. 22.-Mrs. Nancy Huston
Banks formerly OF this city. the essayist and novel
ist is az present the guest Of Cecil Rhodes in the
beleaguered city OF Kimberley South Africa She
is there as correspondent OF London paper. and
is in company with Miss Amalie Kussner the artist
Of New-York. Her father. Judge George Huston, OF
Morganfed, is on the way 70 Washington TO have
safety Mrs. Banks in 1888 was one OF the men,
bers OF the Worlds Fair Board or Women Connls-
sioners. She is the author OF a number OF books
THE TRANsvAAL WAR AND GARIBA1Drs SON
An important organ Of the Italian Liberal party.
'Il Dovere," published recently article praising
the Italian volunteers who had left the Peninsula
in order 70 enlist in the ranks Of the Boer army.
It said according to I'll Prosresso Italo-Ameri-
cano" Of New-York. that this enlistment was to
the honor Of Italy, since its young men continued
10 be nfiamed with the chivalric enthusiasm which
induced their elders 70 take up arms in the de-
fence OF people fighting for their independence.
This Is the view taken also on the subject by the
heroic Amilcare Ciprian the former volunteer SOL
der in Greece. Crete and other countries struggling
against their oppressors. But the opinion Of Cen
eral Ricciotti Garbaldi. the son Of the immortal
liberator Of Italy. is different from that OF III
Dovere" and from that Of his friend Cipriani. al
least in regard the feelings that Italian Liberals
should feel toward England in the present in
the Transvaal Ricciotti Garibaldi has addressed
the following letter answer to the enthusi-
astic editorial published In III Dovere':
Allow me to declare that I do not agree with
your article upon several points. That some young
Italians are anxious to go TO the Transvaal is
ton between that and what you call the Carl
badianism." This is not the place to discuss on
question. in which small and vaiorous nation has
the audacity TO defy the immense power Of Great
permeated with love Of adventure examined the
question actually TO be decided with arms in hand
they would not find sufficient reas 10 consider
the cause of the Beers as being that of pure hu-
manty
At any rate could never forget on my own ac-
count what my father often said. viz, that with
out the poHucdI, moral ana material intervention
OF the English nation the unity Of Italy could
probably never have been accomplished. II is
not useless, perhaps. to remember also that in
times comparatively recent the prompt Intervention
of England saved Italy from possible catastrophe
which might have included the loss OF her most i'm
portant navy yard.
fear also that the mania to go to the Trans
vaal is nothing but the affirmation OF the similar
elements which during the Spanish American War
offered their services to the the other of the
nations al And II is not necessary besides. I"
remind that Italy s the country par excellence
Of the dealsts and that her soil IS that which pro-
duces most abundantly parties OF adventures.