The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-19

gold. No resistance was offered, and no foroe
was displayed The Beers comnandccrcd the
metal a. quietly and ~ effectively a. they COM
msndesred the cigars and wines Of the innkeeper
~ the railway station
| From Beauford West whore We lunchcd. the
! General had an enthusiastic send-of. This
eagcrncss for war on the part Of colonists who
have property. u not lives, al stake was appa-
rent every where, and was significant Of the In
supportablo condition 10 which British settlers
have boon reduced During that Same day We
passed 6ve trains laden with fugiuvos from the
TrsnsvsaL Many Of them were miners, who COM
planned Of insult and ill.usare The Boer police
bad chalkcd the backs Of some as luggage. and
In search OF 1000. One looked win amaBsmeut
a. men who could endure such treatment and i've
and reserved ones sympathy Tor me women and
children, whose wan faces were eloquent Of misery
thai ought TO have made every man ciamor fof
me and 70 Be led back TO the fronnef
More trains and more fuTiuves II 'he con-
dillon OF those who had preceded excited sym
pa'hy and fseo what were the feelings aroused
oy 'hs sights OF this niEh'' Hitherto the refu-
goo@ had arrived In covered vehicles and though
packed IKE behring's IN barrel, were protected
from The hgors OF tho night on The Great karroo'
Now they began 70 come IN open rucks Burn
Ing hot In the day al night the temperature Of
this elevated plateau often falls below freezing
point Even In saloon carriage and under
load Of blankets, one awakcns chilled 70 tho bone
And hero were hundreds Of tender women ant
on''dron VINO Tor hfoe niehs had ooen exposed
70 these 'rrb'e vanauons OF heat and cold with
ou' 1000 ana w,thou' adequate clothing They
lay ''fo cattle In the bottom Of the 'rueka Cold
and hunger had chilled their very brains In
hst'es' manner. az though misery had robbed them
Of capacity lof Indignation some OF them Told
me how the Beers had taken nrst-cias' fares and
sent them south In open trucks deserving every
covered coach for men on their way 70 tho Natal
border Train after train passed during the
night with la burden Of misery
The Daily Aans correspondent arrived AZ
Cape Town week later lie describes the city
as Denver with q dash OF Delhi The broad
streets fron'-d with new looking, ornate build.
inss 81 irree ulAr heights and fronts were Western
America: the battle Of warning sun with tho
rtabblns morning cold ~as Northern India The
handsome blood like electric cara with their
impatient Eorgs and racing tr lleyA were pure
America the motormon we're actually imported
from that busting CLINE to run them. For CAps
Town itself-you II In q moment-docs not
husds Tho mAchiner, Ia the Vests tho spirit
In the EaS''s or the South's In other cities with
trolley eap they rush: here they saun,er In
other new countries they have time ~ be polite
here they are suave and kindly and even anxious
70 Eosdp-
One feature In Cape Town tho correspondent
mentions that was not Caps Town Except
for the rumble Of war In the Assembly House.
Cave Town seemed 70 him peaceful butalong
hdderioy stree. before the s,oamship companies
oficea loaiod thick string OF sun Redeemed,
unshsvsn, flannel -shirted corduroy .uousercd
British workingmen Inside the Offices they
thrngcd tho counters sir deep. Down to tho
docks they hied steadily with bundles 70 DO pennod
In tho black bulls Of homcward iiners Their
words were few and sullen. These were the
miners Of the Rand-who noated no companies.
held no shsrcc made no fortunes, who only wanted
TO make . hundred pounds N furnish a cottage
and marry girl They had bcen turned out
Of w'rk. packed In cattle uucka and come down
In sun by day and Icy wind by night empty
belIed. 10 pack on homo again. Faster than
the shiplnads could steam out tho uainloads
steamed In They ehoked the lodging houses
The bsrS the strocts Capo Town was ono huge
demonstration Of The unemployed
In the hossls and streets wandered the pale,
distracted empi'yers They hurried hither and
thi,hor and arrived now hither; they let their
agAS 20 OUT ie' 'heif glasses hah-ful, broke
OIL their talk In the middle II q word They spoke
now OF h'oieraois grievance and boarded 70
renge' now Of silent minea rusting machinery,
stolen gold They bold their houses In johannes
burg a. gone beyond Tho roach Of Insurance
Thoy hated lApo Town. they could not tear them
selves away 70 England shoy dared nos return
'o INC fand
From Ssps Town. this correspondent went 70
StormoIr. which at the present moment 10 In.
perhaps the most interesting district most inter
csuns because We know least Of what u really