The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-22
WANT TO AID THE B0ERS.
,,,,lyys PLLS AN hNTT-BRITTsH
DEMONSTRATIONS HERE.

, ~, Holding II in Madison Square Gar
IL, md rass Resolutions OF sympathy
nd support for Boers-"Permanent
snu,b African Conference" Formed.
,r,es,ipg. attended by q few descendants Of
A. mitch and Germans. many descendants OF
W I,isb and a few plain. ordinary Americans.
,be,d In the Morton House last night for
| -. rurpose Of devlsing ways and means to
W., tho Boers. The call for tho meeting was
", ont by former Judge George NJ. Van
r..sen. who presided Perhaps seventy-hve
l,..ors were present. In calling tho meeting
,,n,lor. Judge Van Hoesen said:
81, bos been thought advisable that you be
..,hsrsd here tonight for the purpose OF TAX
49, ,ome action. which ,uld result in some
~,,srial and practical Assistance being sent to
~ rsot,s OF the South African republics who
y, bo,,l,ug for freedom from the oppression
.,d,eat Britain. II Is believed and, in fact,
', know that the sympathy OF the
'.,., mass OF tho American people Ia
.,h the Beers in this war. We know
~. hecsuse wa know tina; Americans have not
-, torrotten bunker Hill and Monmouth and
,,,lps,on. and those who have not forgotten
,1s.s know that England Is pursuing against
| a. Boars the same tactics which she pursued
| .,,lnst the American colonies and which she
"a, pursued against every people with which
IA has had anything to do, which were thought
a b, weaker than herself.
Il, would be natural for any one to suppose.
,,reyer, from reading the daily PAPERS that
| ma American people were with the English.
rhs press 81 New York and OF the rest OF
N. country. subsidized by Great Brit
an a. It ls. has been giving the i'm
,,..slop all along that tho sympathy
= this country ia with the oppressor. IL
/, hish time something should be done to
s,nnt, rae that impression. This shouli be
S,as no. only to put ourselves right before the
word bur to snuw to urent Britain that she
,,Tnlt dictate TO the people Of the United
states Il We do not do this now. 1t will not be
tng before our whole governmental policy
MI DO dirtdted. not by the iieurehead In Wash
ss on whoever ne may be-. hu, from Dowing
~ lei hy salisbury. or VITA ever noble may
hapren t. be at the head OF tho British Gov
eminent n y.i, .,,,
% be done along the lines suggested Ivy cx-
Judge Van Hoesen. II should b. done on a
atgs scale so tnal the effect Of It should be
hat great mass meeting he held in Madison
sIuaTc Garden and that enough secretaries be
appointed then aud thete who should have
charge Of the great meeting to have 1t repre-
sentative OF ever nationality resident In New
YprS ,,.
what papers Judge Van Hoesen h id been read
irs hut since war In south Africa began, no
had received over 200 newspapers from all
ever the United states anu he mad found only
XIV Of them TO be- supporting the British.
Tt1i Cnhr O the iaculty OF Colum bia Uni
rers " -ad that he thought q great mass
;housht letter thing would be to create
a sentiment throughout the Cnited
State. in favor q the Boer. qpd that
h,d 4 mas meet nr, but he would spend more
tine md mgrey IN printing Pamphlets which
would siNr the history OF the causes Of the war.
4 ham Ia - ~ ~ hisu lot In ha
cohn II tell You, saii Mr.. Van sickien. III
ne reors Of III, coun,ry, understood this
i ~ overwhelmingly in favor OF the Beers
that Il wouii be- mighty uncomfortable
Nunryfora yro. Brittsher 70 live in. Something
through 'he press. would III 81 to have some
iytc.l me how 70 educate The press Of this
nee'ues hero IN favor OF the Beers and the
trvss simply ridiculed them and lied about
Gen James II. o'Belrne followed with a
notion 10 the effect that II was the sense OF
~ meeting that q commute. be sppointed 70
N e., funds NO I" De- BE- sxEon,d i through The
SEX and wounded within the Boer lines.
VI, Van sickeln objected 70 any such
!. her way. MAJOR Edward 7. McCrystal
noyei that the meetinR resolve itsel( iuto
prrasarnt Trau-vaal committee for the pur-
pa Of creating sentiment throughout the
nur,ry TO counteract that created by a sub
Lsei press
These two motions rrecinitated a discu salon
@ almost all suhlscts from the South African
Var TO the tariff Finally the meeting i'd
burned after II had been decided to leave 1t
70 the Chair TO appoint an Executive Commit
To-" OF Fifteen TO arrange toe Il mass meeting.
ant after the appointment OF several secre-
taries 70 The committee and the adoption OF the
iO.twIng resolution.
y" WfTeas.- the South African Republic and
the Orange Free STATE are engaged In a war
for the protection ri their national life against
the OPPRESSION II the British En- pire-a stiuR-
&c forced upon them through the conspiracy
q the British Government. as represented by
Nr Chan, terlfln with the Chartered British
sS9u;h African Company. headed by Cecil
Rs'oir'i That we hereby express our sym
rathg and support for tn" embattled citizens OF
NE Republics. that we orennize ourselves into
a permanent South A'rch Conferences, and
that We take immediate steps for the organiza-
uon ola massmccting Ia the city ~ New York.
NE purposes ~ said meeting to be the express
son NJ such Sympathy ana support and the
'a!sinG Of funds for the general objects stated"