The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-12-20
IT, Aid the widows and Orphans Of the
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cnt, az did our American forcfai hers
ia i77g aud isi2. There will be no
Roer wounded on the British-American
hospital ship.
send your subscriptions. small aud
large. 10 the newspaper which pub
iishes this appeal 10 forward the same
10 me, and ! will send the amount 90
Mr.. G. G. dc Villiers, Capetown, the
honorable treasurer of the committee
OF the Afrioander Bond, 20 be eXpend
ed under the following appeal just re-
ceived by me.
IN fuller Information about the Bocr
question be desired. The OutlooE,"
pamphlet on the war la south Africa,
will be mailed ppon receipt Of cents
10 postage stampe
GRoReX w. VAN SIcLES,
iii Broadway, N. Y. city.
Ap Appeal ~ the People.
Dear Couutrymen-lt Ia la Accord-
anee with resolution unanimously
adopted a. a meeting Of Africandcr
aud Bond members Of Parliament that
we address you "a follows
Notwithstanding the most strenu
Gus efforts made by our clergymen'
our ministers, orr party in Parliament
our Bond branches and our women, by
respectful petitions, by public meet.
ings aud by other means, 20 preserve
the invaluable blessings OF peace for
South Africa, the much-drcadcd var
has virtually broken out.
Her Majesty's forces will soon be 10.
volved Ia q bloody war with the bur
ghors of the Transvaal aud the Free
State, who are one with ua 10 religion,
language and descent
There are hut few colonial African.
ders who are not bound 20 the iuhaSi-
tRnts of both republics by ties OF re
lationahip, intimacy or friendship
This makes war still more painful TO
you aud To un, and much more Gallant
tons % south Africa than 10 would
otherwise be.
IL is not our object 20 inquire 10
whom all this misery and calamity
which awaits our country. owing TO
tho existing circumstances are due
Enough acrimony eNists without such
inquiry. Much more does IL beht Us
70 yield 20 che overpowering impulse
which hll0 the heart OF our people with
a desire 20 do something in aid OF our
klnsmen and friends beyond the Naal
and OrAnge rivere, by giving IL an op-
portunity 20 express Itself in some le
Ritimate manner Ia work aud deed
Africanders do In this sOrrowsul time2
join In the work Of warfare with the
weapons The law and our duty az
British subjects forbid this even
should other circumstances not oppose
such a course OF actor
But what neither the law nor the
duty of subject forbidE and what,
moreover agrees la every respect with
all the principles OF religion aud hu.
pAnity is the Offering Of help % the
Wounded, % the widows apd g. the
orphans.
IL you are In earnest Ina your expires
sions of sympathy with your brothers
aud sisters "A those parts, you will
make sacrifices la favor OF those men
who will be wounded or mutilated on
the feld of battle. aud for the sake OF
those wives and children who will b.
robbed of their only support in hfe by
sword or bullet
With that object In view we entreai
you 20 subscribo to the appended list
and 20 do 30 with unstinted liberality
When the war Ia concluded thUre
will be hundreds, perhaps thousands
OF widows and orphans left quite un
provided for II - chiefly on their be
half that 0cr party Ia PArliment ap
peal 20 yOr large Gums OF money viii
be needed 20 provide for them, even q
Aelight extent, with the neoessAries oi
life,
Let each one, therefore contribute
and not only trine, ~ N II were foi
an ordinary matter. bat 20 the utmoea
OF his or her meGnt, even though b,
or she should have 10 deny himself o'
herself some pleasure or other for
long time 20 come.
Provisions will be made 10 preven
the abuse OF your donations.
Mr. @. G. de Villers has kindly an
dertalgen the duties OF hoo treasure
81 the committee.
Glve literally aud speedily Opel
subscription lists la each diatrict an
Zach Fleld-oornetcy, aud appoint col
lrrtOrs Co call upon each inha6itant &
60 ieit contributions so shat no persol
be omitted.
Convinced we have not appealed 1,
you IN vnlu. and trusting that so All
Wisa Providence may see 90 20 rpeedil
terminate the calamity Ia South Afr
ca. we Subscribe ouselves with due "a
spect your obedleut servants.
Care Town, October 40, 1899
n. =. DK WALL, M. l.. a
Jos. N. H0FFNAS, N. L. a.
j a. HOeAHYR.
THos. y THgn1H, NJ. 4 "A.
D y A. Van IfL, N. 4. "A
subscriptions for che above will b
receivcd az the ofilcc Of this paper an
frearded 10 Mr. Van Slclep, hou
Treasurer in New York 10 be- trans
mi;tel 10 Caps iowa