New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-15
SOME BOER LEADERS.
1p1-rcrp AND JOUBrRT TOO sHREWD
AND CLEVER TO BE REfhE-
SENTATIVE.


SENTATIVE.
From The London Mail
w." noors are an entirely misunderstood race
war might nave been averted hnd edu'a, non IN"
the place Of diplomacy III, " ,Srrc Is e donbt
mat f. would have been eficacious-evenluaiIy ,,s
Tho Doer is the spoiled child OF the vedi "iI ms
,cn"ran-e is SO colossal. 50 unimaginabe by NOS
who have not lived with him mat II seems e 5'"
der Than sad 10 have to punish him IKE Hd"s''''
4 zen dipped in the milk Of human KINDNESS
about the Boer character True ne Is n NAV
d G1Io man according to his light. which are wo-
fully dim ard a patIioi in the best sens Of NE
all fairness be added mat he is liar a cheat
are Of the lowest. and that his word l. NOT trust
representative Boer. He is too clever too sincere
and stubborn Krdeer Is an GA man man, nov . ng
physical attribute. save snortness OF ssnl Whtn
forces him to wear uneainy Nhlnese foSeieS' d mr
SSrorr,1, from th@ order Of hn.s rs they have
hepn Hets him camoring about the influx Of he
stranger and the swapping Of his onrghers NE
county is in danger. Ny bqrehers are liable 10 be
trouble Everything in the oligarchical posSess''e
CASE KRrGER's MONEY MATTERS.
Krorer does not hate the outlander qua f 0g'i
lander, do many of Ms nuIsnc'S' re vcrstmann
sna his ppeFG to a 10 t he so,h Of ne
sa d,, Wv "r hard she'll" Lutheran. and is abso-
qley sn 1 IN ms ho o smeh @ Dom Fas
one time before the retroccssion) in ~" scrVi vi
.hg Sr',, NJ the rate Of ZOO year lie probably
thought himself worthy Of better nre ana ~ vts
months drew at the rate Of 900 year. Ii ,tMtI
called to book by the aMhores hnt rel lelters
written to him a, the time by Sir Melmo'h 'S'''"
are still eXtant Gao ot.o- fAe
Again. only very few years in " iSc cane zane co-
onv to meet Sir Henry Loeb now Lord Lon I,.1
Pretoria newspaper. Land en- Nolk.' accused r Cr
kruger Of taking payment OF sun. ~ ,''s,,l trov-
travelling expenses. calculated upon the usst ''l
cling allowance of 50 much per day as " me- '@e
travelled from Pretoria to Colesbcrg NY 'HII a."
Of fact he had travelled by railway an" ne '"''
nothing for his fare -........., crioirallv
for libel The President "a not give eyiie, ,o, ,ad
EDITOR WAS acquitted. tbs none w %' ,rc then of
The President receives salary Of -? ygsr
alent TO entertaining allowance. H. ..-Nai Year
tains and lives on the 1900 Ont q the tov Sy@r
he saves at least 1000 annually wmch j. .'..Nt
fnancierlng When asked why he On no., con and
Beers he said speaking Of the outiandcrs,, N,.e
Alemagtsi die kere.s IS allcma4 Xxx , ,H <un n
5 Sssa at rS Tnif the2 %S cam paw ~ ''
General Pet Joubert oscm PeO Is pefrhaPs ol NE
second most pr0minent figure among me l''i -
long heqded shrewd cold and calcuatng pc ,,,' 10
also by no means typical boeT i re Ia on, NJ
or three visits 10 England. ana per maps - on" w.
the three or four in the inner government rL.o5
in Pretoria who real yes "hat WAT , Wt niysiea
would mean. Sull he IN no way AK It' Tie
courage: he has shown that time ana again ne
the fence When he contested the Presidential elec-
ton against KRUGER. no one TOOK ms otnt.'r III
vote splitter to insure Krusers return. ,,o.,.as
His religious enes are not obtrgs v ana he ra mas
actions As general IN the hed ne Is co 90
and clever ana jnor0ugny s 'Hl rnajnv of the
hdpns oT Veksr is nh the next best Boer
ron Of
Marco frontier toward Mafekng.
JUDGE GREGOROWsKrs POWER
man who IN quiet, unostentatious 6qt dea (
effective way has dom az nuc4 as anyPVSD 10
is the present Chief Justice Of the Trans'aaA
An Orange Free state man, Of Russo-Polish ex-
traction he was specially brought 10 Ire'oIli' IN
Sae6 10 tP ne ' bench for the puTs Of Sentencing
the sixty odd Reform prisoners after the Jameson
raid No Transvaal udgemKot7e Ames nom Modlg
severe raconian. Jenreys Ike. SO they inporleu
were The sentences terribly drastic but the me,hod
(afteTward commutcd ana ms rlcheiy J.. PEI mn
ting pleading Of guilty to certain counts OF me
indie, rnent made the final at the trial one OF
the most terribly affecting ever witnessed IN
merry President Of the Orange Free state. where
he succeeded hut in no way proried by the example
fgure Old beyond his years-scne almost ner-
ing from an incgrable disease-at TIE beck ana caA
confents or if reading them not UNDERSTANDING
rich as are Others in high office Doe cause Dr. came
10 the Transvaal 100 lac and most Of The pickines
we're picked Besides he r. passing honest and
almost old gentleman TO boot IFS sphere is fAe
almshouse. and his NEED pension He Tags super
The andiost o. chief civil magistrate. o. Pre-
70 hish honor in his own lana lie recently charged
the public funds with sum Of over $500 alleged
4 certain streets in Pretoria \ question arising
Of the Nolksraad was appointed 20 inquire Smt
could only produce vouchers for about haf me
sesson r. was mentioned IN the Voksraad and ON
! the proposal Of John Meyer ca bosom friend an;
/ hat the matter should BE- considered a. closed
/ Nothing has ever been heard Of the missing ii'''
Quite The most pairioiic Beer and rahid aar'l
! ri Toeen This man is renegade Eneli.hman
! and his name stephen Townsend. Iiis ia,ner
was P1yale IN pe T Ieg' aro Ic deserted 70
| the Transvaal and fought for The Rorrs in he
BBo oer " valiant Of good BRUSH Is ev
traordinarily ignorant bigol \ iew year ato Nnsn
hlv for better representation was presented 20 the
EaaSS 10sg II rhev S want The franche they've
got 10 fight for IT." Again. he was known 20 have
the dynamite monopoly BIZ The hrihc took ne
form Of bet Of $50 to shlas i3 16 teo s
gladly paid up the sporting odds In supporting
had come 10 hin overnight telling him that r.
would be for the good Of the country for the bill
/ 10 be passed This T. teXtual
A really typical Roer IS Barend Norster jr He
has been mixed up with most Of the Pretoria hnan-
/ cial scandals but he always comes out branded
/ but unscathed IN position over The Selau Railway
deal he received gold watch and some Dsplders
accused him 10y name. q accepting hribes. and the
President himself defended Norster's action. saving
that n saw no narm In members receiving such
presents Tn vaRaTes ~ NoTsier would nh chap
ters and he is not all unfair example OF Boer
ofilcaldOm.
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