Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-26
THE KRUGER SIDE OF IT.
An Interesting statement of the
Boers' Position on Transvaal Ques-

THE KRUGER SIDE OF 1T.
An Interesting statement of the
Beers Position on Transvaal tlues-
tion. II
Pretoria, Aug. 2s.-(Correspondence
Chicago Record)-"I have given way"
said Dom Paul last night to me, until
all that remains now to be given is the
country itself What more do they |,
want? have often told you in former
years., continued he, when heavy
trouble overshadowed our land, that /
would sooner go into my grave than see
the white races Of South Africa en-
gagged in bloody war with each other.
4 We are the smaller and weaker state
lit is our duty to concede, and we have I
done our duty and shall continue to do
$50, but if Britain desires to fight us with
| the might and resources of her empire |
ION difference in two years in the fran
1 chise law, to take away that independ-
ence which was readily granted to US |
| by the immortal Gladstone in 1851; If |
1 for such a paltry reason we are to be |
wiped out as an independent people |
then say the Almighty Will stand with |
us in the defense of just rights, in de- |
Tense of our dear land which has been
fought for by US and our fathers inch
by inch from the savage hordes who
made it their stronghold fifty years ago.
Tell Them, said President Kruger.
rising to emphasize his words, tell
your friends in America when you write
them to refer to their own glorious his
! tory when thinking of US. They had
ence, for national glory. 1 thought we
had gone through 1T here long ago. 1t
seems the real struggle is only COM
mencing. But leave me now; let my
thoughts not be drawn from my work.
/ am looking for guidance in my great
: trouble to Him who is the only One who
can help us in distress. Goodnight.
left the old president covering on
!, the huge Bible in search off wisdom.
: more than ever impressed with the
. trust he has in the Lord as the maker
and unmaker of nations on the earth
Pretoria today is in the throes of ex
: element. The town is fast losing its in
labitants. Most residents other than
: Afrikander- born are sending away their
: wives and children in view of early ex-
. pected disastrous developments.
: The cable flashes daily more alarming
: news. One day a regiment of 1,00G
: troops Is leaving Gibraltar, the next
!. from Malta and Egypt. Big guns, mill
ions of cartridges and war provisions
: are arriving at the coast. As yet En-
. gland has not more than 1000 troops
= in South Africa. Five times that num-
her will be required to avoid another ex
pose of British strategy when not fac
D ling black enemies.
hal
8 very quietly. There is no such thing on
= the art of the Beers as giving away
, the show" Should war be declared the
a rapid mobilization of the Beers
y throughout the republic will again bt
N one of the wonders of the world. The
is threatened contest can hardly be
avoided; it will be no child's play ever
. though the republics are cut off from
:, we'll provisioned and with some of the
=. cleverest European technical brains as
:. sisting them in the most practical way
=, the armed collision between Briton ane
- Boer will provide many surprises. Thu
English papers in the colonies boas
that the occupation army invading thu
" republic will advance under arttller,
On fire of two miles range. The Boer:
n have been practicing for many months
ei on artillery men dummies at 1000 yard
us range with splendid results at the tar
n gets. So coming events should be Yer,
e. interesting from military point o
as view.
nd The British army authorities ar
boasting that in spite of The Hagu
d. peace conference their rifles and ma
tn chimes are all fitted with the Mark ~
IA 1dutnGum) bullets. This has caused
a very fierce feeling of hatred among GU
al people here and the result is that ever.
es Mauser bullet will be Clipped acros
ne the top before being put in the riffs
he The result is that the Mauser bulle
he thus treated expands about % per cen
on more than a dumdum bullet does o.
o. contact.
Some gallant Americans at San Jua
,ra found out the tayages Of Il Mauser bull
~ let, even when dispatched by SPANS
af soldiers who can in no way compar
al with the craftsmanship of an Africa
az goer, who is fair shot at the age of
- years. However. deplorable as this dis
~ cuss;on is. II is apropos to the situatio
. as at present in this country, an
-. though every friend of South Afric
~, hopes emphatically that the horrors {
49,. radical war In It's sub-continent wi
-. be avoided at the last moment by pc
icy of mutual compromise, the siniste
fact remains today that breach of til
~ peace is imminent.
Ds PORTUGAL'S UNFRIENDLY ACT
lor No end OF a hubbub has been cause
~. here by the Portuguese authorities ,
Sun Delagoa bay stopping 100000 rount
IT. of Nausar ammunttion which arrive
'0.- hv the German. liners the Reichstae an
est tins KONG consigned to the Transva
or government 1t is not surprising tn,
ex- this should cause a sensation, SEER
ne that not only are the republic and Pc
OF tugal on most friendly terms. but
md treaty exists between them which, a
cording to Pretoria's reading, rende
Ing the action gross breach Of mutu
vas compact - ray nothing of intern