The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-11-07

Ias eeoninr her majesty wired in re-
ny iu fhc cdmoin tD GRAINS hlrqnf %
F. Portsmouth
'rhe queen vividly recalls your ram-
paien and feels sure thc Crimcun veterans
musi f.ai rr0fri of iher Younger com
raaef nlw nehuns in eouth Afrc1.'
The Daily Mail bias received the follow
Iue dI patch from er1mnurs dttel l.t
Friday evening
sAn orange Free State frrco. 2oo
.,rar- is now at pcunr farm. half wny
brtut t thc Orange river and Rurehor-
sdarp The Ro,rs arc waiting there -.
no arrival of so0 reinforccmouis from
Rouxvliie ana noemfoniein before move
inr ou so,rmshlrr
"Th,-e o. sn third frec state force ai Coi
bugs rh s.euauirt Boz the noer elmn
VAS plainly Visible f.nm here la.t nleht
Not Mrru NEWa
london Sow ffM a m-Th.s morn-
aFs nsne carr. ur e knowledge with
r"pe.t lo n.u uI.Irs lu routn hliiat
no.fn.o ana st0rmh.rr Those mc,r-
m.at.. tlk.n Co.'S. Her with thr AImIrIHi.
announcement ihI PHI. public musf nHt O.
disappointed .h..'f D. fuuspnr should
noe reach th.r niton ou tte tu.s
infIrl. 90 n th. lHNIiaho1 lts may Irii-
tr aris change of pifn necea itlfrd hy
fhr bad position of affairs lu NaaI
was expected that thc army corps Nould
land near Capetofn Cor an invasion ~
the T.anrvf1l through the Orange f'rco
state but thc landing may now bc divert
ol 90 Durham. Natal whittier Do is fuily
expected Lieutenant General Sir Butler
viii go within a week to Investigate thc
situation Tor hlmscn
New York. Sov g-rhc consul general
of She orange Free State in this ciiy
gave ont today ,he Fun tex. of President
steyus proclamation calling on the or
ango frsc State Beers to support thc
rrauayuM 70 If ns f0llowf
"BurEhers of the Orange Free state;
thp time. which We ud ao much desire
io AVOID the moment when We. as me
uon are compelled with arms Oh op-
pose injustice and shameless vioielrc. h
at hand our sister republic to the north
IN the Naa river o. about to o. alta .k-
80 by an interruptions enemy who. fIr
many r~irs. hls prepared him,ef lri
sought nretexta for he violence ~ which
ho o. now guilty. whose purpose 4 b. 90
destroy the existence no fho Nfrklutcr
race.
w th our sister republic We are n1t
only bourl by tlcs ~ blood. 10 sympathy
and % common intcroeta but also hy for
nll treaty which has been ner.f.'t 'tited
by circumstance. This treaty demands
re- us fhat We uesIst h'r n .fe .nl lull
be- lulusly attacked. which we urfrtu-
uatsiy for "a long timo have had too much
r,as1n to expect Wo therefore rtrnot
pasF'vsly look on while Injustice Is tone
hsr and while also our own dearly bought
freedom ls endangered hui arc ,aned as
mon to RESIST. trusting che Almighty,
firmly believing that To viii never permit
injustice ana unrirhteousnesa 90 triumph
Now that wc thus resist ca powerful
enemy. whom 90 has aiwavs been our
I highest desire t1 live n friendship. noe
withstand nE lniustice ans wrorg done by
MIN tn us iu me past We eoiemn'y de-
clare ln the presence ~ Almighty q a
that We are compellel thereto by The In
Justice done % our hnsmcn and hy the
conseiousness mat the ,ni ~ their In
dependence will mako our existence aF ar
independent state of no agnlnoauct
aud CHAT their fate should they boz Obliged
o. end under am ovcrw holm'nE power.
wgl alss soon otter bo our fafc
/ solemn Treaties have uoi prot,esd uur
SISTER rsFlbllc against annexation agalnst
conspiracy, against ths claim uf ln
aa.l.rhod suzcutnitv against Uort.naous
.nprtrs on and interference and now
against a renewed attack which a.ms only
af oar downfall
/ "ulr oWn unfortuuate experience the
past have also made DO sufficiently clear
I Go us that We cannot rcly on ihe most
e1emn promises ana agreements %
Great Hrtain. when she has O her be.m
a government prepared to trtmplc on
treaties to look for f,ignci pr,tcxta for
eyrry violation of good fllth by hsr coni-
Matted This o. proved among other things
/ py che upiust end unlawful nr tifh ln-
teyeuuon, after ~ naa overcome an
armcd and barbar.ous black tr.b, On our
eastern frostier. ns aiao by ths forclble
/ appropriation of iee dominion ovsrpart
0i our territory Wuerr the - 0Y,ry u
diamonds had caused gae desire Tor this
appropriation. although contrary Go exist
Iag irsatifs The d,s.ro and attention 20
I ,rample pn our rights ar an independent
ana sovereign nation r NWthFtanlisr "a
solemn convention sxistIf between fa,r
f'ato ana Great hruan. have also bosn
more than once aud are now shown by
the present roytrnmcnt. by SWING expres-
SONS in public documents % an unbound
ga claim ~ paramountcy over tas -, aole
~ south Africa and therefore also over
tfts state
with regard % tlo soam African -s-