New-York tribune., 1900-12-02
POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE.
GREAT CROWDS GREET Mr.. KRUGER AS
HE JoURNEYs NoRTHwARD.


HE JoURNEYs NoRTHwARD
Paris Dee Mr. KrHger spent the morn
snE IN conferences with members ~ his party.
only receiving three or feuF persons outside his
follower Just before lesving his apartments
he walked out upoa the balcony. His appear
snos was the signal for warm cheering and the
repetition of the cries which have Sreeted him
wherever he has gone this week
in the courtyard of the hotel were two covered
lsndsus There Mr. Krager entered The car
Tisge which toek him TO the station. The crowd
outside had hoped 10 secure q hnal view of Mr.
Kruger hut they We're disappoiuted. The first
fntimation that he was about 20 leave the city
was the sight ~ the carriage driving Qua of the
hotel a. = quick troi. The landau driven
into an open paFsiieogram of mounted guards.
When the carriages conveying Mr KRUGER =
suite appeared troop Of mounted guards
wheeled into the open side and. al quick pace.
Mr. Kriigsr and his accompanying friends, VINO
occupied several carriages surrounded by guards.
started for the Northern Railway station. the
same station where the Boer President arrived
sust q week ago - almost the same hour. The
crsuds along the streets and the people who
nTes the windows cheered warmly as the cor
sAge passed, many women throwing flowers
toward Mr Kruger's carriage while the men
station there we're Few hurried fareweiis, and
~ i,40 p m Mr. KFageF departed for Cologne.
Mr. Kragers journey this afternoon through
Northern France was attended by scenes similar
20 those Witnessed al Msrseiues and Paris Al
nearly every station PASSED crowds had gath
erfd which waved hats and hal. Ikerchiefs and
chesusd the train as IL Vhirled along.
The FIRST stop was AT St. Quentin. at ,. 40 p. m
The municipal authorities. many Senators and
Numbers ~ the Chamber OF Deputies and
various delegations awaited the arrival of the
trsin which was greeted with cries for Krlger
and the Beers. Mr.. Kruger and DR.. Leyds ap-
pesre6 81 the door ~ the carriage, ssluted the
crowds and reoeived the authorities
A. EFquelinnes an enormous assemblage filled
the station and greeted the traveller with en-
thusiastic acclamation. The president OF the
local B0er committee read long address ex-
pressing sympathy with the Beers. and hoping
that the would be terminated through ar
hitration by the signers Of The Hague Conven-
ton.
A. Jeumont the Paris Roer Committee bade
farewell 10 Mr KRUGER. Who replied at some
length referring % The warmth Of the welcome
he had received and the strength Of feeling ex-
hibited in favor OF the cause he was urging
He Said ne hoped the new cry which he heard
Rs be was departing from Paris, that OF "Vive
Europe
He declared he would not stop his work until
ths South African republics had regained their
Independence. II was a cruel war. which in the
interests Of humanity snould be ended. The
hearty character Of Frances greeting Mr. Kru-
ser said, was forever engraved upon his heart
and h thanked Paris and France for the man
ner IN which they had received him.
At ChaTlerOi the nrst stop on gan terri
tcFF, rigorous police measures had been taken
te pns~ent the Invasion Of the station. but the
people were stronger than the police and rushed
npeh the platform and gave Vent 10 their feel
tnss in cries favorable TO The Beers. The train
stepped for fge miuutes, and Alf. Kruger greet
ed the mass from the steps OF the ear The
train left Charleroi twenty minutes Iate.
Al Aamur a similar scene was enacted The
train was then forty-fivs minutes late.
AZ JOumOnt hT. Kruger said that when hf
landed IN France he spoke 0f the harbarity with
Whieh the war had been conducted. adding thai
before he left France he wished 10 say that n,
hac made Lord Roberts acquainted with rhes4
wrongs. and that the British commander had
promised that the cTueties should cease. but
whether he had not been obeyed. OF whatever
fhe reason, the barbarities continued Mr.. Krii.
ser felt q his cuiy 10 explain that he had com.
plaineo as the chief ~ State. and not as the
head 81 his family, for his own family had beer
treated with the greatest regard by Lord Rob.
erts, and he thanked him for this
Ine enthusiasm In the Belgian towns through
Ihlch Af Kruger passed riyslled that shown il
the toNhs OF France At Liege q crowd mum.
oer7ng about two thousand persons thronrec
The platforms and the approaches 10 the station
feLnofls Aiais SalhellnS were several deputatiOp.
~1fh banners ana the Liege Pro- Boer Commit
tee, the president ~ which read an eloquent sd
dress expressing sympathy With the R1er cans.
and promising Mr. Kruger as magnificent q re
cepton In Belgium. ii he shouts stay there a
had been given him IN France The crowd a
the station was tumultuOusly demonstrative n
members sang the Boer hymn while awaitin,
the arrival of the train. and when the latte
was signalled the people swamped the barrier
and rushed upon the platforms The gendarrnes
VITA nKed bayOnetE. tried 70 force them back
massed around Mr. Krugers saloon car raislnl
cfafeninE shouts % "Nive KrageFi" '.Yive IL
Beers" and ''Nive Arbitration" Mr. Krtige
spoke a few words of thanks
As the train starting cries were heard a
~Dc~n with the English" Whereupon the cur
tzsns OF the saloon car were quickly drawn
though before the train leff the station Nr
Kruger reappeared al the window and wave.
h.s hand. A group of students narchea frnn