The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-08
KRUGER STILL
BIDS DEFIANCE
Says the Beers viii Con-
tinue TO Fight.
REITZ PREDICTS LONG
GUERILLA WARFARE
Transvaal Capitol Is Now a
Railway Car.

London, June 8, a. m.-The execu-
tive Offices of the Transvaal govern
ment are in railway car, which is
shunted on a switch at Machadorp
station. President Kruger. caused the
interior Of the coach to be recon-
structed some time ago with a view to
contingencies that have now arrived.
A correspondent of the Daily Ex-
press. who went from Iourenzo Mar
ques to see President Kruger, was re-
ceived yesterday. The president sat
smoking a long pipe He looked wor-
ried, but his bearing was quiet and
determined. He did not make the
least objection to being interviewed.
Says Beers VIII Fight.
1T is quite true that the British
have occupied Pretoria" said Presi-
dent Kruger. This. however. does
not end the war The burghers are
fully determined to fight to the last
They will never surrender so long as
( 500 armed men remain IN the country
L feel deeply encouraged by the fine
work Steyn and Dewet are doing in the
Free State
The correspondent suggested that the
war was over inasmuch as the cap
ital had been taken.
THE capital" explained Mr.. Kruger
with energy. What is a capital? II
does not consist of any particular col
lection of bricks and mortar. The
capital of the republic, the seat of gov
eminent. is here in this car There is
no magic about any special site. Our
country is invaded. it is true, but it is
not conquered. The government is
still effective.
Expects to Return to Pretoria.
Referring to the reasons why he left
Pretoria, Mr.. Kruger said:
Il was not foolish enough to be
taken prisoner. 1 provided this means
of lOcomOtion precisely for the same
reason as our burghers supply them
selves with horses when they take the
field. Tt is necessary that I should be
able to move quickly from place to
place. That is all. BY and by this
car will take me back to Pretoria.
For the present it enc b3es me to keep
away from Pretoria, There I could be
Of no service, and where 7 should only
play into the hands of the enemy"
Says Gold Is Hidden.
"They say, Mr.. Kruger" remarked
the correspondent, that you have
brought with you gold to the value OF
$4,000, 000."
1T is not true" replied the presi-
dent. Whatever monetary resources
] may have with me are simply those
we require for state purposes. At the
same time I am not going to tell you
where our treasure is. Let Roberts
find it if he can"
They also say in London, Mr.. Kru-
ger, that you contemplate taking ref
uge on a Dutch man-of-war at Lou
reno Marques"
THAT again is a lie retorted the
president with emphasis. I know OF
no such Dutch war vessel. 1 am moi
contemplating refuge anywhere.
shall not leave my country, There
will be no need of my doing anything
of the kind"
Will Keep Up Guerilla Fight.
Secretary of State Reitz remarked:
You may depend upon it that the wal
is not yet over. Guerilla warfare will
continue over an enormous area. We
intend to fight to the bitter end and
shall probably retire upon Lydenburg
where we can hold out for many
months"
YES observed Mr.. Kruger, lit is
only now that the real struggle has
begun. I fear that there will still be
much bloOdshed. but the fault is that
of the British government"
| Then, raising his voice to an almost
passionate height, Mr.. Kruger ex-
claimed.
1.-THE time has passed for us to talk
We have done plenty of that, and il
has done us no good. The only thing
left for us to do is to keep on fight
ing. to keep on fighting"
British Prisoners Recovered.
Nine hundred British prisoners ar
rived Tuesday at Nooitgedacht. They
were penned IN d barbed wired field
/ of four acres on the open veldt.
According to a dispatch from Lou
reno Marques, dated yesterday, Lord
Roberts is reported to have intercepted
two trains full leaving the vicinity OF
; Pretoria. kilograms from the British
side are exceedingly scanty. Two brief
ones received from Pretoria say that
Mrs. Kruger is still occupying the
presidency and that number of en-
gines and cars have been secured. The
British under Major De Lisle captured
a machine gun and caused the Beers
heavy loss, the British casualties be-
ing slight.
Boer officials removed $500, 900 in gold
/ from the National bank June 4, but
d;d not touch the cash holdings of the
other banks.
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