Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-09-27
MR. DAVITTS DISGUST.
Says he Was Deceived by Beers,
Whose Cause He Favored.
THOROUGHLY DIsILLUsIONED. "

Me Declares the Bnrghers' Threats.
Honest. But That Their One object
Was to Pile Up Gold.
London, Sept 26.-The Pretoria cor
respondent OF The Standard. in a re-
cent dispatch. throws an entirely new
light upon Michael Davitt'e expert
ences in the Transvaal and his feel
ings toward the Beers. In view Of
Mr.. Davitt's contributions 10 the
American press during and subsequent
to his visit to the seat Of war The
Standards dispatch is Of interest. II
is as follows:
Mr.. Michael Davitt left Pretoria on
the 18th Of May, broken and sick at
heart" according to the words he him
self used on the railway platform.
| Rev. II. J. Bats, Baptist minister. has
recorded them, and they are testified
| to by Rev Henry W Goodwin. C0ngre-
| gational minister. He told me" says
| Mr.. Bats. that he had that morning
\ advised the Transvaal government. il
they would commend themselves in the
| eyes Of the world and obtain the sym
pathy Of European nations. that they
should at once wire Lord Roberts to
| this effect:
Now that the Free State Is con-
quered, and We are quite unable to
resist alone the might Of England. In
the interests of humanity and to pre-
vent further bloodshed, we will sur
render
Instead OF doing this" said Mr..
| To "a
threatening character, telling Lord
Roberts that they will blow up the
mines or destroy johannesburg il some
terms are not made. What the terms
are they do not state. and they do not
really mean to carry out the threat.
Their whole action will cover them
with ignomy and contempt before
the civilized world. They purpose pro-
longing the business. without seriously
meaning To fight. for the one object OF
heaping up the bars of gold they are
taking from the mines and of ac-
cumulating and boarding them in
obedience to the dictation of that old
man, Paul Kruger.
THAT old man, Paul Kruger" con-
tinued Mr.. Davitt, lis engaged in a
sort OF spiritualistie seance business,
with some blind boy predicting events
that are to happen on certain days.
came out here at my own expense, and
IL has cost me & 300. | was full OF
enthusiasm for these people. They
know me, they know my feelings. but
they have never trusted me. Today
they refused to give me any informa-
tion as TO the situation for my papers.
and | go away broken and sick at
heart. | am thoroughly disillusioned.
For me TO remain in this atmosphere
Is no longer possible: | cannot endure
IL. They ask me: Why go away 50
soon? Things are not so bad as you
think What said |. when 10000
men retire, as at Kroonstad. and prac-
tioally run away without firing a shot.
II went down TO Kroonstad. and saw
their positions. They were excellent.
The Beers thoroughly deceived me-
They assured me that they would dis
pute every inch Of ground, and would
sell their liberties with their lives.
What happenedy you know. Allalong the
line | have been refused their confidence
and been thoroughly deceived: | wrote
to my papers this rubbish about the
grand stand that was to be made at
KroOnstad-speaking through them "a
Europe. | would give e100 10 with
draw what | have written. | go away
today. but do not know that can get
British passport from Delagoa Bay -
A French baron came up at this
moment. HE has" said Mr. Davitt
fought through the war. He has
given up everything for their cause.
Now he Is going away a pauper. ut
terly neglected. without money enough
to pay his fare"