The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-11-23

and Children-Charges the British
 With Barbarity-DramattcI Incident,
 of the RecepIion-The French Wildly
 Enthusiastic.
 Marseilles, Nov. 22.-Paul Kruger landed here at 10:45 this morning. MT Kruger was persuaded to hurry in order not to disappoint the crowds which had gathered to see him land. From the moment the white twelve-oared barge left the side of the Gelderland, with MT. Kruger surrounded by the Boer repre- sentatives, including Dr. Leyds and Messrs. Fischer and Vessels, the cheer ing did not cease until Mr. Kruger en- tered his hotel Even then large con- course of people remained in front of the building until MT. Kruger appeared on the balcony.
 Replying to the addresses of welcome of the presidents of the Paris and Mar seilles committees on the landing stage, MT. Kruger spoke in Dutch and in a low voice. But he accompanied his words with energetic movements of his hat, which he held in his right hand. He said:
 T thank the president of the Mar Eeilles committee and the president of the central committee of the independ- ence of the Boers for their welcome. I thank all this population assembled in great concourse to greet me, for, all though I wear mourning for the mis- fortunes of my country, and although I have not fO sock fpSfivitipc still I nevertheless accept with all my heart these acclamations, for know they are dictated to you by the emotions which are inspired in you by our trials and by your sympathy for our cause, which is that of liberty, which awakened you. I am truly proud and happy at having chosen as my point of landing a port in France, to set foot on free soil and be received by you as free man. But my first duty is to thank your govern ment for all the tokens of interest that again only recently it was pleased to give me. I believe England, had she been better informed, would never have consented to this war, and since the ex- pedition of Jameson, who wished to seize the two republics without the ne- cessity of firing a rifle shot, I have nev- CT ceased to demand tribunal of arbi- tration, which, up to now, has always been refused.
 'The war waged on us in the two re- publics reached the last limits of bar barism. During my life I have had to fight many times the savages of the tribes of Africa, but the barbarians we have to fight now are worse than the others. They even urge the Kaffirs against us They burn the farms we worked so hard to construct, and they drive out our women and children, whose husbands and brothers they have killed or taken prisoners, leaving them unprotected and roofess and often without bread to eat But, whatever they may do, we will never surrender We will fight to t1ie end. Our great, imperishable confidence reposes in the Eternal, in our God! We know our cause is just, and if the justice of man is wanting to us He, the Eternal, who is Master of all peoples, and to whom belongs the future, will never abandon us.
 II assure you that if the Transvaal and the Orange Free State must lose their independence it will be because all the Boer people have been destroyed, with their women and children"
 Michael Davitt delivered a short ad- dress in behalf of the Irish people which ! evoked most enthusiastic applause from those present. during which cries of "Vive rIrelande' resounded. The i gist of MT Davitt's address was inter preted to MT Kruger, who was pleased | with his reception. MT. Kruger only replied in the hall of the hotel to the | first address delivered by M. Thourel, president of the Marseilles committee, l who presented the traveller with a sym bolical bronze group entitled "The De- fense of Home."
 MT. Kruger's reply breathed the same determination to resist to the end as expressed in his speech at the landing stage. He said the situation was terri ble for the Boer, but it was nowise ex- tricable or definitive. They now appear ed to be crushed by numbers, but he was still firm in the hope "that the reign of the sword would ere long be overthrown by that of justice. MT. Kruger received a great ovation from his hearers.
 The only incident which .marred the harmony of the enthusiasm was the
  the crowd by guests of hotel leading to the Boulevard as MT. Kruger passed. The crowd thought they were thrown at Mir Kruger and an uproar ensued which necessitated the intervention of the police. There were no serious con- sequences. Although the former president had re- tired for rest, the crowd still remain ed in front of the hotel and horse cars and carriages could only pass with the utmost difficulty.
 Much indignation was expressed at he hotel incident as previously cabled. 1t now appears that the crowd called :, lpon the party throwing sous from the :, balcony of the hotel to take off their :. :. lats as MT. Kruger passed. But the plausible explanation was 7 given that they were Englishmen, did : lot understand French and foolishly v hrew small coin into the crowd, which hey had frequently done on similar oc- asons in England The Frenchmen this and imagined that he sous were thrown insutingly at MT. S Kruger. Hence the tumult. The crowd c ndeavored to invade the hotel and the i' tal PJJf t1a al