The age-herald., 1900-11-23
CHINESE SITUATION
 IS NOT so BRIGHT
No Word from Mr. COnger Respecting Reported
 "Impasse' Reached by the Foreign Ministers.

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. l am truly proud and happy at having chosen as my point Of landing a port in France, to set foot on free soil and to be received by you as free man. But my first duty Is to thank your government for all the tokens of in- terest that again only recently 1t was pleased to give me. I believe England, had she been better informed, would never have consented to this war, and since the expe- dition of Jameson, who wished to seize the two Republics without the necessity of fir ing a rifle shot, I have never ceased to de emand a tribunal of arbitration which, up to now, has always been refused.
 .The war waged on us in the two Repub- lies reached the last limits of barbarism 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 burned the farms we worked, so hard to construct, and they drove out our women and children whose husbands and brothers they have killed or taken prisoners, leaving them unprotected and roofless and often with out bread to eat But, whatever they may do, we will never surrender. We will fight to the end. Our great imperishable confi- dence reposes in the Eternal, in our God. We know our cause is just and if the JuStlc6 or men IS wanting to us, I1S, ullS Eternal, who is master of all peoples and to whom belongs the future, will never abandon us.
 'I assure you that if the Transvaal and the Orange Free State must lose their in- dependence, it will be because all the Boer people have been destroyed, with their women and children"
 The Sea Trip.
 MT. Kruger bore the sea voyage ex- tremely well. Many of his friends say he looks in better health than before he left Pretoria. The heavy gale and rough cross seas which the Gelderland encountered ill the Mediterranean, however, proved too much for the distinguished traveller yes terday, and for the first time since he started for Europe he was seasick. But MT Kruger showed little effect of his sea- sickness today and ate a hearty luncheon. He afterwards received delegations from various municipalities and societies in the hall of the hotel. This proved to be se were trial, as MT. Kruger had to listen 10 a couple of hours of eloquent but to him unintelligibe addresses in French, and he left the hall visibly fatigued.
 He retired to his apartment for an hours rest, and MT. Michael Davitt deliv- cred a short address in behalf of the Irish people, which evoked most enthusiastic ap- plause from those present, during which cries of "Vive rIreland" resounded. The 
 preted to MT. Kruger who is pleased with his reception MT Kruger only replied In the hall of the hotel to the first address, delivered by M. Thorell, president of the Marseiles committee, who presented the traveller with a symbolical bronze cup en- titled 1.-The Defense of Home."
 Mir Kruger's reply breathed the same de- termination to resist to the end, as ex- pressed in his speech at the landing stage. He said the situation was terrible for the Boers but 1t was in nowise deflnitive. They never appeared to be crushed by num- bers, 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 great ovation from his hearers Although the former presi- , dent had retired for rest, the crowd still remained in front of the hotel, and horses ad carriages could pass only with the ut most difficulty.
 hotel incident as previously cabled. It now appears that the crowd called upon the party throwing sous from the balcony of the hotel to take off their hats as Mir. Kru- ger passed. But the seemingly plausible explanation was given that they were Eng lishmen, did not understand French, and foolishly threw small coin into the crowd, which they had frequently done on similar occasions in England. The Frenchmen misunderstood this and imagined the sous were thrown insultingly at MT Kruger. Hence the tumult The crowd endeavored to invade the hotel, but the police prevent ed this. The hotel people were obliged to close their doors, and late this evening an unfrendly mob was stationed before the building, which was cordoned by police