New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1900-02-03

Journal with the Armies of the Transvaal ant
Orange Free State.
Paris, Jan. pa arrived here
to-day from the Transvaal, where
| was with the Beers until the bat.
tie Of Colenso.
There was absolutely no neces.
sity for the State Department in
Washington to cable to Consul
General Macrum to secure my re-
lease or fair treatment for me.
The Beers did not arrest me, but
always treated we we'll.
1t is impossible to get news out
of the Transvaal except through
English sources. | sent courier
from BloemfOntein to the coast
that was the last l heard of him.
1t is impossible to get the truth
out. The English censor will
sometimes hold a cablegram for
two weeks, and then notify You he
has not sent it. Sometimes the
censor rewrites the dispatch and
changes it altogether.
Otis's censorship is nothing COM
pared to it.
British army correspondents are
very patriotic, and try to explain
everything in light favorable to
British arms.
British spies are everywhere.
Portuguese territory swarms with
them. They confronted me in
Italy; l met them in Paris, while
my baggage was being examined.
The English claim that the
Beers are getting munitions of war
and foodstuffs is absurd. England
is trying to explain her defeats by
pretending that the rest of the
world is helping the Beers. Every
ship is closely watched. Nothing
has got in to the Beers, and they
do not need anything.
The English have had the pick
of every battlefield and of almost
every position. 1t is not correct to
say that the Beers have made mere
ly a defensive campaign; the Beers
have been ontnumbered by the En-
glish in every campaign. At the
battle of Belmont the British forces
were in a large majority; England
had the flower of her army fairly
and squarely beaten.
Regiment after regiment at Dun
dee fled through the fog before the
Beers. The British there deserted
two trainloads Of provisions and
one of ammunition. The officers
left even their secret documents
and plan of campaign. These l
have seen, and they show that the
English had been preparing for the
war ever since the Jameson raid.
l have in my possession photo
graphs, documents and affidavits
found in the officers camps at
Dundee, after the precipitate fight,
which disclose the whole plan Of
campaign through Natal into the
Free State.
These documents begin in 1896;
they mention every kopje, every
spruit, railway and pass in the
mountains. Everything is careful
ly outlined; details of the forts at
johannesburg, Pretoria, Bloemfon-
tein are given, with the places
where foodstuffs are stored and
where fresh water is to be had.
England is getting aid from the
Kaffirs. For instance, Colonel
Baden Powell armed some of them,
gave them two Maxim guns, and
started them on raid through the
northwest of the Transvaal. Eng
lish officers command these Kaffirs.
The English are sending agents
to every tribe around the Boer re-
publics, with presents and promises
of loot. A Kaffir chief showed me
presents he had received from Eng
lish officers.
The Boer women shoot we'll
against the Kaffirs; they are the
bravest women on earth. Officers
and agents from Rhodesia have
done everything to incite the Kaf-
frs against the republics.
The Beers have arms and ammu-
milton enough to keep the war 60
ing indefinitely. They waste only
about one-tenth the amount that
the English waste; they are de-
termined that their country shall
be free. England cannot put enough
troops into South Africa to subju-
gate it. Whyi Because the Beers
are fighting for everything man
holds dear. They are fighting
against machine soldier.
l have seen General Joubert's
wife load his guns for him, l have
seen grandfather, son and grand
SON fight side by side. The Boer
soldier is fighting for a prize worth
winning; Tommy Atkins is fight
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