The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-31
Krueger and stoyn.

LONDON. March 22-The corres-
pendent Of the Times al I.ourenzo
Mlrqucs. te'cgraphing Tuesday. says:
II is reported from Pretoria that a
scheme has been arranged Tor tho
araig1mlt.On Of the Transvaal and
the Free Stlte. Krueger vii become
President Of The Fedora ed States and
Steyn Commandant General OF the
BOer army. The flag will be the same
as LiiaJ OI the lrdnz Esis, ..i4a, %, al.
dition8l orange color.
Although this story IS not confirmed
Y IS not Improbable. 4, g. a notorious
fact that General JUubc-t has Lost the
confidence Of the lurEhers imply be-
cause from the first he refused q shut
his eyes % the inevitable result OF the
war. With al the burgners Ia The field
g. might nlt be dimcult to secure n
formal Endorsement Of this rumored
scheme.
NEW YORK. March 2l.-A sun
cable from T-e.orla, March goth, I p.
m. via LOr-nz1 M8rqu =. says: 4 dis
patch from KroClstadt. Orange Free
state, dated March 18th. says: The Pre-
fora federal c1mIandos are here.
They are In grand spirits They are
ready for he e. my. and arc eNel de-
family awaiting the Drt.sh advance.
Presidents Kruger and S,eyn address
ed a vass camp mC1.lng to-day. Tue
Transvaal President made an impas-
stoned appeal to the burghers 20 main
tain a gallant fight for freedom. lie
told mem % was certain that the ulti-
mate result Of the war would be that
the Bocr republics would retain their
independence despite the temporary
British occupation OF BlOemfontein.
President S.eyn followed President
| Kruger In a s7Ong tpecch. lie told
/ the burghers that the Free STATE was
I far from conquered because is capital
f had been occupied by The B-.t.sh. He
/ informed tle burElcrs THAI England
| had definitely rsfu "a 20 allow the re-
| pubics 10 ruIa.n independent states.
\ Therefore. all the republics bad - do
now was % hFht 90 me lIs. Pre- dent
Stcyn said that in the Elk months the
war had been gong On tls BJCrs had
I lost less than 100 men killed. and that
I the fighting was really commencing
\ now. As Pr d-Et be warn q the Free
\ sac burghCrs no. 90 believe RDb.rts'
/ proclamation and accept .his Invitation
/ 20 Jay down their arms. Hc assured
/ them that the British had failed on
/ every occasion 20 keep solemn treaties
/ they had made.
Sir Alfred Ml,ne-. Governor q Cape
| Colony. S.eyn decared. had publicly
! proc aimed that the Afr.kanders would
be extermirated. knowing the repub-
lies would fight 20 the end. lie closed
/ by urging the burghers TO place their
/ trust IN God.
| President S:eyn's appeal aroused the
burghers 20 a pitch OF Wild en- hus.asn.
LONDON. March PA SPECIAL cor
respondent OF the Times az BiOemfon-
tein. te!sg-aphing Thursday. says
Yesterday Kruger issued a prOc.aua
ton aunex.nZ the Free Safe % t1"
Transvaal. S.eyn Ensdia-e!y 81 1.'
a counter proclamation. declarinr tse
Free state intact"
| The Daily News has the following
from Bloem fOnteln. dated wednesday
L Is rumored that KrueEer and Steyn
will meet al Kroons-adt, iu the Orange
Free State. on April 3th. 20 discuss the
future programme The feeling BE-
tween the Transvaal and the Fre-
safe .s very bitter.
Not Wautrd bv Germanv