The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-06-28
ADDRESS OF ENJOYS.
BOer Visitors Argue Strongly for
Their Cause.
Special to the HrnAIn.

! New York, June %. - The Boer en-
voys who have been in this country for
the past two months Tuesday issued
an address to the people of the United
States. After expressing regret at
their inability to accept many of the
invitations extended TO them they ex-
pressed their thanks to the American
public for "the deep sympathy they
have shown for the cause of the two
struggling republics"
Continuing the address says;
I'VE now feel convinced that the boast
eul allegation of the colonial secretary
and other British statesmen that the
citizens of this great country sympa-
| thized with the British empire in its
| attempt to crush the liberty and inde-
pendence of our two small states, is
| absolutely devoid of truth"
| The address then goes at great length
| into the history of the relations between
| Great Britain and the Beers, which 1t
| characterizes as "one OF violated faith
and broken pledges cloaked under the
| display of magnanimous and irreproach-
| able principles" Coming down to the
discovery of gold in johannesburg in
| 1885, the address says:
"All the forces of land greed and gold
hunger, stimulated by the desire to
avenge what is known as the battle of
| Majuba hill, were let loose"
"a DiRboIIcaI Trinity"
Then follows history of the political
| agitation which eliminated in the Jane
| son raid. Mr.. Chamberlain, Sir Alfred
Miner and Mr.. Cecil Rhodes" continues
| the address, ARE the terrible diabolical
| trinity which had brooded over and
shaped the destiny of South Africa dur
| ing the calamltous period. These gen.
| tlemen combined forces so as to achieve
| by subtlety and craft and misrepresent-
| ations what Dr. Jameson and the raiders
| failed to obtain by open violence"
The address declares that the capital
lists control the press of South Africa,
and that the editors of these subsidized
| journals were appointed special corre-
spondents of the principal London dailies.
| The broad charge is made that Mr..
Chamberlain's revival of the suzerainty
claim in 1897, his public utterances, Sir
Alfred Miners speeches and lnfiam-
matory dispatches and the efforts of the
South African league under the presi-
dency of Cecil Rhodes were all directed
towards the ultimate destruction OF the
| two Dutch republics.
Deny English Representations.
The address then takes up the various
| internal questions which contributed to-
wards the outbreak of war and discusses
them in great detail, making wholesale
denials Of the English representation.
The address declares that at the Bloem-
| fontein conference both President Steyn
and President Kruger endeavored to
avert the catastrophies by conceding even
more than the original demands on the
| franchise question, but their efforts were
| fruitless. 1t is asserted that the war
was forced upon the Beers and the claim
is advanced that they took up arms
4 e., az
! tends thai the policy of Great Britain
| was designedly shaped so as to compel
| the Beers to send on the 9Th of October
| what is commonly known as their ulti-
| matum to Great Britain.
VIII Never BE Conquered.
Taking up the campaign to date the
| address says
The Beers may be in the end defeat
| ed by overwhelming numbers and may
| ultimately be forced to surrender, owing
| to difficulty of securing ammunition and
provisions, but the conduct of the pres
| ent war as well as the history of the
past 100 years justifies us in saying that
they will never be conquered
Seek sympathy, Not Intervention.
The address concludes by saying that
| the ENJOYS do not ask the direct or forci-
| Bile Intervention of the United States,
bat a continuance of public sympathy and
support The address Il signed BY Abra-
| ham Fischer, c. H. Vessels and A D.
| Wolmarans.
Cape Colony Rebellion Ended.
London, June 27.-The war Office has
received a dispatch from Lord Rob.
erts in which he says that Sir Charles
Warren reports that the rebellion in
Cape Colony, north of the Orange
| river, is now over. The last formid.
able body under Commandant Devil
iers, surrendered on June 90, consist
ing of about 220 men, 2sO horses, is
wagons, 26O rifles and 100000 rounds
of ammunition.
Guerrilla Operations.
London, June 27.-The Boer COM
mandoes in the eastern part Of the
Orange river colony appear to have
been broken up by their leaders for
the time into small parties that har-
ass large columns OF the British, in
cessantly cutting off scouts, sniping
pickets, making show of force here
and there, and bewildering the slow
moving bodies. Commandant Chris.
tian De Wet, Gen. Steyn's principal
10 bhC VI InCSC
guerrilla operations. He is the hero
on the Boer side in these last days of
hostilities. Lord Roberts columns
are steadily contracting the circle OF
their advance.
VIII Hold Out to the Last.
Transvaal officials who were inter
viewed yesterday at Machadodorp by
correspondent of the Daily Express
asserted an intention to hold out to
the last. President Kruger will prob
ably retire TO Waterfall Onder or Mel.
spruit. His physician thinks his con.
dition of health win not allow him to
go to the high veldt.
Grand 4th of Jolly ce1ebra-
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