The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-20
KRUEGER'S
DEFIANCE
He Says He Will Never
Yield.
GUERRILLA WAR TO COME
Boer Capital Now On Wheels and
Will Move From Place
to Place.

LONDON. June s. . n. m.--The execu-
tive Offices OF the Transvaal Coyernmen,
are IN railway car. which is shunted ON
switch Mt Machadorp station. President
hrueger caused the interior OF the coach
10 be reconstructed some time ago. with
View to contingencies that have now ar
rived. The correspondent OF the Daily
Express. who went from Lourenzo Mar
auez to see President Kruger. was re-
ceived yesterday. The President sat
smoking long pipe. He looked worried.
but his bearing was quiet and deternin-
ed He did not make the least objects
to being interviewed.
Yes" said President Kruger, at Is
quite true that the British have occupied
Pretoria. This. however. does not end
the war. The burghers are fully deter
mined 20 fight to the last. They win
never surrender SO long as 800 armed men
remain In the country. I feel deeply en-
couraged by the hne work steyn and De-
wet are doing In the Free State"
The correspondent suggested that the
war was over. inasmuch as the capital
had been taken.
THE oapitalr' exclaimed Kruger with
consist of any particular collection OF
bricks and mortar. The capital Of the
republic-the seat OF government-is here
In this car. There Is no magic about any
special site. Our country In invaded. n
II true. but Il Is not conquered. The
Government is stir effective"
Retcrring TO the reasons why he LEFT
Pretoria. Krueeer said: II was not fool
ish enough to be taken prisoner. i pro-
vided this means of locomotion precisely
for the same reason as our burghers sup
ply themselves with horses when they
take the field. IL is necessary that I
should be able to move quickly from
place to place. That is all. BY and by
this car will take me back to Pretoria
For the present IL enables me to keep
away from Pretoria. where I could be of
no service and where I should only play
into the hands OF the enemy"
They say. Mr.. Krueger." remarked the
correspondent. "that you have brought
with you gold to the value OF e2,0Oo. .Ooo?''
'It IL not true" replied the President.
whatever monetary resources may
have with me are simply those which we
require for state purposes. At the same
time I am not going TO tell you where
our treasure In. Let Roberts find Il IL he
can"
They also say In London. Mr. Krue-
ger. that you contemplate taking refuge
on Dutch man-of-war at Lourenzo
MarquezT'
THAT again II a le." retorted the
4 President with vehemence. II know of
no such Dutch war vessel. I am not
contemplating refuge anywhere. I shall
not leave my country. There viii be no
need OF my doing anything of the kind"
The correspondent-Then. sir. there Is
much surprise at your having left Mrs.
Kruger behind.
President Krueger-But why? Mrs.
Kruger is quite safe In Pretoria. She
Ewould only be put to personal inconve-
nience here. All communication between
us Is stopped. of course. but she will
await my return with caimness and cour-
age She In n brave woman. 1 am mere
awaiting further Information. We are
surrounded by faithful burghers and are
sscre1ary OF State Reltz remarked:
i ~ ou may depend upon "a that the war is
lnot yet over. Guerrilla warfare will con-
tinue over an immense area. We intend
Co hight to the bitter end, and shall prob
ably retire upon Lydenburg. where we
j can hold out for many months"
| YES" observed krueger, 1T Is only
now that the real struggle has begun.
II fear that there will stsn be mucn blood
shtd. out the iault ~ tndt OF tnt bfltsh
GoV ernmeLt." Then raising his voice to
an almost passionate he gnt. Kruger ex-
canned. "1he time has passed for US
to talk. We have done plenty of that,
i thing lett fer us TO do Is to keep on ngnt-
ing-to keep on hghting'
The correspondent who secured the In
terviow telsgraphed II direct from Macha-
ldorp station yesterday when the wires
were working as usual to Lourenzo Mar
pTTt. Dafiv Express. I'm commenting upon
the interview, refers 70 the unnbated DE
Nine hundred British prisoners arrived
Il Tuesday at Nooitgedacht 1hey were
pcnnsd In barbed-wlre fence on foui
atr,s on the open veldt. Accordlng 70 2
ycste rday, . Lord Roberts ~ reported u
nave intercepted two trains leaving tht
Vicinity Of Pretoria:
Teiegrams from the Brit sh side are *
. ed from Pretoria say that Mrs. kruegei
stu occupied the Presidency ana that
number Of engines and cars have zee
scC ured. The British under Major ds
Iisle captured n machine gun and caused
the Roers heavy loss. the British casual
ties being slight Boer officials removed
sSnOCoO n go q from the Nailohal b%ank Bans
lJune tth. but did not touch the Cash hoid
ings of the other banks.
, Some OF the Beers are surrenderlnt
voluntarily and the towLspcCple OF Ire
toria are described as SHOWING eonslaer e-,.,,I
Provost Battorsly. In dispatch 10 IN,
Morning Post from Pretoria. dated Jun'
! 9Th, says: The Beers pledged tneH,
seiVes 20 twenty British officers not te
take the Brit sh prisoners away II these
/, officers would control them and prevent
! an outbreak. Nevertheless. they begaf
their removal. After 500 had been taken
British shells strqsk s.-s sis,ed irsln ana ard re
Tired. The British officers at Daspoort re