The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-06-08

fight to the bitter end. and shall prob-
ably retire upon Lydenberg, where we
can hold out for manysmonths.'
Yes, observed Mr.. Kruger. 'It Is only
now that the real struggle. has begun.
I fear still there will be much bloodsbed.
but the fault is that of the British gov.
ernment." Then raising his voice to an
almost passionate pitch, President Kruger
exclaimed:
1.-The time has passed for us to talk.
We have done plenty Of that, but it has
done us no good. The only thing for us
to do is to keep on fighting, keep on
fighting"
The correspondent who secured the in
terview telegraphed it direct from Mach
adorp Station yesterday, when the wires
were working as usual, to osLourenzo Mar
ques.
DEFIANCE OF BOERs.
The Daily Express, in commenting upon
the interview, refers to the "unabated
defiance of the chief Of the Transvaal-
ers."
Nine hundred British prisoners arrived
Tuesday at Nooitgedacht. They are
penned In a barbed wire inclosure OF
four acres, on the open veldt.
According to dispatch from Lourenzo
Marques, dated yesterday, Lord Roberts
is reported to have intercepted two trains
full leaving the vicinity of Pretoria.
kilograms on the British side are ex-
ceedingly scanty. Two brief ones, re-
ceived from Pretoria, say that Mrs
Kruger Is still occupying the presidency,
and a number Of engines and cars have
been secured. The British under Mai de
Lisle captured a machine gun and caused
the Beers heavy loss, the British casual
ties being slight.
Boer officials removed 100000 in gold
from the National bank, June 4, but did
not touch the cash holdings Of the other
banks.
PLEDGES BROKEN.
Provost Battersby in a dispatch to the
Morning Post, from Pretoria, dated June
5, says:
1.-The Beers pledged themselves to twen-
ty British officers not to. take the British
prisoners away, If these officers would
control them and prevent an outbreak
Nevertheless, they began their removal
After 800 men had been removed, British
shells struck q train that was loading,
and the Beers desisted and retired. The
British officers at passport refused to re-
move their quarters and made the Boer
commander a prisoner, releasing him at
midnight on condition that ne would can
eel the order for the removal of the
prisoners. The Pretoria forts were found
without guns. All the artillery had been
gotten away"
Another dispatch says:
Sixteen hundred British prisoners were
removed After the government had taxi
en- away most of the stores. the horse
drivers were given free hand to help
themselves. All the British found was
a few hundred bags of coffee and sugar.
RUSH FOR TRANSVAAL
The following dispatch has been receiv-
Cd toI 0ffic f,,cY he Il-iff ffcya
high commissioner in South Africa, Sir
Alfred Miner:
Cape Town, June 1T is reported by
telegram that large numbers of miners
and others are about to start for the
Transvaal from Southampton on Satur-
day. Cannot a public notification be is
sued, warning the people against prema
ture return here? They will be delayed
at Cape Points and viii. only increase
the numbers supported. by charity. 1t
must be a couple of months at least be-
fore the bulk of those now In the colony
and in Natal can be allowed to return
or work generally can bf resumed. 'zsss
GERMANY AIDS ENGLAND.
BERLIN, June Tt has just become
known that the Woermann line steamer,
Marc Woermann, on May 2 took eighty
men and two officers, English troops,
aboard at Whale Bay after obtaining the
German governments permission by wire.
The troops were landed at Cape Town.
This is construed here as indicating the
friendship of the German government
for England.
AS TO MR.. HOLLIS.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-The state de-
partment has no knowledge of the re-
ported visit Of Consul Hollis at LourenZo
Marques, to the Transvaal, and II he has
gone into the Transvaai he has presum-
ably done so upon his own accord and
on private business. He could not exer
else any official functions anywhere out
side his own official consulate district of
Lourenzo Marques without permission and
none has been extended. Mr.. Hollis is
an earnest sympathizer with the Boer
cause, in fact, it has been necessary to
admonish him to be strictly impartial in
the discharge of his duties, SO 1t is pos
sible his personal feelings have led him