The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-23
KRUGER lands IN FRANCE.
Deposed Transvaal Chief w ell
coined at Marseilles.
CHEERED ON EVERY SIDE.

OuIlhIQ yin Iv LAZY tSlU1.
Text of Dom Pauls Reply to Addresses of
Welcome--Asserts That the Beers Will
Never Surrender and Characterizes the
War as Barbarous.
Marseilles, Nov. 23.-Yesterday
proved triumph for Mr.. Kruger such
as even the Boer delegates and his
most ardent admirers failed to antic.
ipate. The delirium of enthusiasm
which marked every step of his prog
ress from the time he landed until the
hotel was reached was revelation
even to the people of Marseilles them
selves.
An assembly of such masses, exceed
Ing even the most sanguine estimate,
might perhaps be partly explained by
the ceremonious obsequies of the
bishop of Marseilles, including an i'm.
posing religious procession from the
cathedral, but nothing can minimize
the spontaneous explosion of senti-
ment displayed toward Mr.. Kruger by
the entire population of the first port
and one of the largest cities of France.
Yet the grandeur of this demonstra-
,tiOn, perhaps, ranks second in inn
portance to the emphatic manifestos
of "no compromise" which Mr.. Kruger
delivered in a low voice, but one vi
brating with emotion, accompanied by
energetic gestures of the right hand.
~,%sr, hoe O,fcN Nf a
ing.
The last sentences of his declaration
were uttered with a yigor and de-
cision which bore out his reputation
as the incarnation of iron will and
stubborn resistance. His mere deliv-
ery of declaration of such far-reach-
ing Importance testifies to the indie
pendence of his character, as it came
as a surprise even to his intimate por
litical advisers, who, up to the last,
were in ignorance of his determine
ton. He announced to the world that
the Beers would be free people or die.
The unfortunate occurrence at the
hotel on the main boulevard alone
marred the character of the demon
stration, which up to that moment had
been unanimously and exclusively a
tribute of sympathy and admiration,
.syiye Kruger" .sVive les Beers
and Yive la Eiberte' were the cries
that formed a hurricane of cheering
and swept over the city. Unfortunate.
ly the highly reprehensible foolishness
of half dozen persons in throwing
small coins into the crowd as Mr.
Kruger passed acted like magic in
conjuring up an antiBritish outburst
/ which it needed all the promptitude
and energy of the police to prevent
becoming a serious disturbance. The
hotel remained for the rest of the day
in state of siege, while at one time
a procession, several thousand strong
marched in the direction of the British
consulate, shouting ''Down with tht
English" and raising other threaten
ing cries. The result was that ,
strong body of police was compelled
to disperse the demonstrators, al
though it was not found necessary tt
make more than few temporary ar
rests.
Text of Kruger's Address.
The following is the text of Mr.. Kru
gers speech on landing:
thank the people Of Marseilles for thei
welcome thank all this population us
sembled In great concourse to greet me
for. although wear mourning for the mis-
fortunes of my country and although
have not come to seek festivities. still
nevertheless, accept with all my heart thes
arcIamations, for know they are dictate
to you by the emotions which are inspire
In you by our, trials and by your sympath
for our cause, which Is that of liberty.
am very proud and happy at having chose
as my point Of landing port in France, I
set foot on free soil and to be received b
YOU as n freeman. But, my first duty
to thank your government for all the token
of Interest that again only recently it wa
pleased to give m&. believe Englan'
had she been better Informed, would nevt
have consented to this war, and since til
expedition of Jameson, WHO wished to SELF
the two republics. without the necessit
of firing a rifle shot, l have never cease
to demand tribunal of arbitration whit
has always been refused. The war wage
upon us in the two republics reached II
last limits of barbarism. During my III
haveShad to fight many times the savag
of the tribes Of Africa, but the barbarian
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others. They even urge the kafiirs again
us. They burn the farms we worked
hard to construct, and they drive out OF
women and children, whose brothers AZ
husbands they have killed or taken prl
oners, leaving them unprotected and roc
less and often without bread to eat. Bu
whatever they may do. we will never su
render. We will fight to the end. o
\. great, imperishable confidence reposes
the Eternal, in our God. We know o
cause is just and If the Justice of men
wanting to us, He. the Eternal, who is ma
ter of all peoples, and to whom belon
the future will never abandon US. 9
sure you that II the Transvaal and t
Orange Free State must lose their ind
nendence it will be because all the Bo
people have been destroyed, with tht
women and children.
Iowa Grocers' Association.
Des Moines, Nov. 23.-The next me-
ing of the Retail rGrocers' ASSOCIATE
of Iowa is to be held in Waterloo, {
rangements to that effect having be