The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-21
SUNDAY, OCTOBER u. 1900.
EXIT KRUGER.

How have the mighty fallen! President
Paul Kruger, head Of a nation which,
only one year ago, threw down the gaunt-
let to the most powerful empire on earth.
sneaking out of the back door Of a Gus
tom House to board a man OF war of
another country that he might be deported
to foreign lands where he can enjoy the
remainder of his days In ease and at
fnencet How have the mighty fallen,
and how do heroes dwarf into figures
under the fierce glare of those rugged
tests that try mems souls! Who could
conceive of Robert e. Lee deserving his
Immortal army that, reduced to eight
1housand mnskets, and surrounded by one
hundred and fifty thousand veteran troops,
he was going to lead in the forlorn hope
of cutting through all. before he would
surrender them on terms that left the
faintest taI1ish upon that bright escut-
cheon that they had borne aloft upon a
hundred battle-helds, where they had driven
desperate odds before them as the wind
scatters' sclaif2 IT'S such as these for
whose brows Destiny weayes the garlands
that link their names forever to the tears
and tender sympathies of coming genera
tons. But for the Krugers who desert
their people in the days of their misfor-
tunes and their grief, fate has in store
nothing but the sneers and contempt that
rightfully fail TO the lot of those who
cannot face the evil day with a cheerful
courage that matches their satisfaction
when all is well.
However he may have desired to escape,
yet the fact is that Charles the First
staid with his people and laid down his
life with dignity and a decorum that be-
came a king in consequence OF which
hundreds Of thousands Of Englishnen
and women shed bitter tears over his
memory, tyrant that he was. and mil
lions since have looked upon him as
MARTYR almost entitled 10 the honors of
canouzation. Upon tie other hand, that
bloody tyrant james the Second deserted
his followers and saved his worthless car
cass by an ignonnious fight to foreign
lands. and he has stunck in the
nostrils of all men and women of what
erer class or cline from that day to this.
The individual Boer developed a courage,
. devotion to his ideals. and a patient
endurance In his contest With England
that has challenged the admiration of the
civilized world, and that Will extort from
England a generous treatment for him
In spite of all the injury he has caused
her. And Kruger had nothing to fear!
from England beyond an Imprisonment
which would only have lasted until such
peace and order was restored in the Trans
raal as made 1t Impossible for him to stir
up further strife
But even though death had stared him
n the face. ne should have met It def
anly after the course he had selected and
pursued. he has but few,years to live
al best, and he had better have sacrificed
them to leave MS country an honored name
as a monument 10 the cause that he pre-
tended 10 love- He has sneaked away,
however. and thus all We can say is,
Exit Kruger
When General Lee saw that further re-
was unwilling that a single soldier should
he sacrificed in hopeless fight He had
no thought Of himself. 1t never occurred
TO nm 10 exploit his own fame a. the
expense OF others. His first thought was
1. for the cause; when that was lost he
thought OF the brave men who followed
him.
Robert r. Lee was nobler at Apo
nattoS daa in any 0. his successful bat
lies.
Look at Kruger on the other hand. He
urged his followers to fight. when he knew
that they could not win. But he was VIII
ang TO take chances. 50 long as Others
were dosnS tho fighting. and when the last
3 hn7e was gone. he ran ava. and LEI.
His people 70 ssift for themselves. Exs,
Kruger.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
Truly has It been said mat history re-
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