The age-herald., 1900-06-08
AN INTERVIEW
 WITH OON PAUL President of the Traa5YaaI s
 Still Defiant SAYS THE WAR IS NOT OVER The BurgherS Will Fight to a
 Finish. | THE CAPITAL ON A RAILWAY CAR Boers Succeeded in Moving l 800 Pris- oners From Pretoria and Escaped ' With All Their Guns and
 Abundance of Stores
SAYS THE WAR IS NOT OVER
THE CAPITAL ON A RAILWAY CAR

London, June S.-3 q. m.-The executive Officers of the Transvaal government are in a railway ear, which is shunted on a switch at Macadorp station. President Kruger caused the interior of the coach to be It constructed some time ago with view to contingencies that now have arrived.
 A correspondent of the Daily Express. who went from Lourenzo Marques to see President Kruger, was received yesterday. The president sat smoking ions pipe. He looked worried, but his bearing was quiet and determined He did not make the least objection being interviewed. The corre- spondent was equipped for the interview b., -abes t1o.n LoAaon. +Yes," said President Kruger, it is quite true that the British have occupied Proto- ria. This, however, does not end the war; The burghers are fully determined to fight to the last. They will never surrender so long as five hundred armed men remain In the country. l feel deeply encouraged by the fine work Steyn and Dewet are dong in the Free State.
 The correspondent suggested that the war was over, inasmuch as the capital had been taken.
 "rhe capitalr' exclaimed President Kru- ger with energy, what is d capital? It does not consist of any particular collection of bricks and mortar. The capital of the repul;,ic-the seat of government-is here in this car. There is no magic about any specia4 site. Our country is invaded, 1t IS l. ue but it is not conquered. The govern ment is still ffecive.
 .l.a.sui. Fer l.. aving Pretoria
 Referring to the reasons why he left Pre- tora Mir. Kruger said:
 T was not foolish enough to be taken prisoner l provided this means Of loco motion precisely for the same reason that our burghers supply themselves with horses when they take the field.
 Tt is necessary that l 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 it enables me to keep away from Pretoria where l could be of no service and where l should only play into the hands of the enemy"
 They say, MT. Kruger remarked the correspondent that you have brought with you gold to the value of t2OOo,Ooo ster- ling
 Tt is not true,' replied the president. ''Whatever monetary sources l may have with &me are those which we require for state purposes. At the time l am not going to tell you where our treasure is. Let Lord Roberts find it if he can. "They also say in England, Mr. Kruger, that you contemplate taking refuge on Dutch man-of-war at Lourenzo Marques.'
 That again is a lie,' retorted the presi- dent with vehemence. 'I know Of no such war vessel. l am not contemplating refuge of no such Dutch War vessel 1 am not contemplating refuge anywhere. 1 shall not leave my country. There will be need of my doing anything of the kind.' Hhy .,.rs firuts-r Was Leit
 The respondent-'Then, sir, there is much surprise at your having left Mrs. Kruger behind.
 President Kruger: But why? Mrs. Kru- ger is quite safe in Pretoria. She would only be put to personal inconvenience here. All communication between us is stopped, of course: but she will await my return with calmness and courage. She is a brave woman. l here awaiting further n- formation. We are surrounded by faithful burghers, and are quite safe"
 State Secretary Reitz remarked You may depend upon it that the war is not yet over. Guerilla warfare will continue over an enormous area. We intend to fight to the bitter end, and shall probably retire upon Lydenburg, where we can hold out for many months."
 Yes" observed President Kruger, 'it is only now that the real struggle has begun l fear there will still be much bloodshed but the fault is that of the British gov ernment."
 Then raising his voice to an almost pas- sionate height, MT. Kruger exclaimed: The time has passed for us to talk We have done plenty of that, but it has done no good. The only thing left for us is to keep on fighting.
 The correspondent who secured the inter- view telegraphed it direct from Machadorp Station yesterday, when the Boers were working as usual to Lourenzo Marques
 Provost Eaters, in a dispatch to the Morning Post from Pretoria dated June 5 says:
 "The Boers pledged themselves to twen. ty British officers not to take the British prisoners away if these officials would con- trol them and prevent an outbreak Never theless they began their removal After 900 had been taken, British shells struck train that was loading and the Boers de- sisted and retired.
 The British officers at Dasport refused to leave their quarters and made the Boer commandant a prisoner, releasing him at midnight on condition that he would cancel the order for the removal of the prisoners. The Pretoria forts were found without guns. All the artillery had been botten away"
 Another dispatch says:
 Sixteen hundred British prisoners were removed. After the government had taken away most of the stores the burghers were given free hand to help themselves. All the British found was a few bags of coffee and sugar."