The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-22
WAITING FOR KRUGER
AGED PRESIDENT NOT VET LANDED
AT MAnSEILEs.
PREPARATIONS FOR WELCOME.
GAY DECORATIONS IN FAMOUS
FRENCH SEAPORT.

Cruiser GcIderIand Was seen hut
aer Arrival at Marsetlie- Ha. Been
Delayed by HAD weathcr-uoer
Delegates Are AnxiousIy Awaiting
Their Chief-DeIay Caused Much
DisRppptntmcnt--A Rumorx
That ceIderIand Had necn Cap
tured
Maraeilles. NOV. IA blunder in tho
calculations of the time tho Gelderland
would require between Port said ana
MarseiIcs resulted Ia ,ho nzzling out to-
day % the intended demonstration in hon
or Of President Kruger and imperilled ths
success of the reception tomorrow.
The French reception committee did not
take into account the gale that Is sweep
ifg the Mediterranean and the low speed
of the Geidrrland but allowed all their
arrangements 60 stand
The Geiderland slgnallcd Cape cepot or
Toulon. az 2 . M. and continued her
voyage to THE pore sho reported that she
was delayed by "a slight accident 20 her
machinery
Tho Gcidenland cannot arrive here De
fore nightfali and the former President or
the Transyaal vlil no, land until to-mor-
row
The Boer delegates. victims of the or
ganixng committee waited expcr tantly
At the hosei from early morn until atters
noon. the arrival of the cruiser For sever
al hours the carriage intended for Mir.
Kruger remained at tho entrance OF tho
hotel the horses. which we're decorated
with rosettcs Of Poor colors paving tho
ground impatently until the equipage
was dismissed Various delegations anl
societies that had assembled al the land
Ing gate remained through heavy show
ers until they realized In tho non-siRnal-
ling Of tho Gederland. that their pres
onco was futile. Then they dlsbanded
Early Ia che day Dr. Lcyds and Messrs.
Fischer aud Vessels and tho other Boer
dslegates. boarded the launch 81 the cap
tain OF the port for the purpose of meet
lug ana boarding the Gelderlnud outside
the harhor The sea proved too rough.
however. 60 permit Of their carrying out
their Intention ana shey were obliged 20
return.
A Picturesque scene.
The scene at the dock was very pietur-
sssque Every coRn OF vantage waa oc-
cupled by slghtreers The landing stage
was Raily decorated with Transvaai and
Free State oolors. the French tfi-color AMI
Shields bearing the blue cross ~ the arms
Of Manaeilles
A red carpet covered the ground. form
ing a bright splash of color az the quay
side Decorations elsewhere in the city
rrfW fas
faEs being visible along the route whica
Mr. Kruger viii traverse in going from
the quay 10 the hotel.
Senator Pauliat. the president and other
members of the Paris and Mawelilea Re-
cei4on Committee. assembled az the
landing stage during the forenoon and be-
hind them. drawn up in a hong tine. were
delegations Of various patriotic societies
with embroidered SILK standards.
BAD weather and the element Of unccr-
tainty as TO the time eg Mr. Kruger's
landing kept many thousands even to-day
from the route. Thirty thousand would be
q generous estimate Of the crowd, which
was massod thickly a. several points.
while only sparse assemblies were 20 be
seen elsewhere.
The French and Boer delegates were al
intensely disappointed. especially a. up 10
a late hour no news had been received
Of the Gelderland's entry INTO the harhor.
although Il ia fully expected that she VIII
anchor there before daybreak tomorrow
No importance is attached to The report
of an injury to her machinery the theoy
being that she g. merely going slowly ia
consequence of tho heavy sea, which -
chiefly responsible for the delay
some Amusing Humors.
An amusing statement appeared IN
ioeat paper this afternoon ln which an
alleged rumor wus published 70 the effect
that the delay was due TO the capture or
che Gelderland on the high seas by "a
British squadron or 90 del berate damaee
to her machinery by a mercenary. Nat
urully these statements only provoked the
laughter 81 those who read Them.
The Hoer Committee has issued an an
nouncement thai the programme intended
FOR to-day will be carried ont tomorrow.
The attitude of t0-days concourwe.
while unanimously favorable 20 Mr.. Kru-
ger and the Boerv. was nevertheless quite
free from anything offensive 90 the Br,t-
iah which ended 10 enhance The absurdity
of q noisy promenade along the principal
boulavarsls this evening hy score ~ an
a. british Youths whose efforts led 10 no