The Newtown bee., 1900-11-02
Cape Town, South Africa

September 23, l9OO.
 Cape Town gets to be very slow town and everyone is wondering what they can do to kill time until Lold Rob- names burg. It is not quite as bad for some of us as we are taking orders and getting out plans and specifications which take up part of the time.
 The only thing of interest the past week has been the coming of Baden Powell. People simply >went wild over him. There was great crowd to meet him at the station and he was carried from the car to the carriage on mems shoulders. Then the horses were taken from before the carriage and men drew it through the street. This week there are to be receptions and torch light pro- sessions for him. He is at present the most popular man in Africa. He has 8 stern face yet one of great expression and kindness. The Boers admit that he has excelled them in brightness and strategy. As Krueger has skipped the country it does not seem as though the war could drag on much longer. ktue- ger has found himself traitor to his ten millions in gold from the mines, and sent 1t to Europe. Now he is going over to enjJy it, le eavir z the remaining burgh- CTS to get along as they can. Yet this is the man who appealed to all the powers for intervention OF the plea they were fighting for liberty. Lord Roberts re- ports that sir ce the commencement of che war be has captured 15 COO Boer pr1s- onera, 10 GOO have been killed, 5,OOO nave taken the oath of neutrality. though that does not amonnt to much, leaving lo,OOO guerilla warfare for some months of course but that will not change the final result, Now that the rransvaal and l Orange Free State are annexed 1t IS only an act of barbarisIn and murder for the Boers to continue the war.
 Within the past 10 days Roberts has lcaptuled 96 locomotives and hundreds Of cars. These will be of the greatest ser vice to him. I am looking forward with lclub at Johannesburg to live, as the liv. ling here is as bad as 1t can be. I am SC ltired of hotels that would be glad never to see the inside of one again. The club comes the nearest to being home o1 lanv place I know of outside the req thing. Several times week ]. get can o1 Boston baked beans, have them warn them up here at the Royal Hotel and make an entire meal of them. They taste much better than anything we gel , here.
 This is the Jewish new year. Hav' :. been tonight to their spt cial service The minister is Rev Dr Hertz of thu church in Johannesburg. He came al
 the way from America with me twt
 years ago, having been called from {
 church in Sy1acuse. N. Y., and made
 great name in the short time he was
 Johannesburg and trebled his congrega
 tion in number. He is deep thinke
 and eloquent man. Tonight the larg
 hall ws s lacked, many thou sands there
 and at the close of the service the peopl
 simply fought to get a chance to shak
 bands with him. I thought would slil
 out quietly ard not join in the struggl
 to get near him, but he euddenly caugh !. sight of me and rushed through tn crowd and came and talked with me an made me promise to call on him.@Som of the Jews were indignant that b | should leave them to talk to Yankee l The strongest churches here are tn Il Jewish, Old Dutch 8, Mohammedar | I have not attended the latter. It is sai ! to be a curious sight. Every know
 church Is represent here at Cape ToWl don't wish to discourage foreign m1t
 sionary work but if you could see wh:
 I have the past two years you Woul
 agree with me that one dollar spent
 home does more good than two sent to
 heathen country. SO many ot the ml
 sionaries sent out here eeem devOld
 tact or common sense in educating
 Christisnizing the South African ka til
 Religion i'd an important factor but ord
 lrarv common sense is close secon
 CB. M. Mitchell.