The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-22
KRUGER'S OF CAMPAIGN
He HIS NOT ABANDONED HOPES
OF ARBITRATION.

Popular Demonstrntions-De Declares
However, That He Is Not DESTROYS OF
Involving Other Nations i'm War III
Behalf of the Boers
London, Dec. 21.-William T. Stead
has just returned from The Hague,
where he has had a long conference
with Mr.. Kruger and has ascertained
at first hand the views of Mr.. Kruger
and his counsellors as to the present
situation and future prospects. Mr..
Stead has written the following for The
Associated Press:
First of all, nothing is decided about
his visit to America at present. Presi-
! dent Kruger has not abandoned all
! hope of securing the support of the
governments of the civilized world in
his demand for arbitration. Until the
last government refuses absolutely to
say a word in support of the principles
which they solemnly laid down at The
Hague conference, Mr.. Kruger VIII not
partake in popular demonstrations 1t
is recognized that If he cared to do so
he could shake the continent. The
popular enthusiasm for him Is unparal-
leled since Garibaldis visit to London,
but until his diplomatic mission Is ex-
hausted an appeal to the peoples cam
not even be taken into consideration.
Mr.. Kruger is emphatic in disclaiming
any desire to involve other nations in
war in behalf of the Beers. What he
asks is that the government which at
The Hague declared their determine ton
to use their efforts to secure an AMIGA
BILE settlement of disputes by means of
mediation and arbitration should make
a united effort to bring the verdict of
the civilized world to bear on Great
Britain
" The English Mr.. Kruger said, ARE
waging this war in South Africa like
savages. They are burning homes de-
stroying dams cutting trees, devastat-
ing fields and creating famine They
are unable to capture De Wet and they
are making prisoners of women and
children, who are not treated with or
binary decency. Hundreds of women
have been confined in a prison kraal,
near Port Elizabeth, with only one
chair, and several of them are expecting
to be mothers.
Mr.. Kruger ayers that the provisions
of The Hague convention and the laws
and usages of war are trampled under
foot, and he wants to know whether the
signatories of this convention have any
thing to say on the subject.
The man on horseback at this mo-
ment is not Mr.. Kruger, but President
Steyns He, Delarey, and De Wet are
masters of the situation. They have
plenty of ammunition and replenish
their stores continually from the Brit
ish conveys. They have taken enough
Lee-M Metford rifles to arm all the burgh-
ers now in the field. l cannot put their
position better than in the words of one
of Mr. Kruger's counsellors:
England is our accuser England
is the sole witness against us. Eng
land is the judge. England is the exc
cutioner and England hopes to profit
by our death. We appealed for arbi-
tration before the war. We are fighting
for arbitration to-day
ut may interest Americans to know
that Mr.. Kruger's appeal to the civil
lied world would be received every
where with unanimous enthusiasm
were it not for the deep rooted dis
trust and jealousy of the dynasties of
and Hohenzollern against
the president of a republic. If he were
a king, the courts would have been
open everywhere, but the central Euro
epan monarchs dread the popular en-
thusiasm excited by the heroic figure
of the republican president pleading |
for justice, This feeling, it is well to
note, is not shared by Russia.
'"The Beers will not listen to any pro-
posals for a compromise. They are
unanimous. Failing independence or
they will prefer to die |
fighting"