The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-22

MARsEILLEs, Nov. 22.-The day opened
liear and cold. The Dutch cruiser Gelder-
land. on which ex-President Kruger was a
passenger entered the harbor at 500
o'clock, whereupon there was a great rush
down all the streets leading to the Quai de
a toilette.
Dr. Catalan. the Health officer, at once
soardei the vessel and granted free pra-
ique.
swarm of boats Of all descriptions i'm
nediately surrounded the warship. Mr.
Van Hamer, who acts as INTERPRETER for the
sx-President, came ashore and announced
that Nj Kruger would not lan5 until nOon
IS the officers and crew of the vessel de-
Iired to give him a ceremonies farewell
The Boer peace ENJOYS, Messrs. Fischer.
Vessels, and Wolmarans. boarded the war
ship shortly after her arrival and had
conference with Mr.. Kruger.
DR.. Leyds, representative to Europe Of
Ehe two Boer Republics; Messrs. Fischer.
Vessels, and the other Boer delegates and
numerous citizens of the South African Re
public. residents in France, were the first
10 greet Dom Paul as he stepped ashore at
noon.
The city cfHciaIs also greeted him and
bade him a hearty welcome to Marseilles.
Geat enthusiasm was shown by the crowds
gathered at the pier when the aged man
walked Herrn The gangway from the war
ship. The stern old fighter was much
touched by the cordiality OF his reception.
The Presidents of the Paris and Mar
settles committees formally welcomed him
to France
In response, Mr. Kruger thanked the
committee for the warmth of the reception
accorded him and expressed gratitude for
the sympathy he had received from the
French Government, Referring to the
wac he said:
I have fought with savages, but the
present war is even worse. We viii new
ct surrender. We are determined to fight
to the las extremity, and if the Republics
Of the Transvaal and Orange Free State
lose their independence it will be because
they have lost every man, woman, and
child"
Mr.. Kruger spoke in Dutch and in a
low voice, but he accompanied his words
with energetic movements of his hat,
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There was tremendous crowd on the
quay when President Kruger landed. He
was enthusiastically cheered by the peo-
pie, and there were cries of ''Vive Kru-
ger, yive les Boers.''
The ex-President of the TransvaaI
walked TO a carriage which was in wait
ing. and, before seating himself, cere-
moniously saIuted the crowd
A procession was formed around the
carriages occupied by Mr.. Kruger AMI the
Boer delegates, and they we're escorted
TO the hotel amid continuous cheering
As the procession passed the Hotel du
Louvre some English guests threw cop
pers from the window. The crowd turned
toward the hotel and the English with
drew. This was the only incident during
the march.
When President Kruger reached the Ho-
tel Noailles he took The elevator TO the
second floor, where he has apartments. In
response TO cheers by the crowd he ap-
peared on the balcony and made a speech
He said he was glad to land on the soil of
France-a country Of liberty.
He felt that he was among a free people
W. I'LL a. d Il &c AAleL4 1lE ludLE-
ed the French Government for the many
marks Of sympathy that had been shown
him. He declared that ever since Dr. jam
eson's raid he had always desired to arbi-
trate the differences with Great Britain
and was convinced that the enemies Of the
Beers would be obliged to recognize the
justice of the cause of the South African
Republics. But the English had always re-
fused to arbitrate the differences and they
were now waging q war Of barbarians-
He was not ignorant of the usages of
savage warfare, he said, but he had never
known a people more barbarous than the
English, who had pilIaged and plundered
and burned farms and drove women and
children from their homes and left them
without bread to eat OF a roof over their
heads. He repeated the statement that he
Boer Republics would never surrender
their independence
During Mr.. Kruger's speech an Eng
Ishman in the crowd refusei to uu-
cover. whereupon the people Kicked his
hat of.
GENERAL ROBERTS FALL.