New-York tribune., 1900-05-23
BOER.S SEE THE PRESIDENT.
ENJOYS AGAIN INFORMED THAT THE
UNITED STATES CANNOT INTERVENE


Washington, May 22.-Messrs Fischer wes-
sells and Wolmarans, the Boer ENJOYS, visited
the White House at 10 o'clock this morning ac-
cordng to previous arrangement, to pay their
respects to the President No official status was
given to the visitors. and they presented Gre
dentials. The ENJOYS were received in the Blue
Parlor no being present but themselves, the
President and Secretary Cortelyou At first the
conversation touched upon variety of subjects.
The Beers talked about Washington and told
how they admired the city. and the President
escorted them to the porch at the rear of the
Executive Mansion, where there is a splendid
view of the Washington Monument and the
Potomac River.
President Krdgers name finally was men
toned and the visitors then stated their pur-
pose in coming to this country. They said they
understood that what Secretary Hay told them
yesterday was final and that the position of the
United States that 1T could not interfere in
the war in South Africa. The President con-
frmed this view. He said that the action he
took some time ago when at the request of the
Government of the Transvaal that this Govern
ment should intervene. he rendered his good
offices to England to bring about peace afforded
him great pleasure in the hope that it might
possibly bring the conflict to end. This offer
had been declined by Great Britain and there
could do in the premises.
The envoys ntimated that they glad to
feel they had friends in this country, and then
bade the President goodby
The State Department does not expect to have
any further communication with the Boer en-
voys. If the ENJOYS had any credentials giving
them official status. they failed to present
them, to refer to them in their talks
with the officials. The only sign that they pos
their cards. indicating that each of the dele
gates had been sent out a Minister Plenipo-
tentiary by the Boer republics. Having had
reason to expect the declination of the United
States Government to intervene in behalf of
their republics, and having thus failed in the
primary object of their mission to the United
States, it is surmised that the delegates re-
Trained from endeavoring to establish diplo-
matte character in order to reduce the liability
to interruption in the propaganda they are
about to conduct in the country at large AL
though the United States Government has be-
yond doubt. the power to stop this propaganda
at any point and dismiss the delegates from the
United States there is no likelihood of any such
action beng taken so long as the agitation is
conducted by private individuals. But 1t is said
at the State Department that the precedent
tablished in the case of Genet, the agent sent
to this country by French revolutionists would
require the Government to put peremptOry
stop to the prosecution by fully accredited dfplo-
matte agents of a belligerent nation of efforts
to aid their cause in the United States through
public demonstrations.
THE ENJOYS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
1t is evident that the delegates made strong
impression the officials with whom they came
in contact yesterday. and it is said that it was
only the plain demands of neutrality, as laid
down in Secretary Hays response to the Boer
representations, that prevented the return of an
answer much more satisfactory to them The
delegates were disappointed at the response
made by Secretary Hay indicating that UP to
the last moment they had cherished a hope that
the United States Government would intervene
Now, however, that the answer is returned it Is
expected that the delegates Will go at once
about the second branch of their business ana
begin series of mass meetings and public dem
onStratiOns III the principal cities of the United
States, with a view to affecting public senti-
ment and perhaps indirectly influencing the
terms of the peace which will conclude the pres
ent war. 1t is believed that the Beers are ready
the last extremity to sacrifice everything for
which they have heretofore contended; to admit
the Outlanders TO equal privileges with native
Beers in the Transyaal and the Free State: to
abandon the much talked of dynamite monop-
oily. and in fact, TO make any concession if the
victorious British VIII allow them independence
and they hope that the American people will
bring such moral pressure to bear England
that this object be attained.
Meanwhile, Il is the opinion in official circles
here that the prompt action of the State De-
partment in dismissing the Boer application for
Intervention has indirectly gone far toward
bringing about a speedy termination of the
delegates here will communicate the unfavora BILE
reception OF their appeal TO Pretoria. In fact it
is intmated that the British censors would not
stop any such message from passing over the
cables to Lourenco Marques. whence it might
easily be forwarded to Pretoria.
HISTORY CLUB VISITS ROGUES' GALLERY
Tho City History Club held meeting last night