The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-29
NEWS FROM
THE War.
BOEkS MAKE THE BRITISH
ERS HUSTLE FOR THEIR
LIVES.
PRESIDENT KRUGER III EUROPE.

6en~r al Boshs Conpalled tns British |
Cavalry General French to hssreat In |
Disorder south Anartc&n ksbsliion |
Crushed. /
The South African war reports show |
considerable &C ivity on tue part OF the |
Beers. and \ gradual rehnquishing of
British auth.,rity in the Transvsal re-
public Early last week Lord Roberts |
was thrown from his horse ard receiv- |
ed severe injuries which may prevent
him from taking active command In
the field for some time
An outpost held by the British near
Baimoral WAS surprised BY the Beers,
and SIX British soldiers we're killed
Ave wounded, and one officer and thir-
sy men made prisoners.
A report from Massrn, Basutoland'
Nov %. states that President Steyn
and General DeWet with 1000 men ira
dria and attacked a British position,
subsequently retiring to the Orange
Free State
A London special, Nov, "a, says:
"The Star. commenting to-day on
the report that General Botha, with
his commando, Ia close to Dew etsdOrp,
regards the news a. most disquieting,
and says:
eve have heard many strange and
unverified stories, but one thing we
know, that French was pursued ali the
way from Midfleburg te StandertOn
and got through the terrible neck of
the mountains only by the skin Of his
5ee,h h F"
Proceeding. The Star euggests that
General BOtha pursued the Britt b,
marched south and joined hands with
General l'eWet, and that thus BIOem-
fontein is endangered and the Orange
Free State will have to be ~econquered
before the subduing Of the Transvasl
can be commenced"
An American who has Just returned
from the Transyaal, gives the following
interview:
II see that some Of the papers In the
United Statps are condemning Presi-
dent Kruger because he left. and are
declaring that he ran away and desert
ed his people," said = member of the
corps. "Let me say that know 4
| was only after President Steyn Of the
State Secretary Reitz kept at him for
several weeks that he finally consented
to leave He insisted upon going to
the fighting front and doing his share.
tie refused to believe he was too old
and uoable to Withstand the har dships
be left only because he was told by al
| the other leaders it was the best thing
he could do, and he did II then only
| under protest
"We were well usei by the Beers
rhey gave us good f0cd, the best they
had, offered to pay us wages, and wnen
We left paid our fares here and gave
each man few pounds for pocket mo-
ney.
! "Don't let them make you believe the
war is over, or that it will ever be over
until the flag of the I Iransyaal flies over
free country. The English never can
win The Beers can aud will keep up
the present system of warfare inded-
nitely.
"No more loyal and patriotic people
yer lived in history. and they regard
n sacrifice too great ii for the welfare
uf their iItt g republic
"rhe English are gett nR desperate
and are resortinK to the dunn dun hu =
let's See here, picked these up on
the veldt q ter a skirmish with regular
British troops" and the trooper took
from his pockets several cartridges Of
tue "dum dunn" pattern
President Paul Kruger, of the Trans
vaal Republic. arrived at Marseilles,
France, last Thursday. His arrival
was greeted with great enthusiasm and
rejoicing by the French people. In his
reply to the address of welcome of the
Presidents of the Paris and MarseIlles
committees, President Kruger said:
| ~ believe England, had she b zen bet
ter informed. would never have cOnsen-
ted to this war and since the expedi-
, tion of Jameson, who wished to seize
the two republics, without the necessi-
ty of firing q rife shot. { have never
cea to demand tribunal nf arbitra-
tion, which Up tn now has always beer
refused.
"The war waged on US in the two Re.
, publics has reached the last limits o.
barbarism. During my life have hat
. to fight many times the savages of tht
tribes Of Africa, but the b.rbarians ".
have to fight now are worse than The
3 others rhey even urge the Kaffir.
: aga nst US They burn the farms w
worked SO bard to construct and the,
drive out our women and children
] whose husbands and brothers they hav,
| killed or taken prisoners, teavin ng then
unprotected and roofless and Otter
without bread to eat. But wha. eve
they may do, We will never surrender
We will fight to the end Our great
imperishabie confidence reposes in tn
. Eternal, IN our God. We know ou
:. cause is just, aud If the justice of mel
ia wanting to US, He. the Eternal, VIII
8 is Master of all peoples, and to whom
q belongs the future, will never abandon
a u.s.
:. "I assure yon that II the Transvaa
i and the orange Free State must los
8 their independence it will be be"aus
u al, the Boer people have heen destroy
n ed with their women and children :"
The declaration that the Beers woul
not surrender dispelled At once an
impression that Mr.. Kruger intends
accept q compromise from the Britis
Government. His Announcement WI
,r greeted with roar Of cheers and erie
!. Of 'Vive KrugerI' "Vtve les Beers
"Vive Ia 1iberte!"
:. SOUTH AMERICAN REBELLION cRUsHE
1t
The rebel forces at Buenaventur
columbia, have been completely crasl
ed by the Colombian Governmel
:, troops, who cap, ured three cannon
and two generals General Alban, Il
I'd Governor of Panama, personally dire
"a ted the operations from on board Il
,at British q s'eamship Labcga, seized
. the Colombian authorities and saw
=. the situation there,