New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-15

from my Government or a personal letter. The
mail FOR the TransvaaI had been all stopped at
Cape Town by order of the High Commissioner.
When the mail was finally forwarded TO me
after Colonel stowe the COnsul-General at Cape
Town, had secured its release had the huniH-
alton, as the representative OF the american ~
Government, Of sitting in my office IN Pretoria
and looking upon envelopes bearing the ohclal
seal or tne American Government opeheu anu
officially sealed with sticker, notifying me that
the contents had been read by the censor at
Durham l looked up International law. out
failed to find anywhere that one military Power
can use its own discretion as 70 forwarding the
official dispatches of a neutral Government to
its representative iE a besieged country
CABLE DISPATCHES SUPPRESSED
The mail service from Delagoa Bay 10 Europe
continually interrupted by the action OF
British men-of-war al that port. The service
was over TWO weeks longer than by the West
Coast. and there were continual Tumors that that
port would be closed and communication with
the outside word entirely cut on me caDle
service for the TTansvaal was absolutely cut off
/ privately informed by the Belgian and
German Consdls at Pretoria that their oTnclal
&c bles in code 10 their Governments had been
refused by the censor. I filed one cable in the
interest Of American In Pretoria, which
This cable I sent to the fancte Of a Mr.. Nelson,
an American business man in Pretoria She
was on her way to South Africa from Buffalo.
\. Y when the war broke out According 10
letter which Mr Nelson received just before the
I'm Europe. The cable requested her TO come by
the East Coast When I informed Mr.. Nelson
brother
took the oath Of allegiance TO the republic and
went to the front
STILL GREATER TROUBLES.
But these are simply minor details. The mis-
representations which had been going before
the war and after il opened were Of such a serf-
GUS nature and would require such detailed
PLANTATION that November / filed a cable
10 the Department in code, stating that I wished
leave OF absence in order 10 visit the States. l
set forth in this cable that my Vice-Consul had
enlisted in the Boer army; that Mr., After
bury an American, whom 1 had known very
favora bly, for more than a year could take
charge OF the Office until my return. In reply
to this dispatch, which forwarded without
any delay, l received from the Department a
reply advising me that my presence at Pretoria
was important 10 public interests. On the 9Th
! teIegraphed again acknowledging the receipt
of the cable and advising the Department that
the situation not critical. that Mr. After
bury was competent; that my presence in Amer
lea was important. No reply was received and
I wired again the llth, stating that no reDlv
had been received, and again urged a favorable
reply No reply was received to this
ON November II ! again wired the Department
stating that / could not leave without peruis-
sion that l would forfeit my post II the reasons
which I would make TO the Department did not
prove satisfactory This cable was delayed bv
the censor until December 2, when had advices
that II had Just been forwarded On November
IS again filed cable. stating that three OF nv
cables had been unanswered. and stating that a
substitute would answer as Consul during nv
absence and requested a reply. To this l re-
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