The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12
THE CAPITAL OF TRANSVAAL LOCATED
IN RAILWAY CAR.
KRUGER TALKS OF THE FUTURE
The President Interviewed In His
Travelling Executive Omce-He says
the War IL Not Over-6uerriIla War
fare to be Inaugurated- British Pris-
oners In Pens-Au Artillery Removed
from Pretoria by Beers The National
Funds Secreted.

NolAuoI- June >. > q m--1ne cxeCu-
tive officers OF the T~ransvaal govern
ment are now in railway al which
is shunted on a switch at Machadorp
station. President Kruger caused the
interior OF the coach to be reconstruct
ed sometime g with a view to con-
.tingencies that have now arrived. A
correspondent OF the Daily Express.
who went from Lourenzo Marques 10
See President Kruger was received yes
terday. The president sat smoking a
long pipe. He looked worried, but his
bearing was quiet and determined. He
did not make the least objection TO be-
ing interviewed.
Yes said President Kruger. 1t is
quite true that the British have occu-
pied Pretoria. This, however, does not
end the war. The burghers are fully
determined Il fight to the last. TheH
will never surrender so long as so
armed men remain in the country. I
Free State"
The correspondent suggested that
the war was over. inasmuch as the
capital had been taken.
1.-The capital exclaimed President
Kruger, with energy. What Is a cap
ital? 1t does not consist of any par
ticular collection of bricks and mortar.
The capital of the republic, the sea
of government, is here in this car.
There is no magic about any special
site. Our country is invaded. it is
true, blu it is not conquered. The gov
eminent is still effective"
Referring to the ason why he left
Pretoria, Mr.. Kruger said:
Il was not foolish enough to be
taken prisoner. I provided this means
Of locomotion precisely for the same
a our burghers supply them
selves with horses when they take the
field. 1t is necessary that I should be
able to move quickly rom place to
place. That is all. By and by the car
will talk me back to Pretoria. For the
present it enables me to keep away
from Pretoria, where I could be of no
service and where Icould only play
into he hands of h enemy.
They say, Mr.. Kruger" remarked
the correspondent, that you have
brought with you gold to the value of
1000, 900 POUNDS.
TT is not true" replied the Presi-
dent. Whatever monetary
/ may have with me are simply those
which We require for state purposes.
~ luS SdlHc llHle L DIN not SDlUS 10
tell o where our treasure is. Let
Lord Roberts find it if he can"
They also say in England, Mr.. Kru-
ger, that you contemplate taking ref
uge in a Dutch man-of-war at Lo-
reno Marques"
That again is a lie," retorted the
president with vehemenec. Il know of
no Dutch war vessel. I am not con-
templating taking refuge anywhere. I
shall NOT 1aava nv s0r1nfr TNHara
will be no need for me to do anything
of the kind.
State Secretary Reitz remarked:
You may depend Upon it that the war
is not yet over. Guerrilla warfare will
continue over an enormous area We
intend to fight to the bitter end and
shall probably retire upon Lydden-
burg where We can hold out for many
months"
Yes" observed Mr.. Kruger, sit is
only now that the real struggle has
begun. / fear that there will still b.
much bloodshed, but the fault is that
of the British government"
BRITISH PRISONERS IN PENS.
Nine hundred British prisoners ar
rived Tuesday from Waterfall at No
itgedacst. They are penned in a
barbed wire enclosure of four acres on
the open veldt.
According 10 d UlSpdUcH ITOIn LO-
reno Marques, dated yesterday, Lord
Roberts is reported to have inter-
copied two trains full leaving the vi
cinity of Pretoria
Mrs. Kruger is still occupying the
presidency. A number of engines and
cars have been secured. The British
under Major de LiSle captured a ma
chine gun and caused the Beers heavy
loss, our casualties being slight. Boer
officials removed 300,0 900 pounds in gold
from the national bank June 4th but
did not touch the cash holding of the
other banks.
Some of the Beers are surrendering
voluntarily and the towns people of
Pretoria are described as showing o n
siderable enthuiasm over the British
arrival.
Mr.. Provost Battery in a dispatch to
the Morning Post from Pretoria dated
June 5th says: The Beers pledged
themelves to twenty British officers
not to take the British prisoners
away if these Officers would control
them and prevent an outbreak. New
~ertheless, they began their removal.
After 900 had been taken, British
shells struck a train that was loading
and the Beers desisted and retired.
The British officers at Daspoort re-
fused to leave their quarters and made
the Boer commandant a prisoner, re-
leasing him at midnight on condition
that he would cancel the order for the