Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-23

thereupon explained the SITUATION 10
DR.. Van Hammel, and urged him to
persuade Mr.. Kruger
To Land without Delay,
as, otherwise, he feared that the Mar
seiEeS people, who had already exper-
fenced disappointment yesterday,
would become disguised and the dem
onstration would collapse, DR.. Van
Hammel left with this message and
there was great relief when reply was
soon received to the effect that Mr..
Kruger would land in twenty minutes.
The Gelderland was decorated with
flags in rainbow fashion. An outburst
OF cheering from on board the vessels
in the barber announced to those
awaiting to receive him that Mr.. kru-
ger had left the Gelderland and few
minutes later the barge of the Colder
land, with the Dutch flag flying at her
stern, a gold-laced officer standing at
the tiller and a group of civilians sit
ting in her stern, IN the centre of which
was the unmistakable figure OF the for
mer Boer president seen approaching
the landing stage.
His companions, Messrs. Fischer,
Vessels and others, were bareheaded.
Mr.. Kruger was wearing tall hat,
bound Win deep Grape and much the
worse for wear, thick, dark OVercoat
and muller and steel-rimmed specta-
cles AS he approached the shore, he
raised his hat and acknowledged the
cheering. He seemed strong and had
no need of helping arm from the
barge to the shore.
extremely well. Many of his friends
say he looks in better health than be-
fore he LEI, Pretoria. The heavy gale
and rough cross seas which the Colder
land encountered in the Mediterranean,
proved too much for the distinguished
traveller yesterday and for the first time
since he started for Europe he was sea
sick. But Mr. Kruger showed little
effects of his seasickneslS to-day and ate
a hearty luncheon. He afterwards re-
ceiyed delegations from various munic-
qualities and societies in the hall of the
hotel. This proved to be severe trial
as Mr. Kruger had to listen to couple
of hours eloquent but to him unintelli-
gible addresses in French and he left
the hall visibly fatigued. He retired
to his apartments for an hours rest
and MIR. Michael Davitt delivered a
short address in behalf of the Irish
people which evoked most enthusiastic
applause from those present during
which cries OF "Vive / ireland" re-
sounded. The gist of Mr.. Davitt's ad-
dress was interpreted to Mr.. Kruger,
VINO is pleased with his reception. Mr..
Kruger only replied in the hall of the
hotel to the first address, delivered by
NJ. Thorurele, president of the Mar
settles committee who presented the
traveller with symbolical bronze group
entitled "The Defense of Home" Mr..
Kruger's reply breathed the same de-
termination to resist to the end as ex-
pressed in his speech at the landing
stage. He said the situation was ter
rible for the Beers, but it was nowise
ineXtricable or definitive. They now
appeared to be crushed by numbers, but
he was still firm in the hope that the
reign of the sword would ere long be
overthrown by that of justice"
Mr.. Kruger received a great ovation
from his hearers.
The following is the text of
Mr.. kruger's Speech:
Thank the president of the Marseilles
committee and the president of the CEN
trail committee of the independence of the
Beers for their welcome. 1 thank all this
population assembled in great concourse
to greet me. for although l wear mourn
ing for the misfortunes of my country,
and although I have not come to seek
festivities, still. 1, nevertheless, accept
with all my heart these acclamations,
for l know they are dictated to you by
the emotions which are inspired in you
by our trials and by your sympathy for
our cause, which is that of liberty. which
awakened you. 1 am truly proud and
happy at having chosen as my point of
landing, port of France, to set foot on
free soil and to be received by you as a
free man. But my first duty is to thank
your government for all tokens of inter-
est that again only recently it was pleas
ed to give me. / believe England. had she
been better informed, would never have
consented to this war, and since the ex-
petition of Jameson. who wished to seize
the two republics without the necessity
of firing rife shot, 1 have never ceased
TO demand a tribunal of arbitration, which
~E - AZ" AAesS betU refused.
The war waged on us in the two re-
publics reached the last limits of barbar-
ism. During my life 1 have had 10 tight
many times the savages Of the tribes of
Africa, but the barbarians we have to
fight now are worse than the Others. They
even urge the kaffirs against us. They
burn che farms we worked so hard TO con-
struet and they drive out our women and
children whose husbands and brothers
they have killed or taken prisoners. ieay-
ing them unprotected and roofess and
often without bread 10 eat But whatever
they may do, we will never surrender.
We will fight to the end. Our great inn
perishable confidence reposes in the Eter-
nal, in our God. We know our cause is
just and If the justice of men is wanting
to US, He. the Eternal. who is Master of
all peoples, and 10 whom belongs the fu-
ture. VIII never abandon u.s.
Il assure you that If the Transvaai and
the Orange Free State must lose their In
dependence. 1t will be because all the Boer
people have been destroyed with their
women and children