The sun., 1900-12-22
NEW BOER ENVOY HERE
WIN som WOSDEEJtI Nrus rROW
fUg pRONT ~ sOt IN AtRft
Gen. Ian HAMILTON ssp,sved h, ne Wet and
sent Homo Ia England Halter went Too,
because iio,hs Csush, Wim and Made Uim
eromise Ia Oet The Ros ~ Winning ont,

Gen samuel Pearson. Assistant Head
! Commissary -Genctnl ~ tho Tfarsvaal forces
| has hcen ot the Union square Hotel In this
city Tor tho last three weeks His object In
| coming hero he snys Ia 10 create public
| sentiment that will lead 10 representa- lions
10 tho r}gors reproserted at The Hague
peace conference urging that England he
requested to modify to figors imposed
upon the families Of tho Il, ct fighters who
are still In the field against the English forccs
Gen. Pearson IL nn Afrikander Of English
descent IIo Ia evidently more used 10
activity In the field than 10 his present work.
but he Is here under orders and his follow
burghers expect a good deal Of him because
OF his knowledge Of English and his success
as an executive head Of the Boer commissari7t
Until hc came here he had never been out OF
South Africa
Gen Pearson earnestly asserts that the
world Is misinformed regarding South ART
can Affairs. because the cables are in English
hands To Illustrate this he saws that
reliable correspondent has Informed him
that Con. Ian Hamilton. the English cavalry
leader. wns recently captured by tho Beers
and paroled and that was why he returned
10 England. The correspondent whose letter
Gen Pearson translated TO n Sun rep"rter
yesterday tells a similar story TO account
for. Gen. Buffers return. though regarding
the capture Of Gen Butler he IL not so posi-
tive as he Is In regard TO Gen Hamilton.
This is tho part Of the letter as Gen. Pearson
read 1t TO the reporter:
Il hope you arrived safely At New York
and can tell the American people about the
war I wired the other day to your wife at
Barberton. but have not received a reply.
As far as ! can gather the women at Barber
ton are all right. Recently they made
. procession through the streets on Dom
EoRsi.d E d. 'e HfieiwarG ep' lie * EN- English Women se
did the same. whereppon he Dutch women
the police had TO interfere.
r: S .s ss yss ssss M q az ss siss
bin home 70 England Otherwise he would
prisoner Of Louis Botha at Lydenber spitz-
kop. Botha sent him home 70 England
Butler had to n5omise to hIm neysr to shs
would have shot him on the spot. So Butler
The best Of al is; however, that the Eng.
s,.T &, s Tss BSsI.
SsSa. mi nasa, S..Idsf:; ron r. %ssasss s5s
ana on asc wo0dn bdss
Ing where the De Kaap River goes in the
Crocodile River. But this bridge also VIII
soon go TO bla2es
- De Vet Is SO damned smart that he
s drinking with the English and they. don't
know II when they learn afterward from
the natives that they had a drink with DeWet
there is always considerable excitement
The Beers have plenty Of food ammunition
and money. because the English bring plenty
into the country
The letter included items OF Information
regarding traffic manager" DcWets opera
tions In destroying the English lines Of rail-
way communication Gen Pearson seemed
hugely delighted with the conduct Of the
Boer women at Barberton The Beers had
gathered large quantities of supplies at
Rarberton, he said, and forcsceing the neces-
sity Of evacuation he distributed TO each
Boer family enough supplies TO. last until
February These women have Jared much
better than those In other parts of the country
To aid the less fortunate. he seeks the help
OF American women Ilc hopes thot they
will sgn an appeal TO tho signatory Powers
Of Tne Hague Conference. TO secure better
treatment OF Boer non-combatants Gen
Pearson exhibited copies OF the following
proclamation taken from the Johdnnesbur0
Gazette Of July 81 TO show just how severely
the Beers are being treated: