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A Big PRO-BOER MEETING
HELD IN FANEUIL HALL IN BOSTON
LAST NIGHT.

Former American Consul at Pretoria
Present-George Fred Williams the
Adopted To he Sent to Presidents Me-
Kinley and Kruger and Mr.. Chamber
lain.
Boston, Jan. 17.--Faneuil hall held a
large and demonsrative gathering to-
night upon the occasion Of the first of
an intended series Of mass meetings to
express sympathy with the Beers in
the gallant fight they are making
against England in the Transvaal. The
| speakers were selected from various
walks of life and their utterances were
cheered to the echo.
Hon George f. Hollis, former United
| States consul at Pretoria; Hon. George
| Fred Williams, Hon. p. j. Flattley, who
presided in the absence of Hon. A.. e.
| Pillsbury; Prof. C. Miller Reid of
Harvard university; Robert Sturn, a
and Mr.. Gulesian, a naturalized Arme-
| nian resident Of this city, completed the
| list of speakers. Letters were read
| from Senator George E. Hoar, ex-At-
torney General Pllsbury. DR.. Edwin
N Meade, Colonel Thomas w. Higgin-
son, Rabbi Fleischer, and Prof Francke
of Harvard assuring their entire SYM
pathy with the objections for which
the meeting was held. Resolutions en-
bqdying the sentiment of the meeting
were adopted and copies will be sent to
President Mckinley, President Kruger,
and Joseph Chamberlain, the English
colonial secretary
The chief speaker was George Fred
Williams. He said in part: This is
a pro-Boer meeting. 1t is not an anti
English meeting, I am glad. will not
hold foreign government responsible
until / find out whether or not they,
too, are misrepresented Possibly
something may be gained from the war
whatever its result. England may learn
a lesson which will be valuable to
everybody'siri coming centuries. Eng
land has Known that black men would
stand UP to be mown down. but Eng
land has not known and she is now
learning the terrible defense Of a white
race Of her own blood The Beers,
think must be like our old ancestors;
they love to fight when they are not
praying" In conclusion, Mr.. Williams
said: England seems to be the only
country that can pull down the Amer
ican flag, and I think England may
soon understand that the government
of the United States does not represent
the people Of thes United States"
Whereas, The brave struggle In !
which the people of the Transvaal and
Orange Freee State republics are now
engaged against the might Of Eng
land is, in all it's. essential bearings
similar to that waged against the same
power by the fathers of this republic
more than a century and a quarter ago,
and
Whereas, The United States, when
ever in it's history it has drawn the |
sword itself has always done so In sup |
port of popular government, while the |
sympathies Of it's citizens have gone |
out to all peoples struggling to be free;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, citizens of Bos-
ton, representing various nationalities,
and comprising men of all political par
ties assembled in Faneuil hall, where
this republic and American liberty
were cradled-mindful of the glorious
heritage bequeathed to us from Con-
cord, Lexington and Bunker Hill, ex-
tend our hearties sympathies to the
brave burghers of our sister republic
of the Transvaal and Orange Free
State in the gallant contest they are
making for the maintenance of their
freedom.
Resolved, That in the name Of liberty,
sacred always on the, soil of Massa-
we condemn and denounce
the action of England-the bully among
the nations-fresh from the interna-
tional peace conference at the Hague, in
attacking the sovereign
rights of a free people and attempting
to enslave them.
Resolved, That while we hope every
moral support possible will be afforded
~ the people of Free America to their
brethren of the South African republics
n their heroic struggle, we urge upon
President Mckinley and his cabinet the
necessity for the strctest construction
# the neutrality laws against England,
10 that the power Of the American re-
,ublic may not even by silence, which
nay be misrepresented or misunder-
tood, be thrown into the scale against
he people of our sister republics of
south Africa.
Resolved, That as American citizens
We protest against the seizure in the
most arrogant manner of American
L. J;ol.
N our government to secure prompt
nd ample reparation for such high
landed action.
Resolved, That copies of these resolu-
ions be forwarded to President McKin-
ay and his cabinet, President Kruger
f the Transvaal, DR.. Leyds, the Trans c
all representative In Europe President 9
teyn of the Orange Free State and Jo- {
eph Chamberlain, the British colonial a
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