Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-30
KRUGER MEETS PREMIER.
President Of T~ransvaal Received by
NJ. Waldeck-Rousseau and Given
a short Conference.

n Short Conference.
Paris. Nov. 2s.-Mr. Kruger began a
busy day Tuesday morning by making
an official call. Before nine o'clock he
departed from the Hotel Scribe, driving
in a landau surrounded by republican
guards and bicycle policemen, to visit
the premier, NJ. Waldeck-Rousseau.
He was accompanied by DIR. Leyds,
DR.. Van Hammel and Delegate Fischer.
The party was met at the entrance to
the premier's saloon by NJ. Ulrich, di-
rector of the cabinet, who introduced
the visitors to the prime minister. The
interview took place in NJ. Waldeck-
Rousseau's private study and lasted
ten minutes. At half-past nine O'Clock
the premier, accompanied by NJ. Ulrich,
returned the call.
The officials of the municipal coun-
Gil of Paris and of the general
council of the Seine were received at
ten a. m. by Mr.. Kruger, in the Ho-
tel Scribe. The interview was pri-
vate and brief. Immediately after
the visitors had departed Mr.. Kruger
drove to the Hotel de Vile. He re-
ceived an ovation from a large crowd
massed in the square in front of the
ediice. Mr.. Kruger was conducted to
the debating hall, where he, was
given the armchair reserved for rep
resentatives of governments. The
municipal councillors and the people
in the public galleries loudly cheered
the distinguished visitor. Vice Presi-
dent Escudier delivered an eloquent
address. saying Paris had given Mr..
Kruger a welcome worthy of his
noble character and the grandeur of
his cause. He also said:
| "You have heard the heart of Paris beat.
: 1t is the heart of France. Let the peoples
, speak and speak loudly, and arbitration
will impose itself. as necessary satisfaction
to justice and civilization"
Mr.. Kruger replied in energetic
Zones, thanking the speaker for the
sentiments expressed. He said he was
deeply grateful for the welcome,
y which was a continuation of and a
GROWING of that France had already
= given him. Since he landed, the for
! mer president added, he had been on
> a rising wave of reclamation, he was
very thankful for what had been done
- and for what they wished to do for
him and his people, who were still
struggling and were not yet defeated.
Their resistance continues and will
:. still continue. They will ever struggle
y for independence, liberty and justice.
Continuing. Mr.. Kruger said:
"Ah! why cannot they hear your &C
CARNATIONS? 1t would redouble their cour-
age"
= Mr.. Kruger also said he hoped they
n would yet know them, one day in the
n future, when they had recovered thei1
= Independence. He regretted arbitra.
g ton had been refused. and he would
j never cease to demand it.
IS The Boer leader was then shown
through the superbly decorated halls
v of the Hotel de Vile. Once he ap
Enthusiastically cheered. AS he drove
r, back to his hotel he was accorded
f. warn greeting on the road.
lie Henri Rochefort. accompanied by
70 :. deputation including Deputies Mile
lie voye and Paulin Merry, Senator Pro
IN vost Delaunay and MN. Coppee an,
Lemaitre, Tuesday presented Mr.. Kru
~ ger with a sword of honor desvlned TO
lip Gen. Cronje, now a prisoner on tn
n, island of St. Helena.
, 70 When the attention of DR.. Leyd
ID was called to the statement, attrih
rs uted to Mr.. Samuel Pearson, forme
commissary general of the Transvaa
- army, and eabled from New Yorl
or that Mr.. Kruger would probably 500
he proceed to the United States, he re
h. piled: "The rumor is without founda
% 81 ton. Nothing has yet been decide
n regarding such a move"
a London Nov. 2s.-The Vienna col
respondent of the Daily Chronicl
iv i, says he hears that President Kruge
at has petitioned the powers for arbitra
St ton, under The Hague convention
h es that two powers acceded to his re
ed quest, but that all the others r%eiecte
of the petition.