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publish extracts from femafkabif
document from the ofice ~ the secre.
tary of State ~ Pretoria. dated De
cember i6th. Tho document com
prlscs 10000 words and Is counter
signed by Secretary of State Rel,z u
seems specially written for the Amerl-
can public II says:
I'VE TO great extent depend on
America and Europe for our food
stuifs. II will be criminal on the part
OF the great powers to suffer this little
nation TO perish by famine, since the
sword has failed. Since 1870. when
the President OF the United States ac-
knowledged our republic as sovereign
state, Americans have nocked here in
numbers. In every instance the hand
OF fellowship has been extended to
them Not a single case OF disagree
ment Is on record, but with the first
war note Of the oppressor we are in
formed that America Is acting In
eague with the enemy.
"1f our sister republic has no sympa-
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sion of the British is to be preferred TO
sincerity and truth, we will no longer
believe in the juetice and integrity OF
the American notion, and her profess
sion of Chrissianity we will consider
empty sound"
Secretary Retz further says the
Beers have never abused the white flag,
and that the British murdered women,
children and American citizens at Der
depoert.
Chamberlain's Defence.
LONDON Feb Sin the House of
Commons today, replying to question,
the Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Joseph Chamberlain, admitted that a
critical stage of the war had been
reached and that the situation was un-
doubtedly serious, though, he added, he
did not believe the country was In dan
ger. If the preparation for war had
been insufficient, he said, II was Who'll
ly due to the fact that the Govern
ment was determined to do everything
to secure peace and 10 do nothing to
endanger 1t. Chamberlain further de-
clared the war was just, necessary and
righteous. He regretted the proposed
amendment to the address because, he
said, 1t would throw doubt upon the
unitedness of the kingdom.
I'VE have suffered checks said
Chamberlain, "and have made mis-
takes. am not anxious to dispute as
to the blame. Let the Government
bear the brunt until the time comes
when, under happier auspices, we can
see how far the blame Is to be appor-
toned between this system and those
administering 1t. In the meantime
blame us. What Is now urgent is to
redress those checks and to repair mis-
takes. You say we have sent too few
troops. but we are pouring them into
South Africa. In few weeks we will
have 100000 men there. We will have
as many mounted men as there are
mounted Beers.
Is unbroken. There is no sacrifice
which We are unwilling to make. There
is no sacrifice We are unwilling TO ask
of the colonies If we think it neces-
sary to success. must go further
than this and admit that this war. un-
der new conditions, in a new country,
with new arms, against n people whose
tenacity and courage are admirable as
the courage and tenaclty of our own
soldiers has required a larger scheme
than any the Government has yet been
called upon to meet.
1T would be premature" contin-
ued the Colonial Secretary, "to talk
of terms of settlement Speaking for
the Government, there will be no sec
ond Majuba Hill. Never again shall
the Beers erect in the heart of South
Africa a citadel from whence to pro-
ceed to disaffection and race animosity.
Never again shall they be able to en-
danger the paramountcy OF Great
Britain. Never again shall they be
able to treat an Englishman as though
he belonged to an inferior race"
The Ministry Sustained.
LONDON, Feb. 6.-The House OF
Commons tonight, by the decisive vote