The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-02
Little French Towns Try to Rival
Paris I'm Their Demonstrations
I'm Honor OF the Bocr.
BELGIANs ALSO EXCITE
SO DEMONsTRATIvE THE GEN.
DARMEs USED THEIR BAYONETs.
"DOwn with the English!" "Down
with Chamberlain They Cried
Speech by Kruger at Jeumont.

PARIS, Dec Former President Kru-
ger, of the Transvaal left Paris for CO.
logne this afternoon. Mr.. Kruger spent
the morning in conferences with members
of his party. only receiving three or four
persons outside his followers. Just before
leaving his apartments, at the Hotel
Scribe he walked out upon the balcony.
His appearance was the signal for warm
cheering. and the repetition of the cries
which have greeted him wherever he has
gone this week. In the courtyard of the
hotel were two covered landaus. There
Mr.. Kruger entered the carriage which
took him to the railway station. The
crowd outside had hoped to secure final
view of Mr.. Kruger, but they were disap-
pointed The first intimation that he was
about to leave was the sight of the car
riage driving out of the hotel at a quick
trot. The landau was driven into an
open parallelogram of mounted guards.
When the carriages conveying Mr.. Kru-
gers suite appeared a troop of mounted
guards wheeled into the open side, and.
at a quick pace. Mr.. Kruger and his ac-
companying friends, who occupied several
carriages, surrounded by guards, started
for the Northern Railroad station, the
same station where Mr.. Kruger arrived a
week ago, at almost the same hour. The
crowds along the streets, and the people
who filed the windows. cheered warmly as
the cortege passed, many ladies throwing
flowers toward Mr.. Kruger's carriage
while the men cheered and waved their
hats. At the railroad station there were
a few hurried fareweils. and at 1:4O p. m.
Mr.. Kruger left for Cologne.
Mr.. Krugers journey this afternoon
through northern France was attended by
scenes similar to those witnessed at Mar
seilles and Paris. AT nearly every station
passed crowds had gathered. which waved
hats and handkerchiefs and cheered the
train as 1t whirled along. The first stop
was at St Quentin. at $40 p. m. The
municipal authorities. many senators and
members of the Chamber of Deputies and
various delegations awaited the arrival OF
the train. which was greeted with cries
for Mr.. Kruger and the Beers. Mr.. Kruger
and DR.. Leyds appeared at the door Of
the carriage and saluted and received the
authorities.
At Jeumont the Paris Boer committee
bade farewell TO Mr.. Kruger, who replied
at some length. referring to the warmth
of the welcome he had received and the
strength of feeling exhibited In favor Of
the cause he was urging. He said ne
hoped the new cry which he heard as he
was departing from Paris, that of ''Vive
Arbitration. would become the cry of
Europe. He declared he would not stop
his work until the South African republics
had regained their independence. 1t was
a cruel war, which, In the interests of hu-
manity. should be ended. The hearty cheer
of Frence's greeting, Mr.. Kruger SAID.
was forever engraved upon his heart, and
he thanked Paris and France for the man.
ner in which they had received him.
When he landed in France. he said, he
spoke OF the barbarity with which the
war had been conducted. adding that be-
fore he left France he wished to say that
he had made Lord Roberts acquainted with
these wrongs and that the British COM
mander had promised that the cruelties
should cease. but. whether he had not been
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