The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-13
BOTHA DEFIANT.
BOer General Declares the
Transvaal Government
Is Still Doing Business in the
Regular Way.
WENT FOR AID
Vice President SchaIkburger
Was Duly Sworn In.
It Has Been Firmly Decided to
Continue the Struggle.

New York, Dec. ia Journal and
Advertiser dispatch from Amsterdam
says:
The following proclamation by Gen.
Luis Botha has been received:
Whereas, I have been informed that
the enemy circulates all sorts of wrong
and lying reports among the burghers
about the government and myself, oul
offices and officials are charged to COM
nunicate the following information to
the general public: The executive coun-
ell after consulting the state president
of the Orange Free State has decided,
in the interests of our cause to give
leave of absence to our state president,
with orders to go Immediately to Eu-
rope in order to assist our deputation
there in the work they have before them.
Vice President Schalkburger has been
sworn in according to law and is now
acting as state president. He is now
assisted by the state secretary, two
members Of the executive council, Lucas
Meyer and myself and other officials;
in short, our government exists in the
same way as before and is now in my
neighborhood and in direct cOmmunica-
ton with me.
Let the blood of our brave dead al
ways be a strong voice inducing every
burgher to fight for real liberty. We
have nothing left to lose, but everything
to win. The government is most firmly
decided to continue the struggle. am
convinced the burgherS will applaud
this decision and act accordingly until
the end.
'Burghers are warned against the fine
words used by the enemy to deceive
them and to make them put down their
arms because, according to the procla.-
nation Of Roberts, they will all be trans
ported to St Helena, or Ceylon, as prls-
oners of war. Our cause, however pre-
carious, is not hopeless if every burgher
only does his duty The Lord is sure to
give a blessed end in His own time and
in His own way
GERMAN FRIENDS ACT
Berlin, Dec. 13.-As a result of a mass
meeting at Hamburg the friends of the
Beers at that place have sent the inn
perial chancellor. Count Won BuelOw,
strongly worded disavowal of the Ger
man governments Transvaal policy.
DE WET THE FOX"
New York, Dec. ia dispatch to the
Tribune from London says;
DeWet, 1.-The fox is still afield and
running to cover at Reddersburg, with
his puT suers close behind. General De
Wet instead of following the direct road
from Rockville to Wepener, where he
would have been headed off by the col
uTnn sent to intercept him, has circled
Ca1edon river ahead Of them, regained
the Smithfield road and doubled back
upon his first track. 1t has been a won
derful fox hunt. and has not yet ended.
hnOX'S troopers nave not lOSt S1SnL OF
the brush during the long circuit and
are riding hard. The persistence with
which the British flying columns hang
upon DeWet's flank and keep up a rum
ming fight is better proof of ultimate
success than the assumption of sangu-
inc experts that the wary guerilla will
be entraped at Reddersburg by the col
unn waiting for him. DeWet has the
advantage of knowing every foot of the
country, but there will be limits to his
powers of endurance if Knox's troopers
as is generally believed in military cir
cleS here are well supplied with relays
of horses and can keep up the chase.
Several petty affairs are reported brief
ly by Kitchener but it is clear that he
attaches supreme Importance to the cap
ture of DeWet and Steyn as the first
real stroke of his campaign. Military
men here are commenting upon the fact
that Gen French, the best cavalryman
on the British side, is not employed
against DeWet, but the probable ex-
PLANTATION is that his rank excludes him
from commanding small flying col
unn. French was last reported at Jo-
-hannesburg, but has not been mention
ed in the dispatches from the front for
several weeks
Sir Robert Reed, who made the most
dismal speech ever heard in parliament
a year ago, when the cup of British hui
initiation was trimming over was the
chief crOaker at yesterdays debate, and
he startled the Liberals by advocating
negotiations for amnesty and business
s1ilstASsHtentS Aof feSlocAlnS BOef FARMS
and rebuilding houses. Mr. Broderich
who had recovered from the previous
days nervousness, made a spirited re-
ply, charging him with aiding and abet-
ting the enemy.
MINER MADE ADMINISTRATOR
Cape Town, Dec. 13.-Sir Alfred Miner
has been gazetted administrator for the
Orange river colony and the Transvaal
Gen Kitchener has cabled to the auth
critics of South Australia asking thar
the wounded imperial bushmen who are
Africa
Another contingent of Canadian troops
started on their way home today on
board the Roslyn Castle. They received
an enthusiastic send off.
Monument to Jennie Wade.