Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-05

and determination not to study he was eX-
PEELED from every school to which he was
sent In Rhenish Prussia. He managed, how
ever, to secure some sort of officers COM
mission in the German army, but for some
reason or other his career was cut short.
and he then arrived in South Africa to seek
his fortune Making his way to Zululand,
he created himself a sort of "Inkos." set
tied down. and married the daughter of a
German missionary. At the outbreak OF
the Zulu war. however, his goods were
stolen. his place looted and his homestead
burned. Thereupon he fought with the En-
glish in their punitive war of 1873.
Mystery seems to enshroud events about
this time for the colonel, in making his re-
cital, soon changed his tone as to the Brit
ish government No doubt this has some
thing to do with the $500 offered years ago.
, and never known yet to be withdrawn. Be
that as it may, Schiel in 1881 at once took
side with the Beers. His remark as to the
abrupt termination of the war after Majuba
throws another light altogether on the Boer
asseveration that they ought to be indie
pendent, and also on their denial that they
ever consented to be annexed. His words
were: You could have knocked me down
with feather when l heard that the war
was at an end. We simply couldn't believe
that Gladstone had given up the country to
u.s." If wrongly annexed, why were they
surprised? Asked as to whether he ever
regretted going to the Transvaal, he said:
Never! l have adopted the country, have
made my home there, and have now an
estate of some 10000 acres up in the Spelon-
ken. My time in Germany has been spent
partly III choosing fl,2o0 worth of farming
implements. l intend to have fine place
up there" In speaking of natives, Schiel
declared he would like to root out the
christian native. To have ever been
under the influence of missionary-that
was enough to make him increase the pun
ishment invariably. For theft, ten lasheS
tc a raw Katfir, but twenty-five lashes to a
Christian Kaffir. he said. with chuckle.
He explained fully, too the working of ar
automatic arrangement by which he pun
ished on the spot any native tampering with
his 1arder window. On hearing a noise
Shiel, by pulling string in his bed room,
let off a gun charged with salt-and the
natives bowling and yelling for mercy one
could hear a long way off.
During the whole voyage Schiel was al
ways, at some time of the day, in deep con-
clave with Elias Grober. one of the rising
Free Staters. who at that time was return
ing from representing the Free State at
the Chicago exhibition. A man of ability,
thei young Grobler has worked his way up
to the position of vice chairman of the raad
in Bloemfontein. Ii was quite evident that
a complete incubation of this useful Free
Slater was going on. and subsequent raad
debates now prove this The evening be-
fore landing the health Of the two republics
vas drunk in bumpers of champagne. In
der this genialiZing influence Schiel began
to boast that an unexpected honor was ac-
corded him in Germany, when at private
audience he received decoration from the
German emperor. In answer to the natural
For what Service?" he, stopping the flow
of information, then gave it: Because of
a German officer rising high in the ser
vice of the Transvaal." he supposed. When
walking about the Cape Town streets sol
diers We're met, Schiel said more than once
that ever since the Boer war of 1881 he al
ways felt he wanted to have pot at them
again. Whenever l see a redcoat l seem
to feel for my rifle" In private life Schiel
is a hail-fellow- we'll met, and is generally
Considered generous and kindly.
with a prisoner of war which it would not
be advisable to publish; but, on the other
hand, there are statements and remarks
which may be publicly repeated without
any injury of private feelings. Capt. Schiel.
who was wounded and taken prisoner at
Elandslaagte. and who was removed from
the seat of action to the MaritZburg jail,
has in every word confirmed the expressions
of opinion circulated as to the kindness
shown to the Boer prisoners. When he was
last seen he was very cheerful and able to
chatina pleasant strain without pain. Asked
as to how he appreciated his escape from
mortal wound, he said: 'Ah, well, the En-
gish seemed intent on killing me from the
first. On Saturday they tried to kill me
with bullets. but finding that course inef-
fective, they afterward adopted another
means, and by that, l mean to say, they
tried kindness" He is NEST pleased that
Majors Sampson and Karrie Davies sent
very frequently to inquire as to his condi-
ton and how he was progressing.