The Portland daily press., 1900-11-23
KRUGER DEFIANT.
Tells French Beers viii
Fight 1t Cut.
War Will End When
No Beers Are Left.
His Reception at Marseilles a Tre-
mendOus One.
City Frantic With En-
thusiasm.
Boer President Goes to Paris
Today.
City Frantic With En-
thusiasm.
Boer President Goes to Paris
Today.

MacseilIes, November 22.-Mr. Paul
Kruger, former president of the South
African republic, landed here at 10 10 a.
m. He appeared to bs In good health and
repeatedly took of his silk hat in &C
knowIedgment to the acoiamations OF the
| people.
/ Replying to the addresses OF welcome
| of the presidents OF the Paris and Mar
seiIie committees, Mr.. Kruger spoke in
| Dutch and in q low voice, but accom-
panied his words with energetic move
nients OF his hat which he held In his
right hand. he said:
"I thank the President OF the Marseilles
committee and the President OF the CEN
traI committe OF the Independence OF the
Beers for their welcome l thank u
this population assahbied In great con-
course to greet me. for although l wear
mourning for the misfort1nes Of my
country. and although have not come
to seek festivities, still l, nevertheless,
accept with all my heart these acolama-
tions, for I know they are dictated by
the emotions which are inspired in you
by our trials md by your sympathy for
our cause, which is that OF liberty, whicn
awakened you. 1 am truly proud and
happy at having chosen as my point OF
4 landing port In France, to set feet on
free soil and be received by you as free
man.
/ my first duty ia to thank your govern
ment for all the tokens of interest TINT
again only recently 1t was pleased to give
me. believe England, had she been bet
ter Informed, would never have con-
sented to this war, and since the expsdi-
tioa Of Jameson, who wished to seize the
two re publics without the necessity OF
firing a rifle shot, have never ceased 10
demand a tribunal OF arbitration which,
up to now, has always been refused.
/ 1.-The war waged on us In the two re-
puplics reaches the last limits OF bar
bartsm. During my life 1 have had to
4 light many times the savages OF the tribes
of Africa. But, the barbarians we have
/ to fight now are worse than the others.
| They even urge the Kafiirs against us
They burn the farms we worked so hard
| to construct, and they drive out our
/ and brothers they have killed or taken
prisoners, leaving them unprotected and
| roofIess and often without bread TO eat.
But whatever they may do, we Will never
surrender. We will fight to the end. Our
great, imperishable confidence reposes In
the eternal, In our God. We know our
cause is just ana If the justice Of man In
wanting to us, He, the Eternal, who ii
Master of all peoples, and TO whom be-
longs the future, will never abandon us.
"I assure you that II the Transvaal,
ami the Orangel Free Stats must lose
their Independence, 1t will be because all
the Boer people have been destroyed with
their women and children"
The Gelderland was sighted several
miles out at seven O'Clock In the morning
and DIR. Leyds and Messrs. Fischer and
Vessels Immediately proceeded to the
Dutch warship in steam launch and
soon afterwards boarded her. A confer
ence between the Boer leaders ensued. In
the meanwhile the Gelderland was slowed
down, entersd the outer harbor at ten
O'Clock and fired salute of twenty one
guns, to which a shore battery replied.
MIR. Kruger cannot but be elated at the
warmth OF his reception by the people oi
Marseiiles today. He may be said to
have been borne on an irresistible wave
OF enthusiasm from the landing stage to
his hotel. The broad streets and bouie'
wards through which the routs lay pre-
sented perfect sea Of human beings, ali
gathered there prompted by the one de-
sire to welcome the aged Boer statesman,
From the moment the white twelve
oare1 barge left the side OF the Gelder.
lanG, with President Kruger sitting In
her stern, surrounded by the Boer repre-,
ssntatiyes, storm OF cheering broke oui
and never ceased until Mr. Kruger hal