Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-26
NITER6 AMERICA
Boer ENJOYS Issue Address on Eve
of Their Return.
DISCUSS CAUSE OF The WAR
Satisfied the Burghers Have Sym
pathy Of American People.
WILL NEVER BE CONQUERED

NEW YORK, June 26.-The Boer ENJOYS
who have been in this country for the past
two months today issued an address to the
people of the United States. After ex-
pressing regret at their inability to accept
many of the invitations extended to them
they expressed their thanks to the Amer
can public for 1.-The deep sympathy they
have shown for the cause of the two strug-
Cling republics"
Continuing the address says:
I'VE now feel convinced that the boastful
allegation of the colonial secretary and
other British statesmen that the citizens of
this great country sympathized with the
British empire in Its attempt to crush the
liberty and independence of our two small
states, is absolutely devoid of truth"
The address then goes at great length into
the history Of the relations between Great
Britain and the Beers, which It characterizes
as ''One Of violated faith and broken pledges
cloaked under the display of magnanimous
and irreproachable principles"
The Discovery of Gold.
Coming down to the discovery of gold in
"All the forces Of land greed and gold
hunger. stimulated by the desire to avenge
what is known the battle of Majuba
HILL were let loose"
Then follows history Of the political
agitation which eliminated in the Jameson
raid.
Mr.. Chamberlain, Sir Alfred Miner and
Mr.. Cecil Rhodes" continues the address,
ARE the terrible, diabolical trinity which
had brooded over and shaped the destiny of
South Africa during the calamitous period.
These gentlemen combined forces SO as to
achieve by subtlety and craft and misrepre-
sensations what DIR. Jameson and the raid
ers failed to obtain by open violence
Address 6a.1o hot 1;etr
control the press of South Africa and that
the editors of these subsidized journals
We're appointed special correspondents of
the principal London dailies The broad
vival of the suZerainty claim in 1897 his
public utterances, Sir Alfred Miners
speeches and infiammatory dispatches and
the efforts Of the South African League
under the presidency Of Cecil Rhodes were
all directed toward the ultimate destruc-
ton of the two Dutch republics.
The address then takes up the various
internal questions which contributed to-
ward the outbreak of war and discusses
them in great detail. making wholesale
denials of the English representation.
Boer Attempt to Avert War.
The address declares that at the Bloem-
fontoin conference both President Steyn
and President Kruger endeavored to avert
the catastrophes by conceding even more
than the original demands on the franchise
question: but their efforts were fruitlesS.
Il is asserted that the war was forced upon
the Beers and the claim is advanced that
they took up arms only in self-defense.
The address contends that the policy of
Great Britain was designedly shaped
to compel the Beers to send on October 8
what is commonly known as their ulti-
matum to Great Britain.
Taking up the campaign to date the ad-
dress says:
1.-The Beers may be in the end defeated
by overwhelming numbers and may ulti-
mately be forced to surrender, owing to
difficulty of securing ammunition and pro-
visions, but the conduct Of the present
war, as we'll as the history of the past 100
years, justifies US in saying that they will
never be conquered
The address concludes by saying that the
ENJOYS do not ask the direct or forcble in
PREVENTION of the United States, but con-
tinuance of public sympathy and support.
The address is signed by Abraham Fischer,
c. H. Vessels and A. D. Wolmarans.