The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-08
KRUGER is
CORNERED
AT LAST.
The President of the Transvaal Re
public is Rounded Up by an
English Correspondent
why He LEFT The CAPITAL.
He Says That the Real Struggle has
Only Begun-Denies RumoFs
of Leaving the Country.

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LONDON, June s, a. m.-The execu-
tive offices of the Transvaal govern
ment are in railway car, which Is
shunted on a switch at Machadorp sta
tion. President Kruger caused the In
terror of the coach to be reconstructed
some time ago with a view to contin-
gencles that have now arrived. A cor
respondent of the Daily Express who
went from Lorenzo Marques to see
President Kruger, was received yester-
day. The president sat smoking long
nipe. He looked worried. but his bear
ing was quiet and determined. He did
not make the least objection to being
interviewed. The correspondent was
equipped for the interview by cables
from London.
Eyes" said President Kruger, lit is
quite true that the British have occu-
pied Pretoria. This, however, does not
end the war. The burghers are fully
determined to fight to the last. They
will never surrender as long as 500 arm
ed men remain in the country. l feel
deeply encouraged at the fine work
stoyn and Dewet are doing In the Free
State"
The correspondent suggested that the
war was over, inasmuch as the capital
had been taken.
"The capital" exclaimed Mr. Kruger
with enegy. What is capital? 1t
does not consist OF any particular col
lection of bricks and mortar. The capi-
tai of the republic, the seat of govern
ment, is here in this car. There is no
magic about any special site Our
country is invaded, 1t is true. but 1t Is
not conquered. The government is still
effective"
Referring to the reasons why he left
Pretoria, Mr.. Kruger said:
'I was not foolish enough to be taken
prisoner. provided this means of loco
motion precisely for the same reason as
our burghers supply themselves with
horses when they take the field.
1T is necessary thai should be able
to move quickly from pIaegrto place.
That is all. BY and by this car will
take me back to Pretoria. For the pres
ent It enables me to keep away from
Pretoria, where / could be Of no ser
vice, and where ] should only play into
the hands OF the enamy,
They say, Mr. Kruger" remarked
the correspondent, that you have
brought with you gold to the value of
e2OOO,OO
ut Is not true" replied the president.
''whatever monetary resources may
have with me are simply those which
we require for state purposes. At the
same time / am not going to tell you
where our treasure Is. Let Lord Rob
erts find 1t II he can"
"They also say in England, Mr.. Kru-
ger, that you contemplate taking refuge
on Dutch man of war at Lorenzo
Marques"
THAT again is lie." retorted the
president with vehemence. II know of
no Dutch vessel. am not contem-
plating taking refuge anywhere. shall
not leave my country. There will be no
need for me to do anything of the kind"
AS to Mrs. Kruger.
The correspondent: Then. sir, there
is much surprise at your having left
Mrs. Kruger behind"
President Kruger: But why? Mrs.
Kruger is quite safe in Pretoria. She
would only be put to personal lncon-
venlence here. All communication be-
tween us is stopped, of course but she
will await my return with calmness and
courage She is n brave woman. am
here awaiting further information. We
are surrounded by faithful burghers
and are quite safe"
State Secretary Reltz remarked:
"You may depend upon it that the war
is not yet over. Guerrilla warfare will
continue over an enormous area We
intend to fight to the bitter end and
shall probably retire upon Lydenburg,
where we can hold out for many
months"
yes" observed Mr.. Kruger. ut is
only now the real struggle has begun.
/ fear that there will stil be much blood
shed but the fault is that of the British
government"
Then raising his voice to an almost
passionate height, Mr., Kruger exclaIm-
ed:
"The time has passed for US to talk.
We have done plenty of that, but 1t has
done US no good. There is nothing left
for US to do but to keep on fighting, to
keep on fighting"
The correspondent who secured the
Interview tolcgraphed it direct from
Machadorp station yesterday when the
wires were working as usual to Lorenzo
Marques,
PATHETIC WITHDRAWAL