The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-06
kRTGER AT CLOSE RANGE.
A Uergyman's wife Tells what She Thinks
OF the BOer President.
From the Hartford CourdH'

Miss S.-an +. Clark. of ~ Asylum avenue.
has recently received from a personal friend.
wife Of n Pretoria clergyman, n letter from
which the Couranf is permitted 20 make extracts
showing what IL, thought Of Kruger, where he
f.. known The writer was kruger'S neighbor.
The letter say
We daily hear OF things which so to prove
how long-,cated has been President hr,lger's
In, red of the British Once he was a field
coruer receiving British pay. He had EiO0 a
year ls?1O,, an amIl" sum ~ nose uaNI as
he had hi, farm. hi mutton ~" gram. ana i'T
own tobacco. and needed OnIN 10 uuN sugar ana
coffee nj, boots were holne-lnade, vcldt Nilooia.
and hn usually wore l"aih"rn shooting hree'ile-,
20 his clothes did lui cost nm much. II" hid
very n'tle work. bat L. need Tor ICb. ana
vh.p i'U,. rrfu.pd he vowed vengeance on the
English mrrcenary and tutI Of aNaric" ana greed
he has over been bat %h"Cau-" Ia" can Jaw, rrii-
uIuu and l. sis and cute. he ha- Iool'd hundreds.
49," hope President Burger memory VII he
hnuurrd now President Ringers sights upon
President Burger. heCal,c the natter was ''h-
tiyaleh and "oucaird. pay" u'rl mlu'i"hI
and couIemptubIr President Burger once -a'd
10 our oppo;''G n"IGhn"r Y T. NJ ,y oj '" ,,sJj
%corrnr. Pam Kruger He" bent on mischief
IIrsr he means 10 ruin me. aud then defy the
English lv " II b. a terrible Toe, Ipr ne Is INA
Of lm'" aad he wall scrnplr, AZ MORNING. ne
ma, no CONSCIENCE lie undermined the Ill
ilupucn OF Burger by telling the old religious
Boer- that ho was unorthodoX, ana d'dh ne
!ieya the Bible.
So far n We can ascertain nov he was
me rrIy modern. he told the peOpl" honestly
that the earth went round The I'm, ana thai the
snrth was round and that David did not write
all me psalms, and n Jew more ol ihH'" very
dar grrous and alarming iaCts, 80 his people ht-
icved he was q sksp'ic and an lillld'! ana LOST
faith in him. and Paul Kruger h'lued that ON.
Ne always thought Paul Kruger could not 'Irak
English, hrt old CUlOnl-tS here VINO EfrN 'lln
when h. was striving Tor ONE" under he Brush
tell me thai he can speak II, and did. Clever hi
has been. And how terrible ha~ been MS power
We nrn only beginning TO realize. leel 30 sorrN
for the autI-kilgsr men who, IN Their Loyalty
10 their land and country, mus, light lor nm,
1T seems that the members oi N" Airlkander
Bond. the men who twenty Years AEu We're
PLOTTING and planning AVID raising dlSloN ATTY
in Cape colony, approachcd Sir John Brand,
that noble Free state, President, and h" spoke
hravely and faithfully then. expressing ms
sentiments and telling his reoIle that they
would grow and WAY strouG II they wcr" honest
aud true republicans and refused +" be drawn
into plots and scheme md ConnlvanccS. lie
said | am u Dutchman and an NirIkhnder
| love nv people and country, but am not
bigoted and preiudlC"d TN IN" whole we
have had far greater mercy and Justice from
England than We expected or deserved Eng
land has treated rs better than We treated the
French Hugucnots with regard 10 language,
and better than any Of NJ ever treated the
natives. And il We are sulnre and honorable
this republic will grow grand aud strong. But
beware of social alliances. Beware Of what
are termed ideal political schemes Beware
of any trickery Alas. alas, Paul Kruger has won
over the little once INDEPENDENT Orange Free
state. and she has lost the prestige of her free
dom and must fall because Of her alliance with
Reports in some NJ tho American news
papers are ~aggravating. such al that of the
Rev. Burford liooke, OF the Congregational
of old writers-as Milton. Pilgrims Pro-
gross. &c Hc may possibly have seen the
Pilgrims. Progress in Dutch and heard II
and he really con hardly rea 4 at all himself.
| SO the Rev. Hooke gave a YER wrong impress
sion He Ia more Ignorant t'an n kafrl"