Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-04-06
upon the Geld" commented the pre-
dent grlnly.

upon the Geld" commented the pre-
| dent grlmly.
And the, that dwell in the villages Of Israel
| shall 10 '1I,h and shall st on Gfe and bum tie
| weapons, - and they shall burn them with tire
! sr,en years, anI they shall spoil those that
| spoiled them and rub those that robbed thetn
ssith the Lord God.
The villagers of Israel are the
Beers" said the president.
And 1t shall come to pass in that day that |
I will give unto Cog place there oi graves in
Israel, the valley 81 the passengers the east Of
tn sca, and Il shall stop tie noses Of the pass, n
sers. and there shall they bury Cog and all lis
/ multitude.
THE passenger was your Secretary
! Davis. He told me he held his nose
| when he went over the battlefield"
said the president.
And seven months shall the house Of Israel be
/ turying Of them that they may cleanse the land
Yea, all the people Of the land shall bury them.
See! We have buried their dead by
the hundred at Spion KOp and else
where" said the president. lie mad
remarks of this nature after every
verse, and when he had finished quot
| ing he said: THAT is the one unfulflled
| prophecy in the Bible. and it Is being
! fulfilled now. God knew that such
| things would come TO pass, and we are
| his Instruments"
/ Notwithstanding the reports Of disafecti
among the hurghers Of the Orange FFcc Sta e
| those Borrs are fighting deteTmnedly IT, st
! Of the Iransyaal. and none are returning to th ir
7 homes short leaves pf absence Pr Il
| dent Stcyn himself has been to the front mum T.
Gus times, and every occasion he las made I'd.
| dresses to the men mbuing them with renew d
/ energy and hope II is popularity supposed o't
side OF this country that the Orange Free State
/ had no quarrel with England and that the Borrs
Of that republic joined the Bocrs Of the Transya al
merely out Of sympathy. According to the state.
ment Of President Kruger, the Orange Free State
was also object OF attack by Great Britain.
The Free State free theoretically, but lot
practically, and now they are fighting for full in.
dependence as much as We are. They had treaty
with Great Britain, made long ago, whereby Eng
land promised to take possession Of no lands north
Of the Orange river. Since that treaty made
and it has never been Cancelled altered
Great Britain has taken Basutoland, the Kimbar-
ley diamond district and the great territory now
known Rhodesia. The Beers OF the Free Site
were in constant fear and dread that Engla nd
wanted other parts of their country, and to show
that they were not mistaken il is only necessary
to looi At five maps which found on Bit.
ish prisoners taken near Ladysmith. These maps
indicate every road, hill and creek in the Orange
Free State and the dates them showed Il at
they were made three years ago.
DO those war maps show that Great Britain ld
no designs OF annexing that country?
"Five years ago the British said there
was no room for more than one flag in
this country, and now they are at
tempting to plant that one flag on piles
of dead who steep it with their blood.
Now, England has put her feet in the
mud, and | see her losing her boots"
what will be the Free States share in the re,
suits Of the warf" | inquired, it being stated in
English territory that the Free State is to secure
Cape Colony spoils.
''The Free State will secure nothing
more than her full independence, which
is all we are striving for ourselves
There will be no spOilS of war, for
whenever England is satisfied to give
us our independence then we will with
draw to within our own borders. We
want no lands. We already have
enough morgen (acres), and my burgh-
ers are not land hungry. like the Eng
lish people We fight for liberty and
independence; the English fight for
land"
In connection with this statement OF the prcsi.
dent concerning Englands land seizing pro.
pensties Secretary Retz atterward told this story
about an Englishman who last summer asked the
president whether he believed the to be in
habited. The president considered for moment,
then replied:
81 never thought of that before
don't ever bother my head about such
things. But if the moon is inhabited,
US you suggest, why is it, | cannot uu-
derstand, that John Bull has not an
nexed it yet?'
The president has had number OF communca.
tions with the enemy's generals, and among the
number he says he can find only one who speaks
the truth.
THE English generals have lied to
u.s." he said, land we can place no con.
fidence in wlslt they say All are liars
except Lord Roberts, who appears to
be as truthful as he Is gentlcmanly.
The others have repeatedly told our
generals untruths and have left in our
hands the correspondence which proves
it."
Mr. Kruger is inst as confident that he and bis
burghers can withstand three years war as he
was two and half years ago when last saw
nl"n' % men,, lnem ne tt uttl'ftu 'nA. ms country was
for more than three wears
lie said that if he had known this war was
coming he would have secured more heavy guns
English with those guns now at tho front '''e
Mr.. Rcitz said that the ammunition factories in
Pretoria and Johannesburg were making excellent
and ham , Ina, Id ,ti' J., was o eai '"u power
are being manufactured daily and are doing ex
celent work. The president said that his burgh,
eT' were nsh,'hs not only the br'tiSh army but
" p"'t VI ''e navy anu 'eei"eu " pe intensely