The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-04-17
.iRleER'S GREAT CAME
o,,,, IS SAID TO HAVE ouTwT-
''' l,D v,ues AND DIPLOMATS.
,,,s Obtained on Gold Mines Con-
- ,..t for which Would Involve All Of
the European Powers

Il khS
,rot sources it is learned
fr0T nl kruger, the president OF
BOA l. I'' African republic, has play
BE SUI latest diplomatic game OF hls
the 5'sine his visit to Paris and the
O' ';ties of the continent, says the
t'e RI y, .orrespondent of the Chicago
Pe'.1 ocean at Berlin, writing under
ntsr.oY'|5 date. The old Dutchman
~ reality played one OF the
Fs ,r I'd games OF diplomacy in the
grew" ., Of tho world, completely over
.s3nring his feat of few years ago.
1 aoa he made the world laugh at the
ID l,an y" Of the man then premier OF
'l y.nd This time the old man has
sia T ord Salisbury aud Joseph
/ a''li horIain completely. More than
l''Hp he has fooled several crowned
D'9 ~. and, as we'll, one of the greatest
''a ,ios Of diplomacy in the world.
TsiIo England was anxiously wait
t,r the Beers to accept the terms
ao.co proposed by Lord Kitchiner
oF PEE ,'.'.,;on of hOstilities cave Dom
De Woo sbo coded few days delay thai
aq S, S%1 him uo complete his prepare
laUi Sor The continuance OF the war.
ol ba I'D raised all the money necessary
y nq Sitter fght that can be prolonged
Gl a and when his final nego-
uepn aoye completed General B0tha
lOu' o "J to answer what the London
va AT. ,g"' s!arr9s,ically referred TO as
lrg;tc5iner's humble suit. Botha re-
n ,s5 the spit. He said he did not
y y ,5Si.ao.ed TO recommend the Brit
~ a +arm, Of surrender to the Boer
ar. w, This, according to the
d ,nrat adyices, was only a part OF one
4 I ,be cIeverest diplomatic plots that
D.s ever successfully brought to a
1 When Dom Paul left Pretoria the
avid tbonabt he had become an exile
rom home. Ravens OF refuge were
s Sr fhe old mar and his people in
a ararr nart5 of the world. The fun
t5ing about it is that these offers
rorn nearly all instigated by Boer
Sants Dom Paul caused this to be
one probably for two reasons. He
a moi wish any one to know the real
Meet of his mission to Europe, and he
hGgbt that his mission might even
rnchim to America, so he left road
Oen' Had he not succeeded in his
Mission in France he would have come
the United States ostensibly to
SOund Boer colony, but really to
borrow money to carry on the Boer
Ear,
The Old man has the money. He has
Oade engagements for arming his
Deople as they never were armed be-
ore. The way the old man did the
rick is vOderful and worthy of
be brightest diplomatic genius. He
las actually borrowed money from his
horst enemies particularly from the
English themselves, and has given as
ecnritY property of great value, but
FhiCh as matter of fact is the issue
i the war between his people and
England His creditors can never
" quit without one of the bloodiest wars
10 history.
He has done what a gambler would
eail "whipSawing the game" and
payed both ends against the mid
We His creditors can never win
without killing one another, and he has
#sPpIled his people with ammunition
Keep up an almost interminable
Eruggle He cannot even be assassi-
i'ed without his enemies losing the
lole stake, for the old man has
Tlseo the gold mines of South Afri-
A 10 which he alone holds the key.
ne others might discover them if the
pOefS are all wiped off the face of the
&SEIn' But as the creditors are in
lalce' England and some other places
4 national wars of tremendous mag
6 LUG would result.
tle ola mans pledge is thoroughly
vo' ana ne has broken none of the
nnO' war He has morJgaged his
u IL Is true, and his creditors are
,aalng 60 realize that the only way
I, 1, '4 1t, money back is to let him
!. nose in the secret think the
15OI! oI the conflict between Eng
a AUG Sua America is to be repeated
# wa. Whlle England holds the phYs-