The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-13
With "BobS' ~ ~
y " and Kruger.

Nv ANNAfN VI lnt tNNN ~ WAT corresponds
entS at the front in the South African cam.
nagn contains the names Of veterans who
nave long since won their spurs on many n
hard fought field, for villlers Kipllng,
Ralph and others more or less famous,
We're at the post Of duty, But II Is douht.
tul II any among them has recorded more
agreeably aud ontcrtniningly the manifold
adventures which are the Inevitable por-
tlon Of these knights Grant Of the pencil
and the press than Mr. Frederick Unger.
the author OF with Bobs and Kruger"
Mr.. Unger was but a novice In the profes
sion when he set ont for the seat of war,
Inspired by the pcrusal of '"rhe Light that
Failed and determined to he the young
ster jerked on at the end Of wire lie
carried as his equipment au impartial iudg-
ment, quick perceptions, an unlimited
amount Of American enterprise and in
domitabe pluck, and he renped as har.
vest much interesting data of personal
aud general nature. His experiences and
his opportunities were unusual. An Amer
lean and therefore Hooker on In Venice
he had many warm friends while serving
first with the English forces, and when,
later he was secretly sent by the Express
to the Beers, he enjoyed the distinction OF
being the sole representative Of an English
paper on that side, and became deeply i'm.
pressed with the fine qualities OF this poo
pie who have struggled SO herolcally for
home and country. In being thus trans
ferred from the case Of the prosecution to
that OF the defense, he occupied a position
which was unique even in the varied ad
ventures of war correspondent, and his
testimony will serve TO enlghtcn that con
tingont of Americans who have been salts
Ged to accept without question the English
estimate Of the Beers.
His personal experiences from the days
when he lived for two weeks on cents
with no prospects to season the meager
fare, to the flush times when he was the
guest at headquarters with Villiers and
Kipilng for comrades, offer profitable
study in the uses Of adversely and win for
him the confidence and cordial interest OF
his readers He kept his face steadily to
the front. phlusophically adjusting himself
to circumstances. and in the end won the
stake for which he played so pluckily.
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Many surprises awaited MFR. Unger in
South Africa, among the first the discoy-
cry of the Huguenot seminary at yelling
ton, which he visited, and of which he
saws: This Institution was another reveal
ton for l was Informed that its principal
supporters were the back country Beers
who. contrary to the general impression
created abroad by the British, spared
neither time nor expense in the education
of their sons and daughters"
! He pays high tribute TO the Boer girls
and Of those of Bloemfontcin continues: "A
| few have Travelled extensively, but the
majority have grown into charming women
solely through their ability to adapt to their
own uses the best hints ana suggestions
| that they cnanced to receive. They are
| omnivorous readers and have great adapt
ability. another point in common with Their
| American sisters. whom they intensely ad
mire as being the most privileged women
on earth"
Mr. Unger learned that not President
Kruger, but Dr. Leyds was The brains OF
the whole thing" He believes that wher
the sum total is reached this experience
will have been a severe blow to England
prestige. not because Of the published re
ports. but because Of the private reporti
made to their respective countries by The
military attaches on both sides, For IN
stance that for FIVE months, during th'
investment of Ladysmlth, 1900 British so!
diers In the town were kept separated iron
II COO under General Butler by less thai
1000 burghers, much Of the time by oul!
300,
The author says Another item Of inter
est was told me by government ofhcla
while at Muchadodorp, which has stron
hearing on the attitude the powers ma.
alopt when the time for final settlement q
the conclusion OF the war shall come. NJ.
informant said: My won't the British b
mad when the war Is over, 10 End that
inter all, they have lost the gold mine
for which they have really been fighting
WHY. how is thatT | asked, surely tn
Beers haven't carried them or, nor hay
they been destroyed as was expected
We'll III explain it to you he continued
.you see the government originally lease
the mines with the provision that, If a
any time they should remain unworked 10
a period of six months, the leases would II
WON'T "a the government OF course. the b'
ginning OF the war put stop to all mlnin
operations and when the war six month
old. the government privately sold the n
verted leases to French and German car
ralists. Now, when the war is ofhciall
declared over, these capitalists, throug
their governments will insist on thel
claims and all sorts Of unpleasant compl
cations for England will be the result "
49,
In discussing the relative merits Of Ii
British commanders, Mr.. Unger says; "A
marching aud lighting general. to
much praise can not be given TO Lord Rol
erts OF Lord Kitchener the opinion MOI
commonly expressed among the army on
: GERS was: No better man can be found
take any number OF men, with their equi
ment. any given distance within any give
fine; but az soon as they get there, Il
Gods sake don't let him have anything
do with the lighting There was no lac
NJ evidence that Bobs' was the who
1blng' himself, and that Kitchener wa
in fact as well as in rank, subordinate
, OF the British officers generally, NJ
: rrnaer continues: Il found them, witho
ercentlon. to be the most courteous ar
nleasaut set Of men had ever met. alwa'
! dlrni6ed and with what seemed 10 me Z
exceptionally high sense Of honor, the
code OF which every man appeared TO IL
mn 70 also Later on ! was able TO s.
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