Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-17
SAYS Beers WILL Mn
Capt. Won Los sbure Of the Trans.
vaal Artillery Arrives in
New York.
Tells Of the Resources Of the
Beers and Predicts
Victory.
British Army Accused OF Cruelty
to Wounded and Sick
Prisoners.

New York. April 17-Capt. Otto Won
Lossberg. captain of the Second Battery,
Transvaal State Artillery, who left the
Boer army in January. ineapacitated by
wounds, arrived today from Europe
with Montagu White and is now at the
Imperial Hotel. He starts for New Or.
leans, his old home, tonight. In an in-i
terview Won Lossberg saifi
II talked With Gen. Hotha before 1
came away. You may go. he told me.
y GU have fought We'll. give you your
discharge When you come back we will
he free or fighting. I shall fill patti
ot's grave. Go. my hoy. God be kind
to you. That's the kind of men, who
fight for the Boer cause. The English
Rave violated every law of civilized
Warfare They have armed 5000 kaffirs,
Who are in Steinacher,s horse. which is
the scum of South Africa. They fight
like the Hessians fought sous-for hire.
They get II shillings day They plum
der and piliage everybody. When was
wounded was put in Red Cross ans
hulance and started for Lourenzo Mar
ques. We We're held up by fifty kaffirs
who wore nothing but breechclouts and
carried British rifles. They took every :
thing we had and turned me back 10
Pretoria. I complained of the violation
of the Red Cross flag and robbery to the
British officers. They investigated and
admitted ! had been shamefully treated.
They promised restitution after the war.
lou Americans have little conception OF
the resources OF the Beers. Gen. De-
llaFey alone has 1000 900 rounds of am
smunition. We have twenty guns and a
ilong tom. The latter is hidden for flu
iture need. We need nothing but ambu-
llancts and surgical supplies.
Holland societies sent US three am
lbulances and nurses several months ago
there had them held up, They are there
lyet. while our men are dying for the
need Of them.
Our forces are distributed like this.
/ iDelarey has 5000 men, Botha 100 Dewet
5000 and the rest are in flying corps.
1 They constantly harass the British.
! Most of our men are fighting south Of
+ Pretoria. The Americans with our army
and particularly the Irish-A Americans
fafe doing magnificent fighting. The lat
\ ter prevented the capture of our long
tom by their bravery a Leydenberg.
They fought like fiends.
The English haze a hundred thou
jsand men tied up guarding the railroas
/ at Port Elizabeth. New London. Dur
lam and Cape Town. Last November a
LOT of mules and horses for their army
reached Lourenzo Marques. Only the
| French consul protested. The German
and American oonsuls are mute. Por-
tugal Needed the French protest and
made the ships unload elsewhere out OF
j Portuguese territory.
The British recently desecrated the
4 Lutheran church at Rus,erly Mission
The Tommies took the church organ and
while one of them played the Others
ltanced TO the music with Kaftir girls
AT Lyehtenberp the British desecrateG
! a cemetery by making 1t a cattle pen.
Our winter season begins in May and
ends in September The Beers will take
Ito the hills until 1t is over. They haze
little baggage 10 impede their mobility
4 while the British troops are weighted
down. We viii play havoc with their
4 when the winter sets In