Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-12
: Declares Beers Win Yet Win independence

rather than return TO sleep on the ruins
| OF his home.
In the opinion Of all Of Gus our
chances Of success are becoming bright.
er every day. Ia the hrst place. we
know that the English people are be-
coming heartily tired OF the war. and
this. feeling is growing stronger every
time a long list OF killed ana wounded
reaches Great Britain. They know that
they cannot withdraw a soldier from
tur country. and that for every man
killed or wounded they must send out
another
The three long lines Of railway 10
Pretoria from CapetOwn Durham and
DelagOa Bay must bee constantly
guarded by thousands OF men all the
garrisone3 towns together require many
more thousands, then there are the
vast armies of men constantly pursu-
Ing DeWet. BOtha and the other gem
crals-au these things make it ueces-
sary that England keep an army Of
more than two hundred thousand IN the
country. II any men are withdrawn
! our forces VIII sweep the whole land
from the British hands
Then. too our army is growing nu-
mcrically stronger daily.
DeWct has recently secured hundreds
Of able mon from Cape Colony, men who
have been disguised by just such
things as happened az Worcester the
other day, when the farmers held q
meeting and the British lined the sur
rounding hills with quick-hrug guns TO
prevent free speech.
HELPLEssNEss OF THE BRITISH.
The annexation Of the two republics
has been a slap IN the face Of every
Dutch Afrikander In Cape Colony, and
I am willing 10 wager my life that the
majority OF the Cape Colonists VIII yet
rise and assist In gaining for their race
that liberty and freedom which are
denied them by the British govern
ment
We are making Roadway continuous
ly and the British army Is IN worse
plight today than IL has been az any
stage OF the war. The British occupy
the larger towns. / confess but that Is
as far as II goes. BOtha Is only a few
miles west Of Pretoria and has been
| there for several months. They cannot
drive him away and he practically has
them besieged most Of the time
II Kitchener wishes 20 drive Botha
| away he must recall some Of the troops
| that are pursuing Dewet As soon as
he takes the troops away from Dewet
! that Boer viii go on the rampage In
short, the British have not nearly
! enough soldiers in the country 10 pO-
lice u properly. let alone fight the
twenty thousand Beers In the field
To show how easy It is for the Beers
10 move through the conquered terri
tory" / VIII cite one incident which oc-
Cured IN September Then the Free
state officials decided that they would
ask President Kruger 70 60 10 Europe.
! and President Steyn was chosen 10 go
I 10 the Transvaal and urge Dom Paul %
go. About seventy OF us accompanied
President Steyn on his journey north
ward and We travelled right along the
edge Of the British outposts through
the whole length OF the two republics,
and reachedKruger near the Portuguese
border. And the British had the cOun-
try so well In hand that never a shot
was fired at our party!
After Mr. Steyn had succeeded In in
ducing Kruger 10 go 20 Europe be and
his handful OF men went westward
through the Transvaal around Pre-
toria. along the outskirts OF KltChener's
army, and reached Dewets lager
without having come I'm contact with
the enemy The incident merely illus
trates that II President Steyn. the most
sought after Boer, can travel thus more
than a thousand miles In the land
which the British say they have firm
~ under control there must be some
thing vitality wrong with that style OF
control
Lord Roberts said at Durham the
other day that the Bores had been mis-
led by their rulers, and that the day
had arrived when the burghers were
having their eyes opened
] want 20 say that IN all the twelve
months ! was with the army ! never
heard one B)er blaming Kruger or
Steyn for beginning the war Nor ala
| ever hear one Boer blaming them Tor
continuing the struggle. | can conf
IDENTIFY say that II either or both Of
| those men had taken II upon them
selves 20 ask the burghers to surrender
during any one OF the grave crises
| that we passed the Boer feeling would
| have been so outraged that they would
! have shot either or both OF them.