The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-11-14

land owner before he was elected
president of the republic. He was
very economical, lived in most fru-
gal manner, is good business man,
and under these influences it is not
lie became wealthy. His
salary as president amounted TO 500
pounds or $40, 600 year. This sum
saved in his economical manner of
living would soon make him rich.
England is without single justi6-
cation in it's desire to crush out the
existence of the Boer republic. The
only discrimination against residents
there that may be termed unjust WAS
a provision in the constitution that
prevented Catholics holding office.
This clause was inserted in the con-
stitution by the French argonauts,
the founders Of the republic, and was
never removed. All people, how
ever, were given the privilege to
adopt any creed they desired. No
religious rights were molested. But
England made no complaint against
the Catholic exclusion law. The war
was not prompted by justice but by
avarice and greed. They will never
win, however. OF that / am conf
dent The population of our coun-
try was about 400, 900, and our army
when the war broke out numbered
about 40, OCO men. We now have
perhaps $4,000 or O,000 fighting
men. They are the cream of the
army and will fight for liberty to the
last. The Others have perhaps be-
come disheartened and some are
prisoners. The men now in the field
know the country, are we'll mounted
and determined. England's present
army in Africa will never whip OF
capture them. The reported cap
lures by Kitchner are composed ol
women, children and cripples. II
the captures reported from the date
of the outbreak of the war actually
occurred, the Beers then must hav,
started out with an army of 100, 00(
men, all of whom have been cap
tured. Our army now subsists OF
what supplies they capture from tn
Englshmen. Some supplies are ais
received from the interior recesses 0
the country, parts Of which the En-
glishmen have not yet seen. Th
English have laid waste the othe
parts of the country. All home
and plantations are destroyed. Th
natives also render some aid to ou
army. In fact the sympathy of a
residents there except Englishmen,
with us. The Americans are ou
pronounced friends, and we believe
the American government might hav
come to our aid. We are goin
through the same ordeal that Amer
ica suffered in its fight for independ
ence against the same English tyran
J 1.-The English army is too deficier
} to accomplish anything. 1t is con
posed of the sweepings OF Englis
, cities. Another army must be sci
2 there If England's ends are to be a,
{ complished. Dewet and Botha al
, great fighters and heroes. My fee
: lngs, however, lean more towaI
| Dewet than toward Botha. Whe
l the latter's lines were forced by Rol
erts, Botha became disheartenet
, Dewet then went to the rear of Rol
t ert's column, made 1nroads in tt
supply trains and otherwise made
: so interesting that the English fore
f were again of necessity divides
t This showed Boths that somebot
n was attacking the English on tt
i other side and he resumed with Wig
# and is fighting still While the En-
g lish can never subdue the Beers wi
e the present armies in the field, we e.
: pect aid from the Cape Colony Boer
:, They are double the number OF Il
e Transvaal and Free Orange State co
!. tingent. They are becoming restle
d and numbers are even now joinil
ic the armies of the other two repu
N lies. England has found it necess
v ry to maintain martial law at all t
< seaport towns of the colony. If t