The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-03-23
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FLOUR.
WILL HARASS
THE BRlTlSHERS
Until They are Wiped out-A Beers
Explanation.

aid gives an interview with . Era.
mus, son of General Erasmus, of Pre-
toria, on the probable consequence:
of General Botha's refusal to accep'
the terms of peace: He said: "Thf
English public for some unknown rea
as mere child's play, notwithstanding
the lessons which it received in tn:
commencement of the war -Four
hundred Beers ale quite sufficient +
harrass the entire army for an indei-
mite period in the district north OF
Praetoria.
Regular cavalry cannot operate
there. 1t is deep sand which gives
the poorest foothold. Owing to the
fever the British can operate but six
months in the year. The Beers from
childhood have accustomed them
selves to this climate and can stop
there without much harm.
I'm foreign countries people who
are trying to make mischief out of the
English reverses read in them a dis.
grace to the British army. But l can
assure those pretended friends of my
people that if they had to do what the
British are now trying to accomplish
they might have done very much
worse or succeed less we'll in fighting.
The Beers, he said, can get plenty
of food horses and ammunition
AS an alternative for Sir Alfred
Miller, negotiator with the Beers,
Mr.. Erasmus suggests that England
should send some impartial English
man, free from all party feeling Lord
kitchner's name will not go either He
has been too much associated with
Mr.. Cecil Rhodes. YOU" he says.
remember how their names were
connected together when Lord Kitch-
ner was in London, how they We're
coupled and how they took directors
degrees together.
THE end,' said Erasmus, will be
when the Beers remaining must be
either caught or exterminated or Civ
en- independence. There was time
after Pretoria was taken when many
Beers deserted or surrendered, in the
belief that they would find their
houses and families as they left them,
if they were allowed to go free, prom
Using not to fight again. The end Of
the war was then more than possible.
My people were ready to give in. But
when the Beers returned to their
homestead and found their farms
burned and their families gone, they
knew not where. they were ruined
men.
Prom that day out, it should be
understood, the war became one of
revenge and no longer one of patriot
ism. Picture to yourself the situation
1t is perfectly simple to understand
the bitterness of the Beers.
"The only terms satisfactory would
be restocking the farms and making
good that which has been destroyed.
Otherwise why should our men not
continue to fight? They have lost
everything and therefore have moth
ing to lose and everything to gain.
Mr.. Kruger is still absolutely pres
ident of the Transvaal republic Peo-
pie say he ran away. That is untrue.
He was forced to leave by the execrl-
tive. 1t took 5000 men to guard him.
We needed those men elsewhere
Moreover, it Was considered that he
would be more useful over here.
1T is perfect nonsense to say he is
worth millions. At most he may be
worth a million, which he made from
the purchase and sale of lands, just
as any other man might. But such
money has been intrusted to him for
state purposes. That money he
spends in the manner which is indi
Gated to him and as intended by the
Boer executive.
Mr.. Kruger may have lost some
"SlSAl Will Il UulllDor OIL OGO
pie of the extreme section. But. re-
member this-it is important-Mr.
Kruger is the one man today who
could if he liked, bring the war to au
end. He could finish it tomorrow If
he willed. When peace comes Il
will be made by the people ap
pointed to make it, Mr.. Kruger and
the extraordinary commission sent
over by the Beers, Merssrs. Wolmans
Vessels and Fischer. They have full
power to act''
And the Boer forces today?"
Il estimate them to number from
10000 to 10000" concluded Mr.. Eras
mus.
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