The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-22

juba on the very morning on which IL
was fought.
add to this his indomitable will.
through which he made himself believe
that there were two Gods. one in
Heaven and Paul Kruger on earth, and
his undoubted courage, proved in many
kafir wars, then you will understand
his despotic influence.
Let me tear this veil of false roman
&c from him., and let me try and show
the man to you as he really is and as
those Beers whom he has not succeed
ed in dipping always knew him to be-
We know him-an aVaricious unscru-
pulous, and hypocritical man, who sa -
crihced an entire people to his cupidity.
His one aim and object was to enrich
himself, and he used every means to
this one end. His ambition for power
was subordinate to his love of money.
lie used the Transvaal as a milch-cow
for himself, his children and his fol-
lowing.
l ask his admirers to show me one
good thing he did for his country during
all his years of power?
He spent millions of the country's
money in pretended benefits-millions
which were in reality expended for the
purpose of FEEDING up C ovid of greedy
taVorites and assvogels (vultures)
men who were necessary to him for the
turtherance of his own ends. Paul
Kruger has been accused of creating
many monopolies. but the greatest of
all was the Monopoly, on a truly i'm
pudent and colossal scale. for swindling
the Transvaal, at the head of which ne
himself stood.
Anyone behind the scenes knows
how impossible it was even for the most
dishonest man outside of this ring 10
gam any advantage out Of the Trans
Vaal.
I'm proof of what say take the scan
dals over the mealies and donkey con-
tracts, the dynamite monopoly, the Ii
quor and jam concessions, the Neither
lands Railway, the numerous others
and | ask: What benefit has the coun-
try derived from any of these"
Are there any institutions for the
public benefit in the Transvaal, such as
schools, universities industrial institu-
tons, public works, roads or railways
to justify the vast expenditure of
money? No.
IF you want to know where the
money has gone, search the pockets of
Paul Kruger and Company
ITO show Kruger's avarice and hypo-
crisy look at minor matters. His sal
airy as Presidentwas $4,000 per annum
an $4,000 which he boarded year after
year; he lived not like the President of
country, but like any "dopper" far
mer never expanding a single siXpence
in charities or any other matter of pub
lie benefit; and then he actually had the
effrontery to make an application to the
Volksraad for an extra allowance of
$500 year as entertainment money of
which he also pocketed the larger por-
ton, as the only entertaining he ever Gid
was to give cups of morning coffee and
a pipe of tobacco
THE matron of the Dynamite Explo-
u1 a 20, a
Paul's crocodile tears" When he visit
ed the wretched sufferers, mostly Dutch
he talked of his "arme burghers" (poor
burghers), large tears rolling down his
cheeks but never gave a single six
pence to help them. He donated G1O
which was not paid
During the war how did Kruger and
Steyn feed the destitute wives and
children of their "arme burghers." who
were risking their lives on commando?
Their rations consisted of mealie meal
Boer meal, and nothing else whatso-
ever. | know; because 1 was on the
Relief Commission in Kroonstad
when I now see the country round
Kroonstad made into a desert, the
farms burnt and the Boer men. women
and children huddled together In refu-
gee camps absolutely destitute. and
living on the charity of the British.
then | tingle with indignation to hear
that the cruel author of all this avoid
able misery, rich, snug and safe. is in
Europe, and going to be received by the
Queen of Holland and made hero Of
A hero who was known in the Free
state thirty years ago before he found
better means of enriching himself. as a
swindling dealer in oranges and tobacco
and one whom we strongly suspected
of being a very cute slave dealer"