The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-01
BOER C%RUELTIEs.
Protest Against Betie,ing stories sf "r'
ish lingo Press, b. q Doer Pastor.

after time cables ha We been received ABOUT
Boer cruelties. The English prcss Is Iun
Of IL and fat hfully the American press foi-
lows the collea gues over the sea.
what do theas supposed Boer cruei'ies
amount to- The shooting at Nlakioh'eih
OF a s.rgcant-major and a privats'
Gen. Dtron's report has Just come OUT
and no mention Whatsoever OF this occur
renee u made. Can II BE- true what mas
this war taught the civilized woridf
That never have wounded English soldiers
or pri.ouers received better treatment than
at the hand ~ the bArbarous ~ Beers
Read the high praises Of both British ON =
GERS and men. who wer. either captured or
who fell a. wounded In our hands,
Nine months personally ! have had every
opportunity Ia witness the treatment OF prs-
oner- and wounded by our people. Never
once have I ~-.n any III treatment nothing
but kindness they received at our hand. our
people attended To the wounded, hitnR th"n
up. giving them water. carefully carrying
them away: yes. even when English Officers
were tired We got town from our horses and
made thsm ride. while We walked
No. once more. I Will never belleF. ~ I'M
less our " people acknowledge Fancy
this happening under the command Of Gen.
de Ia Rev. n true Christian and perfect gentle
man. better man never trod this earth. De-
soending from a noble Huguenot family he u
a born g-ntleman' This happening under
Dom kOos. never never Al tolesoers !
remember that one Of hts oommandan u
threatened an English farmers VII" IN NJ
he would put her out Of her hous" ten. de
la hey hearing ~ this. deprived this man of
his command and sent him back - johannes
burg at ono. The only explanation can
give - that these men were slightly wounded
and started nghtng again aud were then
shot.
Further the cruelty Of shooting natives :
! wish u BRING this strongly and iorcibly
before the American pe9pl. DO not forget
how England armed the Indians against you
during your war for independence, your
forefather- knew what "a terrible danger "
Vas TO arm barl.aTtan- against civilized
people 4 thousand times more dangerous
IL l. 70 south Africa where the natives stand
proportionally a. 10 Ia - The VIM" man
protested - strongly against the arming
Of nativ 80, he -eeing IA" danger o. that colony
When the brutal mature get Ne gpper h,nd
thsip. AZ lIerdepeort. where women and
children were murdered. the only excuse y
the English officers was they got out OF
hand Nov, already near Nryheld. nfty
women and children have been murdered 10y
these harbsrians' Every day the dance
for a. soon as these Zulus ind nothing NOR"
n loot In the Transyaal they will turn on
viii b, enacted there above human descrip-
ton, that II why We hope. and pray that
England = eyes will he opened before ~ IN too
late for this terrible crime.
Why Was Il that President Kruger at the
beginning 81 this war refused tn" help " tho
swsri-' ir.-idsn' stsyn a., nr,p ot ,ns
what Mr.. Chamberlain. Sir Alfred Miner
aud Lord Kitchener do not know. that as soon
man a terrible time i. In store Tor our race
No, n England 40 far forgst- herself a. 90
use The 6l.os msn, she vii nav, c sS s enc
We do not Justify the act, but these NATIVES
must recelye such a lesson that they refuse
the offer 81 the British "a nght the Bo~r
We hops and pray that the civilized world
will make IL vote" heard against ms tcrrihl.
crime. -s.ins that Mr. Cham6"rl1in tNld
how little do We hear about English cruel
ties Does the civilized world forget the
hattie 10 Elandslaagte where English Officers
glorihad In the so-callet pig sticking see
her pictures how our Boer wounded were
murdered sh. ac .1oNl"dges ~ h"rss.r
who had q suffer as an instrument OF the ter
rihle intr cue 81 nm English detective 90 M
volve Pr-toria's population IN a plot which
failed or the hanging ~ Marais ne Middel.
burg, where prominent citizens. wef" forced
o. attend - ~ - rccciy" n Wholesale lesson.
Of Cotra at Cradpck. where the same scenes
were cna-tr. Oh. the cruelty % y al! II
seems 20 place us back In the Middle tTe.,
when people gloated over tn" execution OF
an enemy The horrible scene daily wit
messed In the rrconcentrado camps.
let me quote from a letter resolved FROM
twelve wagons arrived with women and chill
dren thew were thrown on = distance OF two
hours had take en- them two days and a night
moved Ia tho hospital They are shifted from
one camp tn the other 30 a. Ia mud no rest III.
are. made prisoners % var The mn ,is@
tied Irene, ~ women and children died IN
iour dsSs the IN y mS Ses'ss ~ one "a"
What do these figures provs' God pity
Further these DAYS Mr.. Stead pamphlet.
Methods Of Bsrhari-m, was sent me, ~
which hook one gets = sumpse OF the hst,hsn
October, 1904. | wrote a letter 90 the Inds-
psHdaacs Rsi9s. which was taken M by the
English soldier OF assaulting our women.
naming a few where nsynult had been AZ
tempted and Others where they had actually
Pretoria letter. were sent h that paper
from several people. INT especially by, Lord
publicly branded as a liar. and my. letter az
a cnnCortion Of lies stated In that letter
that u this terrible crime continues. az the
cent ~ our women had been assaulted. Since
that time. however. the reconcenttndo camps.
hSsI SeITn Tommy ha. been taken svsv' This
book now comes out and behold. the names
ment oned 10y me are all found th-re and =
glimpse Of the hellish panorama l. revealed
10 the world IL wa alta trial held ~ Pretort.
against a MIR Spoel-tra. who had accused
the army Of these things Thirty witnesses
-
heard whrn the cour, decided that they had
heard enough Here are a handful ot women
.,Ch With her own artles~ tale 81 what hap
p.n.d Nh.n the British soldiers came ~ her
hons. The simple details ~ misery and
Shame Nhich acre heard th.r" tell somethins
az what H. coins on IN the IransVaal what
will the press call thi,' W." can " nov ""'F
cru~lti~.. hut hsr'arile- -
Let us enum.rate the murder OF wounded
at uand~laag,~. 'ordua, Marais ana toty~
The murder 81 women and children ~ n"fd~-
pnotI. nov again at Arvheid The starving
% Nomen and children u. IN" r"coac,htfsn"
camps The as-tulting uf wives snd dausht.
80 Nov the last. tho wholesale afmlhs OF
JW"Weh. close Thc-r facts ~p~-k Tor
th.m-elNrs MAJ the American. pTnpl" So
and feel Who are dring the sct@ "i hafhtfl-h
NAV God arouse tho flumhTftng 'rh-rl"fV--
81 ~. Christians. pt men and ~oWrn Nho
love their hotn~- and then children, - -" -
on. man aud - utter a ~ ~ warning Nesln.t
these terrible oru-ltic- ts my "arn"7t WISH
aud prayer
Iven in the hospitals 80 aohanne-hnfs
Hnef natter. are b~st-n WITH a sNfhp sh"h
th.v drtV their i.~ds. - thst fte uth~i da' a
patient dec Nth hlack sud niue mara on
be bnds HFNN u NN hnothhi
HnLlaNp. Mich Aus p h""f PASTOR
asarrpism and smp~rnaiursiss~.
To tat rptaut 90 tw So ~ The
rr.--rt Urea 81 Protestant into 80" Catholic
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