The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-11-05
MR.. KRUGER's MEMOIRS.
scathing Exposure of Great Brit
aims DeceitfuI Policy.

aims DeceitfuI Policy.
London, October 30.-lt is expected
that second installment of extracts
from the Kruger Memoirs will be
published today.
It is understood that the memoirs
give narrative of the Ex-President's
career, but do not 60 deeply into poll
tical or diplomatic aspects, or advise
the Beers as to the best policy to be
pursued after Mr.. Kruger's death. A
striking feature of the memoirs is a
revelation of the jealousies which
existed before the war between in
habitants of the Transvaal and
the Orange Free State and the Cape
Colony Beers, which prevented any
thing like satisfactory mutual under
standing. Mr.. Kruger takes pains to
prove that he did his utmost to smooth
matters over and prevent the war, but
the beers inborn antipathy to foreign
interference proved to be too strong for
him.
Mr.. Kruger closes his memoirs with
the words:
II am convinced that God will not
forsake His people, even although 1t
often appears so, and [ acquiesce in
the will of the Lord, knowing He will
not allow an afflicted people to perish.
The Lord hath all the earth ir His
hands. and He turneth them whittier
so ever He will.
This aspiration is clue to the con-
tents of the whole book, which is less
source of historical information,
throwing new or striking light upon
the events dealt with, than human
document of psychological value re-
vealing the personal traits of the Ex-
President. The memoirs are but
sketchy summary Of past events with
Mr.. Kruger's personal comments
thereon.
The instalment of the memoirs pub
lished by the Times this morning con-
tains some interesting lights concern
ing Mr.. Kruger's opinion of various
men prominent in South African his
tory. The Ex-President was once in
vited to meet Sir Bartle Frere. He
replied he would be quite willing to do
so if he. were told which Frere it was.
He declared be Knew four Freres, and
explained this remark by describing
different aspects of Sir Bartle Frere's
character, as presented by Blue Books,
ETC., saying some of his character
istics were friendly, while others were
inimical, to the Beers.
Mr.. Kruger describes the ..Jesuitic.
al'' Cecil Rhodes as the "curse of
South Africa" He says:
No matter how base or contempti-
bic, be it lying, bribery or treachery,
all and every means were welcome to
him.
Lord Miner he describes as a
typical Judge, autocratic beyond en-
durance. -
Mr.. Kruger declares that Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain was undoubted-
ly the late Cecil Rhodes's accomplice
in the Jameson raid. and that Mr..
Chamberlain appointed Lord Miner
British high commissioner of South
Africa with the direct intention of
driving matters to extremes.
ssTbis tool of Mr.. Chamberlain, %
says Mr.. Kruger, carried out his
mission faithfully and turned South
Africa into Wilderness
British policy in general, the former
President of the Transvaal sums in
the following sentence:
Lies, treachery, intrigues and secret
investigations againt the governments
of the republics. These have always
been the Distinguishing marks of Eng
lish policies.
Mr. Kruger declares that the
Transvaal National Union was under
Mr.. Rhodes's influence from its very
inception, and describes it as having,
from the very outse;, used the demand
for the franchise as cloak for designs
against the Republic. He describes
how, after the jameson raid, when
the Republic was practically defence
less, he became convinced of the
necessity of preparing for war and
gradually accumulated war naerials.
This was especially the case after the
British Parliamentary inquiry into the
raid, which, Mr.. Kruger Says, showed
Mr.. Chamberlain completely. Mr..
Kruger contends that his institution
of reforms in 1899 probably started Mr..
Chamberlain and impelled Great
Britain to hurry on the crisis for fear
of losing pretext for war.