The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-07
AID FOR The Beers
| COMMENDED IN RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED By sAvANNAHIANS.
COMMANDMENT KRIGE'S STORY.
ENLISTED SYMPATHY FOR HIS
STRUGGLING COUNTRYMEN.


the Cessation of the Sales of Amer
lean Horses and Mules to the
British GOvernment-"StOp That"
Said krige, land We VIII Take
Care of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Introduced by Mr.. Emil Newman.
The story of the struggle of the South
African Boer republics for their in
dependence was told last night at Ma
scnic Temple by Commandant Jan
Krige, a Boer soldier of the Free State,
who, until some months ago, was an
officer under Gen. Cronje. He was cap
tured, at Kip river by the British,
from whom he escaped, but later made
his way into Portuguese territory.
where he was detained and transported
to Lisbon, whence he came to America
to enlist the sympathies of the Ameri-
can people on behalf of the Beers and
to induce, if possible, a neutrality that
will prevent the United States from
permitting the sale of horses and
mules to the British government for
use in the South African campaigns.
The commandant was introduced by
Rey. DR.. w. C. Schaeffer, pastor of
the Lutheran Church of the Ascension,
who spoke on behalf of peace to the
large gathering that heard the Boer
speaker. DR.. Schaeffer assured his
hearers of the thorough authenticity
of the credentials that We're presented
by Commandant Krige, vouching for
some of those who had testified to the
part that the Boer had played in his
country's struggle.
COmmandant Krige looks every inch
a soldier, being above six feet in
hight and of a massive frame that has
impressed all beholders. Perfectly
erect, carrying himself with military
bearing he looks the type that has
been associated with the popular idea
OF the Boer. AS DR. Schaeffer said IF
all the Beers are like our representa-
tive here, it is small wonder that they
have made such defense against Great
Britain"
Applause greeted the commandant
as he arose to address his audience.
He spoke with a care and elaboration
that made his English thoroughly in
telligible, and his employment of the
language was such as to show that it
had been given his careful study.
There was the accent of the foreigner,
but idioms and pronunciation had
been mastered.
His mission, the commandant said,
was a personal one, not inspired by
the Boer government, but merely by
his own desire to counterfeit false i'm
presSionS created by the reports sent
out from South Africa by Lord Kitch-
ener and other British generals, and
to bring about, if possible, such a SEN
timent as might prevent the sale of
American horses and mules to the
british do i >
said the commandant, but we want
you to be neutral. You prevent your
horses and mules, of which, within
two years there have been 191, 900 sold
to the British, from going to South
Africa, and we will take care of the
British soldiers
To those members of the British
Parliament, principally the Irish, who
nave endeavored to aid the Beers, the
speaker extended his deepest appre-
citation. God bless them" he said.
May they gain their independence
from England, as we will gain ours
before the last shot has been fired in
South Africa
Much of the address was devoted to
attacks upon Great Britain, that coun-
try having been stigmatized as the
blacklist in its administration of all the
great nations. The pose of Great Brit
ain, as having been in readiness to in
terpose on behalf of the United States
had other nations attempted to inter-
fere during the Spanish War, was
ridiculed,. the speaker declaring that
The United States could have licked
half dozen countries like Spain and
Great Britain, as WELL"
An outline of the history of the
Beers and of the oppression they have
sustained at the hands of the British
was given, and the speaker dwelt long
upon the victories achieved by the
Beers, with strength ridiculously small
in comparison, over the British. He
told of instances to prove the suppress
sion of these victories and the magni-
flying of British successes in Lord
Kitchener's dispatches
Upon the conclusion of the addresses
a collection was taken up for the COM
mandant and Mr.. Emil Newman offer
ed the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted:
We, citizens of Savannah, Ga, in
public meeting assembled at the Ma
sonic Temple, this 9Th day of March,
1902. Resolve, as follows:
That we hereby express our earn
est sympathy for the people of the
South African Republics. in the bru-
tai war being prosecuted for their de-
struction by the British government.
I'VE express our adherence and de-
testation of the reconcentrado system
so called, by which England visits the
calamities of war upon the inhabitants
of the Transvaal and Orange Free
State. without regard to age, sex or
condition. with a death rate greater
than has marked the most terrible
pestilence or plague recorded in his
tory. We denounce the use of such
camps for military defensive purposes,
as being unchivalrous and cowardly
THAT we urge President Roosevelt
and the Congress sof the United States
to use all the power they have to pre-
vent the further expectation of horses
and mules for the purpose of helping
Great Britain TO eXterminate the
African Republics.
THAT we hereby request the Gov
ernor of our state, following the pa
triotic example of the Governor of the
state of Illinois, to issue proclama-
tions to all citizens of this state. call
ing their attention to the sufferings
of the Boer women and children in
the reconcentrado camps, and urging
them to raise a fund for their relief.
and that the Mayors of all the large
cities in this state, and such other
prominent citizens as the Governor
may select, be appointed as trustees
to receive donations to such fund
That a copy of these resolutions be
sent to the senators from Georgia. to
His EXceilency, the Governor, and to
our immediate representative in Con-
gress.''
You May Have Enough Old Gold.