El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-21
B0ER WAR GIVEN
START IN U.s..
New York Boer Shows Let
ter From Viljoen Attempt
ING to Fan the Flame.

"Sfnce the day when the English
rriumphed over the Beers and wiped
out the South African republic in the
most unhOly war in history the Beers
of south Africa have been preparing
for the rebellion which has com
menced there now There are l-3,Ouu
white men. all fully armed and with an
endless supply Of ammunition. ready
TO take the field Besides these all the
black boys Of that country are rising
AGAINST the English and viii fight with
the Beers. The English power IN
South Africa is going TO be broken and
never again will the English flag float
over the heads Of the men VINO made
South Africa what II IS
Edward Thfedemann made this state
menr TO a New York GLOBE reporter al
his home, BIS 18Th street de was
field cornet in the BOer army and was
wounded and taken prisoner at the bat
tie Of SpiOn kop-
He was one Of the party Of Boer
warriors who visited this country with
cen. Cronie at the time of the ST. Louis
exposition, after peace has been re-
..This rebellion has been planned for
wears" declared Thiedemann. When
the Beers were ordered to swear al
Iegiance to the king thousands Of them
never took the oath. They went 10 the
q, rnan colonies and ever since have
planned and dreamed Of redeeminE
their country never took the oath
T have correspondent with Gen. Maui
ritz regularly since then and all the
Beers in this country have kept IN
touch with the situation. There is
Gen. B J. ViljOen- He is in CaleXico.
calf Gen. W. D. Snyman is in Texas.
Capt. Van GAS is in Texas also.
Cant Jimmy Brown is living over in
Newark. Capt Young is in New York.
Commandant MauritZ. a brother Of the
general is in the south and command
s. in TThfr1un We have
kent track Of each other all these years
ana have worked and planned All the
time for this. Here is a letter from
Gen. ViljOen. You may print that Il
Will show what we have been doing
The letter was dated September 20,
and was from his old comrade at Cal
exec. He writes:
MY Dear Old Friend:
Yours received, and was glad TO
hear from YOU. Well, BOtha does not
answer me, and I think he does not
want TO. I have communicated with
Gen. De Wet, but so far no result
shall certainly advise you as soon as
I learn anything definite. think II IS
a shame the Beers do not jump in and
clean the English up now that they
nave such a splendid chance, and 1 am
doing all can 10 stir up the sentiment
CAPT Van GAS and my brothers live
at ChamberinO. New Mexico. but ]
moved to California because OF my
health. Let me know where Jimmy
Brown is now"
Thiedemann has letters from Col
Mauritz telling Of what the Beers are
contemplating in Africa They are
couple of months old, but no sooner
diG the war start in Europe than the
Beers began preparations in South
Africa For years they have been out
fitting themselves Today they are fully
equipped with the most modern Ge--
man arms Through German East
Erica has come an endless quantity
of arms and ammunition. even the latest
and most improved pieces of field ar
T-llerE and machine guns are in the
hands Of the men who declare they
are going TO give England another bat
tie for their Independence.