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Show ENVOY SAYS BOERS Will STILL DEFY THE BRITISH P.ns'nn May 30. "Even if the whole country is taken and lhe loader.; imprisoned, im-prisoned, the war will, cease only fnr a time, and it will he renewed again and a pa in if need lie until we pet our liberty." was the dramatic utterance of M. A. Fischer, one of th'1 Hoer envoys, when he was shown the Associated Press bulletin from Pretoria, announcing1 announc-ing1 the impending1 surrender of Pretoria. Pre-toria. The bulletin was read to him in com-! com-! pany with the others of the Transvaal republic representatives after their at- i tendance at a concert tonight. Mr. FifcrcT declared at the timeof J th ir departure from Pretoria, three j months apro, there were two plans of j a ct inn which had been determined upon in th-? event of the approach of the Pritish at Pretoria. j One was to concentrate all the Boer I forces inside the city and leave the rest of the country open to the British until the fall of the city. The other was to evacuate Pretoria after a slight show of resistance to enable supplies to be collected and then lhe armv was to scatter into the mountains moun-tains and enter upon a guerilla warfare, which would last until the last man was killed. .Mr.' -Fischer acknowledged that if President Kruger should tell the men of his armv to lay down their arms and surrender in a body they would do so, but he claimed this never will be done bv lhe president. When asked as to their plans in the event of the surrender of the republic and the capture of President Kruger, jlr. Wessels and Mr.' Fischer both agreed that they would keep on in their work in this country until they were officially recalled. |