| Show PRAISES fOR RHODES 1 Woman Tells of Her Experience i t at I i NATIVES HAD TO LEAVE LEAVE REDUCED THE TH OF OP E r 11 MOUTHS MOUT TO F I 4 I I We When People Wanted to Surrender er i Cecil Rodes Cheered Them Te With I 4 the te Assurance That Lord Roberts B berts q Belief Would Soon Beach ii Party Par Soo Rach ii Them Methuen Tooled Pooled Them Tem I I of the te Associated Pre Press Pross London March Mch 21 Hon on Mrs l Roch 1 fOrt fN Maguire who with her husband huband the British South African company di dl director director rector remained in Kimberley through throughout out the siege describes her experiences in n several columns of the London t Times Like nI nil alt thee the correspondents she is loud lou In her he praises prases of the work done by Cecil Ceci Rhodes She Sh says For some time before tein teI Mr Rhodes had ha felt fel that in view i j of the uncertain duration durton of the siege i f it was wa as necessary to get rid rd of as a many may mayr manyI r I mouths as a possible This idea had hadt I t t been b at first frt opposed by the military Ai i I authorities but they gave gae way eventually I ally ily and a ho he managed to get rid of some out of or tho tim natives in inthe inthe 1 the te compounds This was wa naves splendidly 1 managed mae by L 1 Finn his hi agent who I understanding u the te natives thoroughly l I won their confidence ami anI an explained the te I to thorn thom and led le them out of 71 town tow in detachments They Tey started on onI j I their way wy in very good spirits spirit carrying I i their belongings cooking coking pots pot blan blankets blana a j ket etc together to ether with some rations r I fully tuly Intending many of them the to re return re rei i j turn ur when the war wa was over I 4 Must Mut Leave the Town Town I I I j After the battle batte of the Modder Lord LordI I 1 Methuen who expected to be hi in i Kim 1 I f berly almost Immediately sent a men mes message m mII menI II I 3 sage to Colonel that he heI I i f would not be b able to remain any time I and ad so practically all al noncombatants J i I must mut leave leve A little food would be sent ti M 4 I in and the town would be only occupied r I pied by its Iz i defenders This Thi idea caused ause great consternation consternation tion among among the people who thought it ii iiI I very vary hard that after enduring a siege j t of two months month they should be b called cale I upon to leave the te town tow and go nobody tl tl knew where at almost a moments no notice nor noI r f I tice de Colonel stated state at a 1 meeting l tn of the town council that the j people would havo hav havi to leave on the te entry I of Lord Methuen but all al the te same sae numbers of ot the people said sad they in intended n 1 tended tende refusing to go the great geat pro proportion J l portion porton of them tem being not at all al well wel oil off of and had ha nowhere to go A telegram 71 was wa sent by the te principal men in the 1 town setting forth the difficulties of turning out people suddenly with without wih i out provision having been made for forte 4 l them te j r 1 Our Ou intelligence department did not nt succeed in getting much information 3 I So ao o Mr Rhodes Rhode organized a system of j I native naive runners and scouts scout by which 1 j we 0 were enabled not only to receive r eive j 4 I I j i occasional papers paper and an letters letter from the i I outside world but also alo learned what t I tho the besiegers b ege were about abut where their i i I laagers were we etc 1 I Boers Beers oer Wee Were Active I I We Wo gathered that tat there were probably probably ably lly never more than 2000 or 1 j around roUnd us at at any time with wih about or if it as a many more in fontein Impeding Lord ad advance advance d 1 vance but so mobile mobie are these thee irregular lar troops tat whenever we w made m e a n t f sortie sorie they collected from rom all al parts in ina ina ina a very er short time and made action aton on or oni J i our part p t very ver difficult if i not impossible I ble without great geat loss of life Ufe t t The Standards Kimberley corre correspondent core I a i states that the Sunday gunday previous I ous oun ou to relief when petitions that tat surrender be resorted to were be being Is i ing circulated in the te beleaguered town f Mr r Rhodes Rhode received a message mesag i through the tho th Intelligence department 1 i from Lord Roberts Robrt saying it I would woud bo b too humiliating for the town to sur surrender surrender h render r after aft its is brave defense and ad t asking him to assure the people that relief would reach rech them In a few days da s The message mesge as received by Mr Rhodes Rhote was vaS wa marked Secret I met f rj him shortly ly after ter its receipt when he herad hep p road rad It I to me saying j u 0 I r knew krew ln w Lord Roberts Robert never intend intended 1 1 ed cd it it tp tO be kept kepf secret The people 1 need something g to cheer them up and andI i I want every one to know ow I have hav re received ret rei II t i this cheering news U crr |
