Salt Lake Herald | 1900-05-03 | Page 9 | Want a Republic

WANT A REPUBLIC Many Boers Doers if Defeated d Will Emi Emigrate Emigrate grate to United States I New York May Iy 2 A Pretoria letter to the Hie World dated March 23 says Although the majority of the Boers Beers still believe that the of the republics Ie B will remain after the war hundreds of them are re taking the opposite view and ami are casting about I for a suitable country to which they can emigrate te State Secretary Helta Relt I said eald ld today I I 1 If the h take those tho e republics and raise rise the Union Jack over them I I will take my family fam y to America I And scores of other Boers Boors have said the same thing to me Many of the older Boers will trek to German West II Africa where there are thousands of square m mrs es of fertile territory and andI I thousands will emigrate to other coun countries countrIes countries tries An cM c d Boer Beer In the Free State sev soy several several eral days ago asked concerning the rates of if passage to America You see B said sd he we are goIng to fight light hard I for tr our country c ry but If it i is taken ten away I from us we want to go somewhere where there is a republic I The Th friends fri of President Kruger Kr ger say sy syI I that if it the Transvaal loses her inde lade independence he will vill wi spend the last years veara vear of his b s life llIe jn In Holland Holad or Germany J