Salt Lake Herald | 1901-02-20 | Page 7 | Hay News Bureau Booms Adelbert

HAY NEWS NEW BUREAU BOOMS F Feb ft to the state department Consul Hay scored a distinct diplomatic success at Pretoria before leaving there Lord Kitchener had nad issued a proclamation at Johannesburg which while the English and Dutch to buy food from the government stores prohibited this privilege to for foreigners signers eigners There Is no food in shops hope and it ith itis h is difficult to obtain food in any di dl direction so it looked like starvation for forthe forthe the SOw foreigners on the rand The consular corps at Johannesburg exhausted all their resources without avail and at last dispatched Mr Gordon the American consular agent to Pretoria to enlist the help of the consul Mr Hay hearing that Lord Kitchener s about to leave town went to him Immediately without consulting with his colleagues laid the matter before him and succeeded in retting getting an order to the military gov governor governor at Johannesburg to allow not only Americans but all foreigners to obtain food at the government stores on certificates from their representatives New York Feb 19 Consul Adelbert Hay son of the secretary of state Is re receiving a warm welcome from friends in London tys the Tribunes correspondent in London Lon oft He is modest and reticent and talks like an honest neutral Who has done his work with strict impartiality Ho H distributed letters among the Brit British British ish prisoners and arranged money re remittances for cr them yet commanded the respect of President secretary Relta and other Boer officials and when he left Pretoria Pretria received the Cho honor of a t farewell dinner from a dozen burghers On the other hand his relations General Roberts and General Kitchener were most friendly and the Boer prison prisoners ers era were grateful for his timely services He refers in the kindest terms to the leaders on each side aide rand and avoids any dig dis display play of partisanship Air Mr Hay will spend a fortnight in Lon London London don and on the continent before selling sailing for America