| Show REFUGEES FLEEING FROM TRANSVAAL W Our South african correspondent describes their experiences with the boers who as a P rule ule treated I 1 I 1 them like dos dogs I 1 I 1 Cape capetown toNn oct 26 this li 14 the worst most interesting part of the iho colony just jul at present livery every I 1 train rain brings about 1500 I 1 front tile the transvaal cadi cacti ono with a title IM to tell that is 13 a shado shade more bor horrible than tile others the are I 1 ament of 0 tile at al the hands of 0 the boers thousands of cheera theco refugees cattle away with mith the clothing they wore as their sole worldly posses pos and nd as a majority ot of the ho men have been nial miners ners nil all their lives ive there Is pothina for klicin to do li here cret but to depend on charity or starve fortunately bitely tile ihn apet owners are always ready to help lany any one in dit distress tress and a relief ak was a 3 formed at once great grallis public bulli buildings tings formell 1 c this lh produce market being turned 1 into t 0 I 1 shelters for I 1 them hem bells beds fix flord it up lip food and other oilier necessaries II B did find and wherever Nhe rever it 11 case 0 of real re it was as made known efforts wore were made to alleviate it I 1 liuch lawce a number of these refugees upon their rIval and they told me file that at ever eveia y station in thor tho transvaal arid anil orange eci state plate tile the coal trucks in which they were more compel compelled lell to ride were nur nor rounded by armed bursher burghe milis taunted the refugees made ims ot of tile 1110 vit vilest expires shins to the women ind and refused all vater or food even to the cr jing children many of th the women Wor nIll and nn children were halt half dead M fill hunger anil fatigue before they reached british soil for tile the trucks in III chich the TWan deis escaped vere aele illde tracked to let lei the boers bocra pass on oil it their I 1 r way beay 0 to o tho the border and p nd the journey of tile refugees v was as made at tot toi tolse alle place pace 1 it II seemed raid one man math ith whom f on I 1 talked as aa though the boers Ili aling about the stations matlon with brand new rifles fines on their shoulders deis and jr 0 bandolier bandoleer ban dolier bristling with car bridgen vvhs just ahching to use their runs guns on en somebody and they taunted the refugees on put pui pose to provoke an outbreak out bicak that gho clio them an all excuse for filing ill a few ew cases the lie men in the coal trucks lost their tempers and talked balk baik these vere nere in att antly dragged draR ired out anti and halt belf heaten beaten to death it will be a a sorry lookout for foe those left behind now that thai mar ar la IN declared unless the better belter class clasa boers keep a tight land hand on art the alff ron raff who RIO are ignorant lenorn nt of ilia rights of the non combatants and believe only in vent ini their brutal batted of foreigners irrespective oc sex or sta etan dlug riding A friend ot of mine abo crame calme through forit ted gin en opinion of the lie phEl cal ti of flip boers lie ile says that lit in tile tho course of their life they acquire 11 a prodigious prod lelous amount of physical and muscular training this being ot of a spasmodic sort results in no very great perfection ion they aro are certainly deiy ei y line fellows fellom ll ind and often of great they have enormous hands and feet I 1 iaco to climbing of krippes Is certainly for tho the ut of the limbs lim their free and earv way kay of yIng L gun cun develops a certain I 1 iuds skill in ili the way ot aln instances alie ile case of oc one old boer who coull not net shot straight at a target to rave 11 1 ill 1 I 1 life hut but put him on oil u a hoise and let him have a rare race after game gaine find and he bould bring do lon n hib doer at eVely hIlOt of louric courbe thit this erratic kllc of caniff more front from long lone practice than through ary ally pec lal thir th ir riding ia 1 lik likewise elise devoid of tiny any science the borr boor is personally personal aliv lv ill the lazle fil anti and enst larkins in inui cular energy atall of all the diff sorts and condill rit of nf men it his has been my lot to meet aill not work even for money manity lie ile lets tile na I 1 alvo alve if ao all tile the ind and bat imposes it upon his womenfolk H 1 10 is Is ran an adept at climbing lie he Is a skilled louglin rider a marvelous short and capable of 0 teats feats in the mair barof of lifting jeary heavy nel Blits lye can call ford a heavy Etre stream arn of lushan lush ln water with v ilia an cipe at ife born of constant conSt tont tiro land in ir ord the boer Is a formidable opponent where herat the hancel hance are in favor of jime KHI gill anti and natural athletic ability but fresh air is 13 an all important genital essential to the tion alon of 0 physical cul anti and ot of tills this the boer has it a asa sot got ore to this he hb inhabits close dwellings dwell ingi s here windows are at a premium al ai he door opening on to in tho the stoop is the principal source of ventilation at night lie sleeps sleep with every open irig lit curey cl clofed oled then a tain bergin lie h if 19 an an all inordinate enter caier ind arl deeply hopelessly lazy ile hr lales tin no extreme exercise but what la Is absolutely 1 th the consequence follows that he Is rarely an example ot of perfect condition being either too loo fat I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 R H 0 0 C S f a iq 1 1 U I 1 1 I 1 I 1 ii 7 V 11 i 1 U 11 lift 1 az I 1 I 1 it Q 4 CO 0 I 1 av 0 I 1 Is az i 1 41 C 40 r 5 V 1 I 1 i 0 41 ava 1 r 7 1 ft 1 W 11 J 0 AMA 41 I 1 07 4 I 1 1 l cw I 1 4 I 1 k U I 1 W t lj I 1 3 t au i X a A 7 0 IZ 1 1 I 1 4 44 L ar 0 I 1 ri r i I 1 I 1 Z 0 e Z CD A W I 1 C OV t I 1 I 1 0 7 act G I 1 V CA batata tatA 1 ric is i aj I 1 LA 0 M I 1 TN j brimet er Ps to 0 1 1 if I 1 14 4 D C to I 1 1 P v 1 k C P 1 ta t C af la 10 aist I 1 4 0 I 1 I 1 0 r ir 0 1 1 ei 0 la I 1 atas LONDON 0 1 3 0 I 1 W aftos A I 1 R A I 1 S 1 aap of the seat of war in fit south africa between durban and laings I I 1 mck are seen all the tha interesting points mentioned in the cable dispatches the route of the tha proposed capo cape to calro cairo railroad anil Kh odess dream is 13 also seen or too lean the boor beef however liaa has one great reat point in his favor lie he la is strictly temperate in the matter mailer of drink taking little or no stimulants drinking mainly strong pulp coffee drunkenness t 14 therefore the exception riot not the flip rule among tile the boors boers to come coine bade back to tile the refu thy they tire nrc le aling the colony by hun hundreds dreos last weeks engish I 1 trial mall from here was its delayed leveral leve ial hours to lo enable the I 1 ho enormous crowd of applicants for at a par passage image to england to bo be dated daled on board the vershel sailing today loday which ordinarily has fallen for or third clag pas paa mongers bongers there thoi e are arc c E row roa tied tell no less than they had bud to lit up ui the hold hot f rard forward with butikas mini air slow them down there ofer carer 09 third classi claas pasha igei leave on oil the t lie next lesac t sailing palling many malay of 0 thom them told tire me thoy they were vere going coins hanbar to till aca ami from whence who ice they had conic come to the th tars nil iwer native to rettar 1 I 1 to south ill tile the y comes 1 0 o ander british rul land norr boor N ni ty and injustice are arc things of oc ili hi baht if ih adus nd us at tp tile avist rate I 1 the ol of capetown hlll ill lo loriann lORi surrie inn tho r not boimal met tn in a mont hsI time limp it anoint not lint ilk be supposed however that all of oc ills th Uit landers tile abc leaving tho the colony try litand reds ric guini guing to in try and liar ond find their mav back to ili ira in a dif different lerent anny ay I 1 to that ir in abich they est raped nai nim nely ly ris as ili ohp Nic lois tots anti and not tile 1 I 1 tile lille in it hand and under quite quilo new nev tn in other vordi borlis num ilas of the refugees refu eca are to b bit allowed to allt land attl ito led against tile the men ilien who N mth till llos to 9 and bullets hall bozed them out of ile iho country tn an which they made their bf monies the chance will doubtless entire 1 later at present tile army near men here boic art aro not lint very enthusiastic about aboul enlisting the ilia aid of tile the colon lytH to KO go to ti tile the front possibly Iob tills IN be bc calisie thy they fear an ali uprising of tile local dutia 1 ira hr aro are hoi hat for a nance hance to ald aid the boers nobia it if it can bo be done dom with irately to a tt it w i ill 11 II lit lie tune lillie enough flip impel imperial lal leader s hay tu to tako take file ho fighting men front froni the tol illy when boil there thele in I 1 A py ito inor fear of treachery rench fry from the lh dutch residents of natal and copo colony the boers sic are alding ildon tin on and the colonists ale at al tile want of llon I 1 1 tilt them or on I 1 tile the final rif of iho liei imperial ahen fire ari needed there alnio are arc only hundt bundled iIiI innet and ahat hal Is to Nent all abc idi adi danced posts lit in natal naiad fallin into illi ahr hands of the boor I 1 pernu ot afe 11 1 have talked with lith military berei and 11 they frankly confess that till all alic lona near tho border must mul ile he left 0 to in o their c fitt te of thi the ultimate and nd if it all ail thie ahro re la is it not I 1 tile iho duurt tn in till 1111 ads 0 of f the iho Brit ani let trip add anti chay I 1 hay it fad in thu igind 5 ot of the big boor IcK derr ue un joubort wan man cry 0 inu o h to fighting ile he said to 1 ar friend ril nd luyi just before ili a crossed tile lh wilder bai and 8 lien the young element vda ill niec icing I 1 iho he leaders to cat I 1 ihfe ito die 1 I 1 lont dont want to t precipitator rt it ahl beca becaria rip I 1 know it hilll inpan inan tile fald anih of flit boor trillion find and I 1 have dime my ally lacut ln m ao to hold my mv in hut but im 1111 afraid it aill ail do nu no good they are bound to be against the british arid and I 1 suppose I 1 shelf shall have in the ond end to go 0 o ilia the tide Joli Joube belts its lamn lick noga to declare ca on n tho side aide of the vav var element clement caused him to be ac emedI i of chapken and tire he doers boers actually uen ell Vil joi the free state slate commandant to take lake command of ahr entire forces and oust coast the it Is interesting to note this in view of the claim that great britain forced the war to 1 an I I 1 Is bue bu jn jai the colony liers here 1 f have no doolit that tire hie bhole trouble li Is due in n fi A large jare asure to tho the nery fiery young boers aho ho had neer seen any country but their ol 01 ov at and N he with tho the traditions of th lh Tran transvaal vani regarding the tha ease case iltis ath illel Ill ll tit alie british had been beaten in former lights buoying thein up bol loved it would be easy for them in beep over natal cand and cape colony tho young boers forced the th older arid and aci men illen to tn tilte take a step that their 1 fi enter reater of tilt the by fight ag na would have cil abud used then them to refrain front from Ho hoaxer exer lie ale sica has bag blen taken for nood good or ill fit to I 1 he file reels anti and tho the if g ht to 1 a I lint a it has as begun lieg beg PERCY PF RCY JONIS z a Z i X Z if 11 I 1 al 51 j 4 1 tv ix 7 5 i allf ft IQ Q P T V 0 t A 1 air I 1 9 pa 7 14 aj ag 7 E F REM ff a 1 I vl 0 r t 4 q ma 4 r st ia 44 eai 4 I 1 ak a T V I 1 4 9 W L w lr I 1 t 5 RN itt a T P I 1 ir ta fa P 5 W IV f P f 15 0 1 CIA 11 uzl 6 V ii aya 11 1 I 1 clr pl al 1 0 1 1 r c 0 V jve 11 K I 1 jr j I 1 11 00 oo 00 I 1 k a v al 11 a av I 1 I 1 74 1 aw 1 i r t 2 I 1 7 I 1 q U 1 7 A 4 1 M 1 5 I 1 1 a gas I 1 11 F K I 1 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besieging besie gins tire me drawn from their latest photographs |
