Show I THE POOR BOERS I The Boer emissaries must certainly II I bo an ingenious company They protest pro-test that they do not want to see the United States go to war on their account ac-count but they do want the United States to tell England that she must stop the war In South Africa There Is a childlike trustfulness about It all which Is exquisite the faith which believes be-lieves that all that Is necessary on the part of this country Is to make a demand de-mand In order to have it heeded is something which must astonish the worlds diplomats It must all be a dream to those burghers out of the I depths of South Africa to be landed In New York then whirled to Washington Washing-ton a new world open d to them Poor simpleminded burghers all hearts go out to them not only that they cannot be helped but also that they cannot see why It shows too how little comprehension the Boer people peo-ple had of tho task before them when tho present war came upon them They could not comprehend that Great Britain Brit-ain could send more soldiers against them than all their people men women and children numbered and still hold three times as many more In reserve and that with them would be all the equipment and science of modern warfare war-fare and that swift ships would takeaway take-away in great part tho distance that separated their land from England They knew the facts In a dim way but did not comprehend them I As tho truth slowly dawns upon them it will be natural for them In their own stubborn way to say to I themselves Well no matter We can show them what men to men can do There is liable to be more fighting still In the Transvaal |