Show at Lorenco Marques the following interesting In-teresting letter written to the Consuls Con-suls wife by Mrs RoiL the wife of the Secretary of the South African re Hlble ietorla March 11 1900Many things have happened since I wrote to you list We did not mind losing Ludvsmlth nnd Klmberley much but wo were very sorry about Cronje We knew him to be I brae man and ve ill prayed OHI that t It might please him to restore him and his burghers 10 us The President asked the people to pray for him on tluvo successive nights and which he hoped that he might fight his way out Will God Utterly ut-terly forsake us Perhaps he will still hear us in his own good time Wo cannot turn back now and we do not mean to May God have mercy on us 1 see In todays paper that 51000 more troops are coming The outlook Is certainly not bright now I suppose you have hoard tha BadenPowell at Mafeklng threatened to send armed Kaffirs to invade lie Ruslenburg and Marlco districts If w did not withdraw with-draw our forces before the 3rd or March and he has actually done so Our General warned 1 him that he I would have lo lake the consequences conse-quences Khamas Kaffirs are v ell I armed and cruel beyond words to wo inen and children The men there arc mostly away on commando English officers with rjinnon arc leading the Kaffirs You know that they tried this experiment before and how they themselves them-selves had to acknowledge how com ploiely the Kaffirs gol out of hand I hoard today how to women ere murdered there l God moans the English to crush S this our poor people I do not think they will find many men left We do not fear the great number of English I troops they can not shoot but It is the cannon we can do so lIttle against Wil your poopie not neip us < jer I Imps your Government will not lot them 1 shall pray God night and day that he may move the heart of your President and lay ouch words In the mouth of Webster Davl as will go home to the pooplo oC America to make them listen to the cries of the little child that Is being murdered here by a big and strong man as our President expressed it |