Show NOtA BEPIIHUe R t I Ratibi Hertz I Expresses an Opinion of Transvaal = JSAYS IT IS AN OLIGARCHY L r 1 Upq IJial ffc CHiagovorned on Strict I Jy ioTccHovhl PrinciplesRabbi I Who Is an American Citizen Was iVho Amorcn Citie j 1 I I > ExneJlcjl by PreaJdW Kruger Bc j II I < icausQHeWouldWot ApoloSiza oiJ I II t flu Uft rance Made af a Uitlandor I t He Went to the Trans l tccUngR t Vnnl a Strong ProBoer i l I I I f NOW York May GDr Joseph IT I JlcrtK who was rabbi of the Wit Walorsrand Hebrew Congregational Church of J bannc bun until last December De-cember when he was expelled from the I Transvaal by President Kruger arrived ar-rived here on the steamer Etrurla ° fnnv alT went to the Transvaal a strong 1 proBoer said he and1 suoko on I man a public occasion In favor of tic Transvaal Government but an Insight Into the Transvaal methods and an acquaintance ac-quaintance with the leading officials within the Transvaal and tho Free I State as well as my personal experl elico while trying lo remove the obnox idlis religious disabilities under which the Catholics and the Jews suffer gradually dompelled me to see that the gadualy ompeled Transvaal Is not n republic but rather l an medieval oligarchy principles misgoverned on strictly At tho Ultlandor meeting at Johannesburg Johan-nesburg on July 26 1S99 I uttered these words Let President Kruger demand I qf the Catholic Inhabitant of the Jewish Inhabitant of the State everything he I hns n right to demand of his own Ijurghers We would give up everything every-thing Willingly I joyfully would we sacrlllco everything with the exception of our faith our principles our truth and our honor and we will not sac rjficc our faith and our honor because be-cause the heroes of Holland and the sturdy men who have presided at tho birth of this republic have not taught US that by sacrificing these things wo v > ould become worthy members of the I Transvaal republic For this sentiment I was called upon to apolQglze I was ordered to withdraw with-draw It I reCused and although an American citizen I was expelled |