| Show SEALING UP DELAGOA BAT Efforts Hade by Great Britain to Keep Out Foodstuffs New York March 29The World correspondent cor-respondent who Interviewed President Kruger at Pretoria February 7th says Mr KruKer explained at length the eiTortH which the British authorities made to seal up Delagoa bay and theu told of the message he sent to Lord Salisbury ooncerning H He said he ivfuscd to have any more correspond once with Mr Chamberlain but frequently fre-quently cabled to Lx > rd Salisbury In I one cablegram he asked Lord Sallsburv to allow food stuffs to enter through Delagua bay or hey I would be compelled lo feed the 3000 British prisoners pris-oners In Iotorla on maize porridge Lord Salisbury did nol reply but a message signed I Chamberlain I explained ex-plained that the embargo on foodstuffs had been raised three days before Mr Krugcr laughed ihciirlUy when ho told Hint tile Chamberlain message was telegraphed back to Lord Sails bury with the query In this true Tho President added We have not heard from Chamberlain since and laughed for fully half a minute Secretary Keltz then told of a series of communications bel een the Prenl dent and Lord Salisitry concerning the nrlsoncrs who were taken by lie British at Douglas Cape Colony and who although they became citizens of the Orange Free Stale tire being tried In Cauolnun for high treason t The President cent a cablegram directly to Lord Salisbury demanding that tile Douglas prisoners bo treated only as prisoners of war and not as treasonable subjects of hor Majesty and staled hut If they were executed reprisals Wuuld be made Lord Salisbury replied that If one of the Pretoria prisoners ivere Injured both President Steyn and President KriiKcr isould be hanged ut the ronclu slon of tile war 1 Flie President thought I hint was harsh Inngunjo to use and according to Mr Ioiizf statenienl 10 oIled Uo ahead with your hanging but remember that your son Lord Kd wnrd Cecil Is In Mafcklng Air Kru get has no reply to Ibis message My l burghers are figiitlm braveb ho said with much earnestness and they will continue to do so unlll Great Britain asks for peace or V llhdraws I her soldiers We cannot expect to eon quor several hundred thousand men In a day but my burghers are going ahead rapidly as you can SOC by looking look-ing al tIme place wheic vm e keep our prisoners Even atm your forefathers fought against great odds in the Revolutionary and ary war so are we struggling oven us God was with your people sole so-le ho wIth us We have fought with Fngland before and we defeated her soldiers and we will be vlclorlous jitraln |
