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Show Till UAllVAIL, A Frlenal er llamui mm the AOalre r llie Hennblle. Nkw Yohk, Feb. 4. h. F. Wlltae, of California. Isieglatered al Ihe Waldorf Wal-dorf hotel, lit was assistant euglueer of Ihe famous May Cousolidatej and other mine In Africa, of which John llaea liammond, bow uoJer arrest, was the chief. Mr.Wlllee la lhoroub-ly lhoroub-ly posted lu Transvaal a flairs, baviug lived several years lo and around Jo hanneaburg, aud his syn.paU.iea ara all with tha Ultleudere. ! presume," said Mr. W 11 lee last night, "that what you mora particular ly want to know Is about the American element In Iha Trauateal. Wall, tna Amerloaus ara not numerous, but they are UiUueollal, aud 1 may add, popular pop-ular with tha Boers, while tba bug-Usb, bug-Usb, naturally enough, ara bated. Aod here, 1 may remark lual though many of the raiders might have eulertaloed aauexatlon Ideas when tbey followed Dr. Jameson, the Amerloan element did not, and 1 believe, In faol 1 know, that tha movomeul was one lo the dl. reolloo of reform. I led tba country be tore tha raid, but 1, as everyone else, knew that trouble of soma kind was browing, for tha reason that Iha slabs of things was growing mora and mora Intolerable to the Ultlandera or foreigners. "As lor my friend, Joho Hayaa Hammond, ba la an Amerloan, heart aud soul, aod would never think of having lo do with a movement looking to the overthrow of even an ollnnrob!el republic He Is the same oallbreaa Or. J a in neon, and tha men generally who are making out of Iba Transvaal one o tha richest and moat prosperous regPtn jo tha earth's surface, with a spleouid future. 1 could siek mora eepaolelly of matters In Iba Transvaal from lusida knowledge 1 possess, but prudeuce compels mo lo slleuoe. Tha ooooesslons lately granted by tha Boer government to three companies go lo show, Worn Ihey Inquired lulo, that thla luoocent ad ml bla I ration of l'aul Krurger hat an eya to Iba main ohaiiua aud la nol lacking In sordid-new. sordid-new. 'In oonoluilou I uiay say Ibal the American eismeiit lu H ulh Africa Is uua of be efloeuce. It takes to the most Intloaotial and progressiva of Iha population and has, lu an engineering souse, control of tha Baud mluey, whluu mluea are Ihe richest In tbe whole world. Why, they ara not half developed nor will Ihey be uotll the Trausvaal has a mora liberal govern-rueut. govern-rueut. As lor the future uo ruiu kuowa what It will bring forth, though we can all guess. Thai there will ba fast changes Is certain." |
