| Show DEMAND WAR WITH ENGLAND Expression on of Facts Fac by Consul Macrum HOW lI ArED JIl III l hall nod wl with 1111 l III un as Official Early teJ Chicago Feb With be the tho policy ot of this goyen ald Andrew D Lee of South Dakota It if the facts set Ht forth In Inex ex consul open letter to the American people ere are found to be 1 correct This Thill action ot of the British author authorities ties at Durban In tarn with moll ma matter addressed to Mr Macrum 11 damnable the governor continued continue and on outrage o against the rights i at neutral powers It If the tads facts a as stated In I that letter are nrc true the got goV goVernment should cull call Oret Britain to severe account That may ma mean another war on In our hands I know but war la Is preferable to dishonor The spectacle lit of an Ameri Amer American can citizen be he In private or life lite having to sIt Id idly b by and see hl hi mall maii opened b by on an of at n a foreign power le III too tOl humiliating for my blood bloc to stand standi Almost equallY IlS as radical cornmeal were made mado by several everal or of the lire lenders leaders I Ithe In Inthe the antitrust conference who wet were shown the ruin Washington tonight setting forth the experiences at atthe c the ex All were emphatic In 1 saying that the tho rIghts ot of citizens c ot neutral powers shoUld b be protected and an that England should lJ be condemned strongly for tor her methods CONSUL STATEMENT Washington Feb 1 The signed statement was glen out tonight by Charles 1 IL Macrum former United Unite stales consul at Pretoria la laThe The situation In Pretoria was sue such that first ns ins an official I not reo re remain main there while m my government at a ahome homo home apparently In the dark a ato 1111 to the exact conditions In Sooth At rica Secondly Second as alC a man and tf of the United Stales Stahl I could not ln In n sacrificing m my own set ser t e and ond that of the people ot of Ir P I orb while the government at horn home I continued to leave me In the tho position tf of a 0 consul and not nn an Amerl urn onn consul I wont want to say right here hen i that hat there thore was waa not one OM single request undo modo of at me through the department ot o omate state mate looking to the care ot of In i In Pretoria whIch I did not rul ful fill III and report upon according to my ml orders On the other hand American In South Africa were In that tha which demanded that the de department or of state should be cognizant of d them themI I Issued the statement r received tram from Ule he tate state department nt that American neutral In the face of at this his Americans were continually gosh gosho to o the line front and taking up arms In the use ot of the I could not help but gut know that many of these thee were ware cit tens ot of the United States State I also knew that hat many man of at them In utter despair at al atthe the he attitude of our own government were sere taking the oath ot of allegiance to tc tche the he r public When had ad reached U th slate that m my vice consUl Mr Vs Va clo closed up ill illIs his Is business took the unlit of at once nee to the republic and went event to the front as n a burgher I thought the time had ad come when i should make a 11 report of t these conditions OPENED AMERICAN MAIL It Il over four weeks from the tho theme I me the war opened before belore I received a Ingle mall mail dispatch from m my govern government tent ment or n a personal letter Tine The mall for tor the he Transvaal had nil all been slopped at b by order or of the high com commissioner missioner When this mall was finally to me otter after Colonel Stowe the to consul general at Capetown had soured Its release I had the on as the representative ot of the Anion mer merIcan Ican an government of at sitting In m my ice in III Pretoria and looking on envelopes es bearing the official seal of the government opened and om ally sealed with n a sUcker sticker notifying me e that tyre tho contents had been read b by byno the no censor at Durban I looked UP International low law but failed iced to find anywhere that one mill mili military millry tary ry power can use uso Its own oln discretion AS i to forwarding tine the ol official dispatches ot n a neutral government to Its In n a besieged county countr The moll mail service from Delagoa flay to Europe was wall continually Interrupted by tine tho action netlon ot of British at that at port The service was over oer two weeks eka longer than by the west coast nd there were continued rumors that that at port would be closed and ration with the outside worM entirely entire cut t off olt The cable able service from the was absolutely absolute cut oft I 1 waR Is privately Informed by the tho Belgian d Herman consuls at Pretoria that their cables In code to co gov had hod lI been n refused by the cen cenor or STOPPED IS ISI I filed one cable In the Interest of at nn an In PretorIa which rev reo red absolutely b by the censor at Dur Durban Durn ban n This able roble I sent to the fiancee of 11 Mr Ir Nelson an American business l man In In Pretoria She was on her way 0 to South Africa from Buffalo N Y when ten the war broke out According to ton n otter letter which Mr Nelson received just before tore tile the war commenced she Willi w aa ying a In Europe The ca a hIe requested her to como come to the east const tat When I Informed Mr Nelson that the r cable had not been sent his brother do th the oath ot of allegiance to the rev reo pUblic bile and went event to tine the rent these lire simply minor details The which had been lIeen going on onore ore the war and after It open opened were re of at aunt suh u n serious nature and would uld rt require such detailed n that on the of November I filed n cable able to th the department in fn code stat statIn In that I wished d leave of absence In inen order en to visit the fit I set et forth In this cable hilt my m vice Ice COrl consul ul had enlisted In the Do army that thal n a Mr Ir Atterbury an Amen m r lean icon whom I had known v very ry fan ably for tor more than thau n a year could Uk tilt charge or of tho ho office until my return In reply to tints this which Willi wa forwarded without delay I receive from the department n a reply mo me that my presence ence nt at Pretoria Important to public interests On I tin hp I telegraphed again the receipt of tine the cable advising tin department that the situation was nol nn critical that Ir Atterbury was com cam that my pre presence nce In Amerte was Important N No reply was J and I 1 wire Ir d again on the stating that no h d peen nen received and a again n reply On the of Nov in her I again wired the stating that I could not lenTo leave without permission that I would forfeit rny m post It if the reasons ms which 1 would enak to the department did not prove saUSe factory This cable was trite delayed b by the until the tho 2nd of December when I 1 hud ha that It hail had lust Just been forwarded d dOn On the of November I 1 again file filen n able stating that three of my cable had been unanswered and stAting slating Q a substitute would let act as durIng absence and nd requesting a reply To r thIs I received II a reply immediately which WAS 1 a reiteration ot of the reply to m first able RELIEVED TO COME HOME lO Ui Upon receipt ot of title reply ply was WIlS on the ot of November I Imme wrote to the department accept acceptIng lag Ing the refusal al to grant my In leave am stating staling In that letter that I 1 would LIJe by the decision ot of the department ant attempt to Convey cOne an Intelligent ides Idel for tor the tho departments guidance of tin conditions there In mall dispatches Or On Orthe the of December I received Ii a from the department to my of the which I had been Informed t 0 days dar previously had just been for forwarded worded warded It read III as follows follos You may come home bome Put Atter b ry temporarily In charge Depart Department mint ment will send Rend mall from here This was signed Ua hay Thereupon J I cabled the department as follows Sail by Naples This cablegram was sent on the Sib and In n the moon meantime time I tl to goA go goA A few tew days later I 1 received a telegram from Mr r consul at Delagoa ba bay stating staling that he had been instructed Instruct to tc carne COlne to Pretoria to take charge of my office durin during my absence and until untila n a man could arrive front WashIngton Mr Ir arrived on the or of DI D camber cember and was Willi thoroughly posted In Inthe inthe the routine ot of the ollice and ond I Intro Introduced Introduced him to the treads ot of all govern ment departments and to my consular colleagues I left lert PretorIa the flight ot of DP Dec 16 I went straight to rants Paris notified the dl de department of my presence there while waiting wafting for the American line boat to sail for tor New York I arrived in Wash WashIngton Wa In Ington on Monday Monda the of February and reported to Assistant Secretary hilt of at the state department who I Informed me that Secretary hays son had been l In my III place ace and that he was on his wa way to Pretoria I appreciated the seriousness or of the In South Africa to the extent that on lilY my wa way to Washington bellev Ing that I was still the consul In Pre Ire loda I refused to make any statement that would In on any way involve the department de department or embarrass a It M My one lect jeet was unit to 18 lay the Information before the ho department as to the true state of In South Africa If the depart thought these facts were ot of value to warrant the expense ot of the trill I 1 had taken I 1 expected to o benot be reo not ne ted and to to Pretoria leer 10 Ing ng the department to act tt as 1 It son saw nt fit I upon linen the farts facts which laid Ibid I before befort It I W OF NO SECRET S CHEr ALLIANCE Instead vt of this I find that Secretary lay whether acting upon the retorts In n the ne newspapers or upon advice from the he British government or some other mothe r do not know S saw W fit not to watt walt until I could present tiny 11 reasons In n person and has been blen a l silent or con can partner to discredit reports ot of m try acts I f conic come home bome to find in attempt inns been lIeen made mado to tear Jon down III ny personal reputation J 1 wish Ish to state rIght fight here that when I my m post oat n as consul I knew nothing ot of any ecret alliance between America merlen and treat Britain and that I fad seen noth nothIng Ing fig In the regulations which mali made the consul of the American Republic sub act to the tho whims whim and caprices lOr f an anI I military censor at Durban I IMme Mme to America wIth 1 a motive ot of filch I nm ant not nol ashamed There Is III not one soul who can an point to r a single oI official oct act of mine which spaded departed from the tho neutrality I ly confidential dispatches to the dp de contained Information will show m my sympathy for tine republic but Lit which time will prove proe to be un unbiased unlaced laced biased as to actual facts l My acts nl as a public official are oil all recorded corded nt at the department lot My acts now aw ns as n a private man can oon In ht no wa way In Inv the public service and 1 simply make ake this statement In m my own oln de deace ace as against those which have hae come from om the department secretly and om ally Signed Ch ARLES E |
