| Show II lilt HOLDS JI OUT Tho The latest Intact utterance of ot the former president of ot the this Transvaal In an Inter Interview view viII with William Witham Hc mon are aro re r they thuy thu slow show that lint Mr faith faint In the tho ultimate success of ot tho the cause caURe of ot his people Is still un unshaken unshaken shaken Nothing apparently run cnn i change his hili mind on that Ihal subject Speaking of ot the this proclamation of ot Lord Kitchener he said eald the hoer Hoern are not notto notto notto to b IHo be frightened by hy such auch threats which will only encourage them lo to continue lighting fighting lIh tins That flint proclamation was netted l on the tho of ot August and It rails calls upon nil hoer Boer commanders to surrender their arms before tho lie of September It sets lifts forth Corth that the two republics have lIao been annexed by Great Grent Britain and that a n majority of oC the citizens ns either cither are atc Prisoners onera or have hao submitted to Url Bri British tish authority For tits thin lIll reason his government IH is determined d t to an nn end to a n state of ot things which Is IR prolonging blood bloodshed shied shed and destruction and inflicting Indicting ruin upon u II great reat majority of ot the Inhabitants wills tants s its Tho The proclamation Is virtually n a no notice nod tie tice to the tho leaders of nt hosts Doers that after the tho date dale mentioned they thuy will not be bu accorded belligerent rent rights but be treated as ns bandits Mr Chamberlain clearly defined the tho governments policy lIe He Intimated tint that floors Boers convicted of or killing wounded soldiers and natives In British service would be shot and that houses housea sheltering violators of ot the rules rulos of ot war would be burned Ho lie declared that the time line for Cor sentiment had expired and that hint t from now itchy II W on tho the floors Boors must be suppressed sum summarily madly marily To an nn outside observer tits this declara declaration tion and tho the proclamation that hint follow tollow followed ed erl It are n 1 notice no lice to 10 the world that the th i war line has entered upon Its Ita final phase phalo I and 1111 It Is i hardly possible p to III draw more than one ono conclusion that the tho tragic I end of ot Doer Boer Independence Is about to tl come Caine But Hut to Mr Kruger ruger a proclamation lion tion more or less leIS line has no significance Ho lie believes his Bo Doers rs are are determined to light fight and die Ille fighting Finland a 11 hundred years rears ngo ago had hall Just such a 11 struggle with Russia Her Hor armies were destitute of ot everything except brave brn generals and Indomitable courage Thoy Tho fought on against the most fearful odds They did dill not conquer but they se sod secured secured cured for Cor their country some privileges of ot an nn Independent state which how however however however ever since then have boon been gradually wiped away awn Tho The world Is deeply Interested In tho the drama that Is being played on Oil the tho South African veldt Its bids fair to be the extermination of u a I people lighting fighting for tor liberty by another r people which for Cor a II long period of ot time lime has hap been a n standard bearer of ot liberty In the world worM Impartial ot this title war will road read like strange fiction It will wll furnish turn Ish themes for tor future Homers and |
