Show BOER WAR WAP COUNCIL COUNCILl l Sy EY Iq OE B wa Wid W THERE The TheNor NO klan ath With Wills Un the Dot Boers Captain hal hae alit t life bill government a native Un re r port OIt ot of n the Hoer light thereto from and the subsequent grist reat council of war held Happily lap he be ar for tor the bees oen the En did not follow them up or orthe orthey the they might have ban out cut up and captured l this lot and aRd sound cum th the Im important crossing c ln U As there were w no more ttO troops between betten u us and the w we d der to retire to Writing from h he eon lima Mere lIere prevail the most mOlt eY et It hat has ever been K ml my mylot lot Jot to witness All hotels and private hOll houses Are ruled filled to overflowing while little IItti lac en are Ip spread ad everywhere re In Inand inand and outside the town A wild er IM ot of loose horses mutes oxen and little bodies ot of ail anI solitary riders pour through the streets broken by heavy ox wagons and mule nule arts driven by and shouts An All nationalities and all colors are arp present and nd the thA most Babylonian bubble babble ot of tongues resounds re on all aid Id a Here art are foreign furn military II nurses null r rev and irregular D her r troops I is of an all arms ot of Aden ce as II well U and a geedy lot I can tamp only as fur fen they MT do Rot not belong to any Axed commando but look upon tb the fighting a as e sport Ort or chase eh Fre Frequently however among theta thera I come across Ctol mn men of hili high culture and ot of first elue families often otten line fine handsome nun with bearing aide ld by ids wIth the worst ot of the earth Many pate pua from trem one war r to o another I hate haye spoken with Orne Lome who have gone on through the Greek Callan and PhIlippine wa wan And what uniform do I these mercenaries wear None at all allor 11 or more correctly speaking peAking one ha has invented hi his own The only com oom common Ron mon badge batIe is II the across ac the shoulder houlder and Ind the slouch oUch hat Other Otherwise wise will every one wears weare whatever clothes he may possess only on I so IW that It is II noth lag Ing new Many ot of them who are re well oft have hao dunned donned R a fantastic costume slouch h hat with waving feathers teath feath ers r and gold lace Jacket Idled edged with yellow oran orange and ami green non lands epu epaulets M lets with great gold gold tassels lUteI white or orgill gilt gill buttons on the trousers top boots bools with spun cockades In the hat and on he breast lint and In the belt At present th the Doer DUIr are spread alt all or nv r the place Iliac mostly with w ut ally or nr ln u 1 I the gr great Ht r of War presided Un over by and ad Forty lurl Hoer Doer 1 leaders were tere pre prea lint ent Truly thi was w a curious collee at Ion ot ng o oo II t rn ot of ably auy on one q to t o ss m Not one of at not a bright button tor or R a bu t f iH Ia even and only one olle hero bert or II a dean shirt nut ut taUt talk could they fluently lit and PI ear th Ave their opinion Aenne 0 of them had natural nural Iua q In war and ahll showed In Ih la the strength and wk ot Oft I Dot l The They had Mat t brit soy la In the Ibe dt der are and anel M Ito whatever ot of throwing III the sponge They are l L and aad men these with set t lines of face and and aDd I fr bearing Had they and t t mn men been In JI of tRO masse m hat tor tal tra amid aad skill kill It Il mIght have gone fOft hard with the ln lIh ilah l ht opened the th council with a prayer calling down the Ihl blessings af th hat upon UllOa the pau muse 1 ot of Lh the One liners with held review w of the n and the that IC the English thought Uy they had Won Ih the game amt by the they were utter utterly ly Iy mistaken As A regards Bard the Coal fields at Dundee It wu was t after some dis union that they should hou d be Ie destroyed as II they must be considered tit of war and would be ot of greet use to the En Louts Loul Botha had re n calved Iv d orders ordeN to do so 10 but refused to carry the them out as al he maintained they were private property On this point President Steyr e 1 arn am net ot of It a destructive disposition but Ihl this I In is necessary n and nd In accord with t h law ot of Do Does any ny one think that the Ihl would let It 1 a I h roil for tor the Tran vaal go by It If I Y l had d to blow blew ep halt hatt tit the tr PH ghee list In order to dance of 01 my people r I would tIo do a The t theft t this 11 Jr I 1 clo close the council I thAt is t the hoop C every err officer the lAe nose ot of the situation It II tea qu q lion ot of life lite or death to us UI shall remain an independent we or become slaves I 1 do all that It ii In my POWer and so 10 also allO m my elder t ep Kruler Kruger Im 1 am no soldier but bat yon Olt ar are and nd to you ou muck b I In Your retie ot ou our r Your WIll end on y our ti all you four auk II May Go aid you We all but It there a more mort death tan lIMn to tall tor or your our country and people at the head og 01 your FOur fellow burghers os F al help belD u us TIlt I Is indeed hilI full ot of trouble but when night Is darkest III Jan down la I nearest |