| Show Jon rou AVAIL WB Spirit of ot Determination to t Continue Continuo It U is I Grand Orand Rapids Mich lIch April phi brant trant of ot this tins city a member of ot the tho ha executive committee of ot the American Transvaal league today re received reo the following letter from Mon Montagu Montagu White American representative of the Transvaal republic WIN New Nev York Tork City CibIn Mi In reply to your our Inquiry as ps to the tho ru rumors rUe mors about President Kruger rug r and ind Mr counseling surrender I beg to inform you OU that there mere Is h absolutely no foundation for tor such ridiculous re if reports ports Both Bolh the president and arni Mr Mi rears ren na liS well as an the tire other In ln Europe are ore strongly opposed to any an settlement Involving a 0 surrender of oC liberty or Independence Still less leAs would they counsel be because because cause time Is la the tho ho very essence of oC the situation Reports from Gen Oen Botha Iotha and the theother theother other fighting lighting generals as us s late latti as tire the beginning of or February were encouraging log ing and Indicate that thai a settle seUle settlement ment lineaL Is 18 effected tho tire war will wiil be Je of long continuance Even J en the tile special corre carte correspondent I of the London Times esti esl estimates mates that thai It will wilt last another year The Tire burghers are me carefully husbanding their ammunition of which they still sili mayo have a generous supply and there is no dearth of If food while the men In the tine Held are by liy this time almost seasoned veterans Tho The spirit of or determination to con continue continue continue tine the Is indomitable With regard to the objection ur ed by some friends that further demonstrations In favor lavor of If tho tine Hoers art are useless because they achieve no definite result I beg br to protest most strongly against such audi audian an assumption because I 1 nm urn quite convinced that the indirect effects of such guch demonstrations are aro beneficial to the Boer caime cruise They are n it source of disquietude to in the tIne British and all ull tend to influence the tire public mind In the di dl direction of ending the war It Is how however ho however ever necessary n that thai due publicity should be Je given to euch uh meetings I cannot too strongly urge Uree our friends to treat Ireat the various rumors detrimental to the Doer Boer cause with sue sus suspicion The absurd reports about De Dewet Dewel Dewet wet wel going insane Incano and the Doers Boers being hopeless hope leu should be b dismissed at once Yours faithfully MONTAGU WHITE |
