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Show LONDON IS INTERESTED. Papers Comment on Boer Envoys Visit to America. London, May 16. The afternoon papers pa-pers here pa scant attention to the reception accorded to the Boer dele-j dele-j gates in New York. The Pall Mail Gazette dubs them "Playthings of American politicians." The Evening Standard says: "The proceedings certainly showed unfriendliness un-friendliness to Great Britain, but no deeds will be forthcoming to prove the sympathy of the United States. Had American statesmen previously any hesitation. President Kruger's offer to bribe them with a protectorate would have finally settled the matter." |