Show english giau ti i v P our ranul all U 1 I in transvaal a black eye criticisms foreshadow some som important anti british message r conveyed to washington by he Is said to have been friendly Friend fy to 0 o boers kew new york dec 9 28 8 A dispatch to the new york tribune from london says I 1 consul macrum will not arrive in la england until week after next his lits retirement from office at pretoria is a mystery here hem as it la Is in lV washington ashington nobody connected with the american embassy has the slightest clew and his arrival in london la Is awaited with great interest south africans who were acquainted with him in pretoria describe him as a man with little force who was mw unequal to the responsibilities of an important poet post in war times ho ile had few friends frit ends in either pretoria lt or johannesburg among the american or english residents A representative of one ot of the largest mining comP compan ancs cs in the transvaal tells me that mr macrum was more intimate with mr reitz state secretary of the transvaal than thin anybody else and was not only a strong partisan of the doer cause but was also hostile to british anter ln interests ter and did not hesitate to display his dislike tor for englishmen on public publio occasions ho ile lived modestly in pretoria on a small salary and attract attracted cd little attention before the outbreak ot of the war when conyn conyngham ham greens retired from pretoria mr laerum had a fine opportunity for returning the useful and friendly services which british diplomatists and cons consular ular officers had rendered to america during the previous year in spain and cuba his 1113 abandonment ot of the the post poa of duty when english friends were anxious to receive information from the hundreds of officers and sold soldiers lexi there Is 1 explained by south africans as a natural natum result of hie his strong partisanship r of the be B oer causo cause ard his ds dalike III of e grything ED english gILVIL they econ at the I 1 idea dea that be he has made any political disco verice ra respecting the cause I 1 0 of abo b aar ar or that ho can have any 1 revelation to make upon his return to america apart from romi feltzs special pleading of tho the joer cause the unpleasant impression created in england by mr macrame Ma crume crums inexplicable conduct has been effaced by the appointment of adelbert hay ilay as his successor the latter has been indefatigable In inels labors and zeal once his fits arrival In la answering hundreds of letters from friends of the prisoners with his own hand and receiving day after day a largo large number of inquiries ills courtesy tact and manly bearing have every caller and he has been received with special distinction by lord salisbury at the foreign office |