Show PRIDE OF GALLANT NATION three boer leaders as famous in statesmanship as they were wera in war gen jacobus hendrik de la Is rey key who was accidentally shot and killed by johannesburg pollee police will be mourned by many a british officer now serving at the front knightly was a term worthily applied to gen do de la rey key in the boer war A braver gentler more magnanimous soldier devir never faced an enemy his countrymen called him tho the lion of the western transvaal englishmen slid said that he was one of the three military geniuses among the heroic burghers whose defense of their country compelled england to put men in the field the other great soldiers who won tame fame in tho the boer war by their brilliant tactics were louis botha now premier of the union un ion of south africa and christian rudolf de da wet who la is minister of agriculture ri of the orange river colony louis botha the youngest of the three born in 1862 commanded the doers boers at the battles of colenso and kop and upon the death of petrus joubert a soldier and a gentleman and a brave and honorable opponent in the words of Lady smiths defender sir george white succeeded to the command of the transvaal vaal forces de wet and do de la rey the latter the older were fighting men of the same type and it would be bardl hard to say bay which showed the greater skill in surprising ing and cap faring british detachments and afterward eluding pursuit do da la rey had more solid achievements to his credit among them Klerks dorp where lord methuen sorely wounded tell fell into hla his hands and was released so that he could obtain medical treatment all three ol of these able soldiers aided the british in the reconstruction 0 o south africa do de la Is rey rby visited india in 1903 to persua persuade tle the boer prisoners detained at ahmed nak aitto to take the ibe oath of alle allegiance glance ile he was returned unopposed to the first transvaal parliament ot of the union of the boer leaders none had a i more ve personality it was a fine people that could produce such soldiers and statesmen and ri never ver was there stronger proof of the axce excellence ence of 0 british administration in our times than the winning of 0 botha do la Is rey hey and de wet to the new order n S south africa the empire has known no more loyal citizens new york sun |