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H.
C. VAN MBDENBACH DE ROOT, late adjutant of the Foreign Le-
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funds to help clothe and feed the burghers during the coming win
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began gave his best for the eouse of the republics. He served with Delarey
and Botha in the battles at Coleburg, Abrahamskraal, Vet river, Sand river,
Kroonstad, Rhenoster river, Klip river, Pretoria (Irene), Iionkershoek.
Bronkhorst Spruit and Delamutha.
He was with the Boer army as it fell back before Roberts' advance and
was an eye witness to the last interview between President Kruger and his
lieutenants. He has Btudied British army field tactics and draws an Intelli
fent comparison between the armies that opposed him, his own and what
observation and history has taught him of American military ability.
H
AN Medenbach de Rooy is board
ing at the northwest corner of
Third and Convent streets. He
reached St. Louis December 29 from
South Africa. He was a railroad clerk
and an assistant station master In
Pretoria before the war. He hopes to
remain here during the World's Fair,
snd then, with what money he has
saved, return to his fighting country
men. There is no question in his mind that
the Boers will be battling then. If
some powerful nation has not loosed
Britain's grip.
De Rooy was one of a company of
384. Germans, PojtugueHe, Austrians.
Irish, Americans and Burghers, who.
when pressed by the British in No
vember, 1!W0. tied Into Portuguese ter
ritory, and were shipped from l"la
goa Bay to Trieste, Auslriu. He went
to Hamburg and sailed from that port
to New York.
He was in Chicago a short time,
preaching the cause of the Boers, but
he had a letter to City Registrar Fltz
glbbons in St. Louis unci was anxious
to deliver it. While In this city Mr. de
Rooy will assist In arranging a num
ber of pro-Boer meetings: Mr. De
Itooy says:
The Boers are much stronger today
than they were a year ago and the
war in South Arrica Is far from an
end.
The Boers' purpose has never waver
ed, no mutter how heavy the clouds;
It Is the independence of their country.
Their only hope today Is In fighting
until the time comes when a great na
tion shall In the cause of humanity
and Justice break (ireat Britain's de
structive hold on what was once as
peaceful and happy on Ood-feuring
country as Is In the world.
The haughty, insulting proclamations
Issued by Lord Roberts and his suc
cessors In command of the British
forces in South Africa have made an
honorable surrender Impossible. Such
degrading terms never were Imposed
Upon a brave and honorable foe.
The great, magnanimous America
would hang Its head for shame if one
of its generals copied the mildest of
British methods. '
Instead of offering terms consistent
with the heroism and military ability
demonstrated by the burghers, the
British, smarting still with the stings
of Colenso and Tugcla river, must
degrade us.
The oath of neutrality published 111
the Government Gazelle at Pretoria,
June 21. l'.M. forces Its takers to be
tray their comrades by disclosing hill
ing places of arms and ammunition.
Five days before that appeared there
was a proclamation signed by "Rob
erts, F. M., Commanding In Chief.
South Africa." which reads In part.
whenever public property Is
destroyed or Injured In the manner
set out above (blowing up bridges,
culverts and destroying wires the
principal civil residents in the neigh
borhood will be held responsible for
siding and abetting the offenders. The
houses in the vicinity of the place
where the damage Is done will be
burnt, snd the principal residents will
ha mart ni-lannera nf war "
Below ate verbatim copies of Iwu
more proclamations by the British
army authorities:
NOTICR.
The town of Ventersburg has
been cleared of supplies and psrtly
burnt and the farms In the vi
cinity destroyed on account of the
frequent attacks on the railroad
line in the neighborhood. The Boer
women and children who are left
behind should apply fo the Boer
commandants for food, who will
supply them unless they wish them
to starve. No supplies will be sent
from the railway lo the town.
BRI.'CB HAMILTON, MaJ.-On.
November 1. 1900.
By Older of the British Govt.
V. K. (Victoria Begins I.
PUBLIC NOTICK.
It la hereby notified for informa
tion that unless the men at pres
ent on commando belonging to
families) In the town and district
of Krugersdorp surrender them
selves and hand In their alms lo
the Imperial authorities by the !0th
of July, the whole of therr proper
ties will be conftecaterl and their
families turned out destitute aod
homeless. By order,
O. M. M. R ITCH IH,
Cpt. K. Horse. DIM. Hupt. Police.
Krugersdorp, th July. ISM.
ODD SAVE THB Q1IKKN.
In view of these authenticated proc-
hmatlons posted In Pretoria and
throughout the Trsnsvssl, the Orange
free State and Cape Colony, what has
the Boer to gain by surrender?
Can he return In peace to his farm,
his warehouse, his store snd unmolest
ed restore his country to a land of
lenty as the southern soldier was per
mitted to do after spending four years
n rebellion against the powerful gov
ernment of the l'nlted Slates?
No, the British are not built that
way, Ie must humiliate, grind, de
stroy. And yet there are many in this
BRAVE BOERS AND THEIR ARMY.
Just Arrived Here Tells
in South Africa.
world who ask in wonder: Why do
they not accept an honorable peace?
There Is no honorable peace with
Great Britain. If the hand of friend
ship Is not soon held to the suffering
Boers the words of Tacitus will apply
to the results of British cruelty in
South Africa: "Solltudinem faclunt,
pacem apellant." (They create a soli
tude and call it peace.)
That is why we fight on, and why
we will fight on until the bitter end.
And what that end?
Away in the north of the Transvaal
is the Bushveld, where the British do
not dare to follow. Here the fortun
ate Boers have placed their women
and children, and they know that they
are safe. That wild, hilly, bushy coun
try is to be the scene of the last stand.
A commando of bushwhackers could
massacre a division of British if it
could be enticed there.
We are preparing for it. Already
there are many horses in that coun
try, and at any time the forces in the
Held could be withdrawn to this nat
ural shelter.
And how well have we fought?
The maps tell the most striking sto
ry. They are republished from Me
thuen's Peace or War in South Af
rica ,an Knglish review of the military
operations.
The Boer force scattered over the
territory Indicated by the white, num
bers 16,lW0 men and boys. In the
Transvaal, Louis Botha, commander-in-chief,
is acting with General Chris
tian Delarey. The Free State forces
are being superbly handled by that
glim, silent soldier, Chritian De Wet
In Cape Colony Commandants Smuts
and Fouche are harassing the British
These forces are being constantly
switched about, so that the Koer force
In one place is not the same figure
a mouth at a time.
Opoosed to us are 2.10.0VO soldiers of
the British empire, in command of the
best genervls the greatest military
power on earth cun furnish.
it mystities the world how we can
make such daring raids, almost under
the very nose of the enemy. It Is slm
pie. Two-thirds of that great force is
guarding the railroads and telegraphs.
They dare not withdraw for a skir
mish in the country or bridges ami
culverts would go In a minute. At the
first they fell into our ruses to draw
them into the hills, but after losing
much valuable railway property while
the guard was chasing a handful of
elusive burghers, they learned better.
So It leaves but an inconsiderable
force to be divided Into many garri
sons and dispersed throughout the
large districts back of the railroads.
These posts are far apart and we have
no trouble getting away with stoles,
ammunition and prisoners, before re
inforcements cun possibly arrive.
The stupidity of the British soldier,
even to this day, after their disastrous
experiences in South Africa, Is a con
stant source of wonder to the burgh
ers. The same foolhurdiness that charac
terized the Buller expedition on Lady
smith Is still conspicuous among offi
cers and men, though naturally In a
smaller way, yet the results are th.'
same disaster.
A little surprise seems to rout their
Judgment. Strategy seems to be a
dead letter in the British urmy rode.
If your attack is unexpected 9H times
out of KW It Is won. They fight, but
seem to have no eye to saving life. I
have seen officers, conspicuous In theli
swords and straps, stand stolidly by
their guns In the trenches until killed
by the burghers.
The British army today is support
Ing tbe Boer forces. The country has
been ruined. Homes, farms and cities
have been destroyed by the ruthless
hand of the invader. The soli can yield
nothing, there is none to cultlvute It.
In the simple manner In which the
Boer forces are fed we can generally
rapture In a night enough provisions
to last one force a month or so. On
one occasion General de Wet picked
up a British supply train that gave his
men food for three months. In the
same way we get clothing. The khaki
uniforms made excellent Boer uni
forms when the British buttons and
colors are cut off. But the army most
needs shoes, and I was instructed be
fore leaving South Africa to Impress
this upon the American people' who
desired to lend assistance in this he
roic struggle for liberty.
The first thing a British prisoner
loses is his shoes, A Boer may offer
his soleless ones In exchange and he
may not.
At first our army was supplied with
the latest firearms and guns from the
continent of Kurope. Of late we have
been compelled to discard these and
use the guns and rifles captured from
the Knglish, because the ammunition
we lake from them cannot be used In
our firearms.
There is a man in South Africt
though, that the British government
would rather take than De Wet. His
name seldom appears in print, yet ne
is one of the most daring and suc
cessful soldiers of the two republics,
His name is Daniel Theron, a com
mandant. It has often been asked why th
Boers did not destroy the Johannes
burg mines, and thus prevent such a
rich prize falling into the hands of
the British. French and German cap
ital are largely Interested In these
mines. The Boers In protecting them
while they occupied the town kept the
sympathy and good will of those pow
erful nations. Had they been destroy-'
ed or Injured during burgher occupa
tion the republics would have had a
heavier burden to carry. European
capital would have demanded reim
bursement.
When the British entered Johannes
burg Commandant Theron and a
small force of patriots did not retire
with the regular burgher army.
They hid about the city and planned
to destroy the mines, which were then
in the keeping of. Great Britain, and
she would be held responsible for any
damage
as the world knows, three mines
were blown up with dynamite. The
ron and his band escaped. A greater
price is on his head than that of any
other enemy of Pngland's in South
Africa.
After the battle of Donkerhoek the
British gathered all women and chil
dren Into the western district and sent
them from there on trucks to our lines
hoping that we would take them
with us as poor Cronje did, and that
an occasion would arise that we would
prefer surrender to a bombardment of
the helpless, as that old warrior did.
They did not permit the women to
take sufficient clothing to warm their
bodies, or enough food to last the jour
ney. Their excuse was no time, but
they had time enough to burn houses
and farms.
One Instance of British brutality I
witnessed. While scouting around
Middleburg one morning we came on
two English landers roughly treating
two native girls, who could not have
been over 16 years old. We killed the
Englishmen.
The retirement of President Kruger
from active participation in South Af
rican events is made much over by
the British, and it has even been
charged that he appropriated the gov
ernment funds to his own use. A
baser lie was never told. The burgh
ers understood whyjie left, and every
one loves him more today than ever,
and they are glad that he is not there
to see and suffer.
It was my great good fortune to be
present at the last interview between
President Kruger and his chief advis
ers. It occurred at Nelspruit, east of
Pretoria, on August 30, 1900.
Since evacuating Pretoria the presi
dent lived and the government bunl- j
ness was transacted on a train. Mr.
Kruger, so years old, his eyesight fail
ing, scarcely left his car. He was
guarded by a large detachment of the
Pretoria police, the best equipped and
the best soldiers in the republics' ar
mies. Nelspruit Is in what Is known as the
low country. It is swampy and reeks
with malaria and fever. Soon Mr.
Kruger unil those about him were ail
ing. He could not return westward. where
the British were thick, and he could
not exist long there' in the swamps,
ami the Pretoria police were badly
needed on the tliint; line.
On the eventful morning President
Steyn of the Free State, Vice Presi
dent Sihalburger (now acting presi
dent of the Transvaal;, Secretary of
State Reltz and General Louis Botha,
comma iider-ln-chlef of the army, met
In the president's car. I was then at
tached to the staff of the commanding
officer.
Mr. Kruger seemed very feeble phys
ically, but his mind was clear, and
his replies were given In a voice full of
vigor.
And all could see that he was not
the man he teas when a few weeks
before on hearing ot the relief or La
dysmilh he secretly mounted a horse
und slipped away to the front.
This Incident spread more conster
nation among the burghers than did
even the fall of Pretoria. Mess-n-ers
were sent posthaste after the aged ex
ecutive.
He was apprehended within a few
miles of the firing line and within easy
range of the British big gpns.
"By the Lord, sir," he thundered,
"if the burghers won t fight any more
I will."
ll was with the greatest difficulty
that lie was persuaded to return to a
place of safety.
Yet this bent old man before us on
that August morning was not the
same Kruger. His eyes had crown
weaker and he wore a pair of big blue
goggles, which gave him a rather sav
age took.
General Botha spoke.
"Mr. President," he ssld, "we have
discussed the proposition that you go
immediately to Kurope and then on
perhaps to the United Stales. Tell
them what we are doing, what we
have done, and hold their sympathy,
and may It please God secure Inter
vention."
Mr. Kruger made no reply, but sat
bent forward, peering straight out far
over the unhealthy swamps.
Secretary Belts and President Steyn
each urged It earnestly.
Tears trickled down the aged man's
face.
"Is it best, Botha?" he asked. It
seemed ulmoef childishly.
"It is" was the grim answer. And
the other men nodded their hrfadd in
nilont, sorrowful approval.
That is how President Kruger came
to go to Kurope, to leave his bleeding
country.
If he took with him certain funds
and valuable assets of his govern
ment it was because he was counseled
so to do by those upon whose wisdom
he most relied. The best proof of the
honesty of it all is the unflinching loy
alty of every Boer in the world today.
In August, 19IK), the Boer soldier
was first paid. This was deemed nec
essary because of the wide destruction
wrought by the British. Wheu the
war started the burgher soldiers re
ceived remittances from home at stat
ed periods, and they patriotically re
fused pay for serving their country.
Things are changed now. Fortunes,
great and small, have been swept
away, and pay must be forthcoming
or food and necessities of life would be
stolen.
By order of General Botha the fol
lowing scale of pay was put iu uinii
tion that August: '
Commandant-General, 1 pound a day
assistant commandant general, IT shil
lings S pence; vecht (or fighting brig
adier), lj shillings; commandant (col
onel), 12 shillings 6 pence; field cor
net (captain), 10 shillings; curporal ,7
shillings 6 pence; ordinary aian (pri
vate), 5 shillings.
This money is Issued from the cap
ital, which Acting President Sohalk
burger moves to suit the military con
ditions. When I left it was about
twenty miles northwest of Ldenburg,
near the Portuguese territory.
PICTURES OF MEMORY.
(Alice Carey.)
Among the beautiful pictures
That hang on memory's wail
Is one of a dim old forest,
That seemeth best of all;
Not for its gnarled oaks golden,
Dark with the mistletoe;
Not for the violets golden,
That sprinkle the vale below;
Not for the milk-white lilies
That lean from the fragrant hedge.
Coquetting all day with the sunbeams
And stealing their golden edge:
Not for the vines on the upland.
Where the bright red berries rest.
Nor the pinks, nor the pale, sweet
cowslips.
It seemeth to me the best.
1 once had a little brother,
Willi eyes that were dark and deen.
In the lap of that dim old forest,
ne iietn in peace, asleep;
Light as the down of the thistle,
Free as the winds that blow.
We rowed there the beautiful sum-.
niers,
The summers of long ago:
But his feet on the hills grew weary,
And, one of the Autumn eves.
T made for my little brother
A bed of the yellow leaves.
.Sweetly his pale arms folded
My neck in a last embrace. i
As the light of immortal beauty !
Silently covered his face:
And when the arrows of sunset .
Lodged m the treetops bright t
He fell, in his saint-like beautr,
Asleep by the gates of light '
Therefore, of all the pictures, -f rm)
that hang on memory's wall,,
he one of the dim old forest rk
Seemeth the best of all. ," '
FRILLS CF FASHION;
Strings of pearls are festooned on
bodices ami form shoulder straps.
Rhinestones and jet are combined in
some of the ornaments seen on the
latest nit dels In millinery. .: ; ' ;
The .lug-away gown of a reecnt
bride was of heliotrope cloth, with
vest made of moleskin, one of the sea
son's i ovelties in fur.
Moire antique and gros grain silk
are no -:he fashionable list again, and
wrapt-, gowns, separate skirts and
waists are made from these much
prized silks of a generation aud more
"go. . .
By a process known only in Paris,
light, tawny sable can now be trans
formed into an exact Imitation of dark
iiussim sable, the transformation be
ing m coinpltshed by a elever system
of Indelible stain.
Block pad calendars, mounted in col-,
ored leathers bronze, nickel and bur-
i.!slied birt-SH rtie anion Lile iiiiuiMi-i.fa
triced and expensive desk ornaments,
that are now considered essential in
most households. ,
One of the newest pendants Is a
quaintly shaped pearl that has been
convened Into a swan, finely enam
eled in Hie observe side. A novelty
it: a brooch is In the form of gold
feathers on which turquoise and rubies
are sel.
An attractive and handy book rack
lor tlie table or Boor is of leather la
a dark sjreen or brownish tint. The
reck levolves on a wooden pivot set
In a wooden base matching the color
of the leather. A doaen bonks can be
accommodated on this rack.
The latest veiling is more apt to
meet with approbation from the ocu
list than some of the styles which we
have been accustomed to of late. It
It' e'n borate, but the elaboration la
ci)fli:ed to the top and bottom, the
veil lebig plain a aloes the eyes.
Chic waists for afternoon wear are
farhioned of strips of embroidered
and reqiiined net and black velvet rib
bon an Inch wide, both made up on
at ere de sole lining and fastening over
to the left with low-cut collar. They
have a small habit basque, and all the
edges are finished with a tiny plaited
f!ll ol black chiffon.
A striking feature of the skirt walsta
for smart wear Is the fine hand-work
with which they are finished. Dedicate
hand embroidery Is seen In color ami
;n while, both the plain and MViiraa
hemstitching embellishes some of the
most elegant affairs, and French dote
add a toil h of their own to a great
many of the daintiest waists. Kino
beading lo outlines the shoulder and
arm seams tf some of the most sly.
Irh models.
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