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ASKS FOR PEACE
Kruger's Message to the
Prime Minister.
BUT ONE REPLY POSSIBLE
Request Said to Be Couched
in Humble Terms.
EXACT WORDING NOT GIVEN OUT
Authentic ITevrs Reported to Have
Been. Received From Maf eking
Riotous Demonstrations.
LONDON. Mar 21. 3:10 A. M. DIanlaved
in the most conspicuous style in the Dally
Express, Is the dominant war news of the
morning:
"We have the best reason for stating
that in the last 24 hours a telegram has
been received at the Foreign Office, ad
dressed personally to the Prime Minister,
from President Kruger, proposing terms
of peace. The exact terms of the mes
sage cannot be stated; but we believe it
is couched in an exceedingly humble
strain."
It Is Inconceivable, of course, that Lord
Salisbury can have sent any reply except
the one that stands ready on the lip of
every Briton unconditional surrender.
Authentic Kevrs of Mafeklng.
An extraordinary Issue of the Gazette
at Cape Town announces that in conse
quence of -what la "believed to be authen
tic news of the relief of Mafeklng, Sir
Alfred Mllner -will close the public offices
today Monday). New Zealand will make
Wednesday a holiday in honor of the
event.
The boisterous rejoicings over the news
of Mafeklng have become riotous in parts
of London. Aberdeen and Belfast, and
elsewhere In the 'United Kingdom. In the
Flnschley district of suburban London, a
mob stoned the railway station master's
house and smashed the windows of a
draper's shop, setting the building on lire
also, although -whether by accident or de
sign it is not yet known. Two clerks
were injured. The house of a Boer sym
pathizer at Harleston was attacked by a
large "mob, and the windows were shat
tered. The police charged tbfc mob and
-were greeted 3IU1 a slower of .decayed
eggs: Numerous arrests were made, and
the police reserves -were called out.
Mobbed Pro-Boer Meeting-.
Rioting took place in Aberdeen from 7
to , 10 o'clock Saturday evening, around
a hall -where a "Stop the War" meeting
was being addressed by Cron Wrlghtcron
Schrelner, husband of Olive Schrelner. A
crowd of students and others tried to
storm the hall. The foot police -were un
able to cope with the disturbers, and sent
for the mounted police, -who made some
headway with the crowd, but free fights
occurred between the supporters of the
meeting and the crowd, and the Royal In
firmary, near by, -was kept busy dressing
the -wounds of combatants, caused by
stonea. "bricks and clubs. A number of
arrests' were made, and finally the Chief
Magistrate ordered the Chief Constable to
call out the militia. The Gordon High
landers from the Castle barracks then
cleared the streets. Within the hall the
opponents of the promoters of the meet
ing practically broke it up, and carried an
amendment to the principal resolution.
The residence of Rev. Alexander Webster,
where Mr. Schrelner stayed, was dam
aged. Boer sympathizers stoned a procession
of shipyard employes at Bedfast, and there
were some disorders in Birmingham. At
Dover, the business establishments of J.
Brown, a member of the locai Chamber of
Commerce, -was -wrecked by a mob. The
police were unable to cope -with the dis
turbance, and the local artlllerv anil vnU
untcers -were called out. As the -rioting
continued the Royal Artillery was called
upon to suppress the mob.
Rev. Lord Cecil ,a son of the Premier,
preaching yesterday in Gray's Inn Chapel,
London, before the Australian Federation
delegates and other notables, referred to
these demonstrations of violence, and
said:
"Tho popular enthusiasm prevailing
throughout the country is dangerous.
The line between good and evil is soon
o-.errun by the unthinking crowd. The
outburst is evil in so far as it is the same
spirit which animated the Roman crowds
in the Coliseum while the gladiators pur
sued each other to the death, but It is
good in so far as it is a protest against
one of the greatest evils of the age the
love of money."
Special prayers of thanksgiving were of
fered yesterday in the churches of the
United Kingdom. The Lord Bishop of
London. Dr. Crelghton. who preached be
fore the Queen at Windsor, alluded to
the relief of Mafekintr. and olM-rvmn
generally found in the event their topic
for the day.
Details of the relief are still wanting,
tho British military authorities being
without dispatches. Lord Roberts wires
that he knows of the relief only through
a prern agency. Lord Lansdowne. how
ever, announces that the War Office ex
pects direct news today.
Little Change la the Field.
The situation in the field has changed
but little since Friday. Lord Roberts'
troops are in fine form and abundantly
supplied. Indications seem to point to
an early movement, his cavalry having
received the submission of hundreds of
Free-Staters.
It now appears that the De Wet who
offered to surrender with 1000 was not
the well-known General De Wet, but
Commandant De Wet. He stipulated that
his men should be allowed to return to
their farms. Lord Roberts replied that
the surrender must be unconditional.
The Botha who was captured the other
day was Philip Botha. Those surrender
ing are solemnly warned that if they
break the oath of neutrality their houses
will be burned and their farms confiscated.
Such as do yield do so only for protec
tion. Reports flow in to Lord Roberts at head
quarters of the discouragement of the
Boers and of their willingness, even in
the case of the Transvaalers, to give up.
President Steyn is described as. having
lost his head several times recently.
The original of the telegram, addressed
to the burghers at Ventersburg, urging
them to bold out, was really written at
Petersburg, a place which surrendered.
early in March. President Steyn, who
was last reported as leaving Pretoria after
a consultation with the Transvaal Gov
ernment, has again gone to the front.
The Dally Telegraph is advised that a
plot has been discovered at Pretoria to
depose President Kruger and to surren
der the Transvaal during the present
month. Progressive Dutchmen and mem
bers of the. Judiciary are asserted to have
been parties to the movement.
Irish-Americans S altered.
A Cape Town correspondent reasserts
that the Irish-American Ambulance Corps,
from Chicago, suffered heaylly during the
fighting at Kroonstad, and that United
States Consul Hay had protested vainly
to President Kruger against using the
corps on the fighting line.
General Buller Is in front of Laings
Nek, hesitating to attack positions ol
enormous natural strength. The -reports
that the Boers have blown up portions
of the tunnel are confirmed. Although
everywhere else they are reported as retiring-
outf ranted, they have effected their
retreats wlthflut losing their convoys or
guns or prisoners to any extent Were
they disorganized, they would strew the
line of retreat with booty.
General Colvllle's base is Wlnburg.
General Bundle is advancing on Ficks
burg, trying to catch up with' the re
treating Boers.
THE BOER
C. IX. Weasels.
Vrede, where the Free State capital has
been removed. Is a village of 203 inhab
itants. In the extreme northeast portion of
the country, 'on the road from Hellbron
to Botha's Pass and the Drakenaburg.
President Steyn, when twitted about the
migratory capital, is reported to have
said that the Americans, during the War
of Independence, changed their capital
nlno times, and yet defeated the British.
The British are confiscating the cattle
I of tho rebels in the district about Allwal
I North. Colonel Adys' men have driven in
2001 head.
I The London papers are speculating as
to what will be done to reward Colonel
h Baden-Powell. It Is underst6od that as
soon as the official news of the relief of
Mafeklng Is received the rank of Super-
1 numerary Major-General will be cabled
him, and. at the same time he will be
' advanced to the rank of Knight Com
mander of the Rath.r Possibly a Baro
netcy will be-conferred-upen hhn.
I London fcalaatf'all "day call upon Colonel
Baden-Powell's mother yesterday. Tele
grama, letters and flowers arrived every
minute. It took six policemen td keep
the crowd in order.
I Arthur Pearson, of the Daily Express,
has started a movement to build a hall
of heroes to commemorate those who
nave fallen in the war..
ROBERTS HAS HO SEWS.
Only Press Report of Malelclng
British Malce Captures.
LONDON. May 20, 11:55 P. M. The- fol
lowing is the text of Lord Roberts' dis
patch: "Kroonstad, May 20, 3 P. M. No official
1 intimation has yet been received, but
1 Reuter states that the relief of Mafeklng
has "been effected.
"Rundle reports having occupied Bres
lor's Flat, Tromlel and Cocolan, tho enpmy
falling back on Senekal and FlckBburg.
Fifty rifles and 3000 rounds were sur
rendered by the Free Sta-iers to a battalion
of Yeomanry working along the telegraph
, line from Boshof to Bloemfontein. A
1 Field Cornet and 20 burghers surrendered
i at Boshof yesterday.
j "While at Hoopstad, Methuen secured
250 rifles, and between 300,000 and 500,000
rounds."
WORK . OF THE BOERS.
Beelnninjr to Realize the Serious
ness of Their Situation.
DUNDEE, Thursday, May 17. The Brit
ish Infantry passed through Newcastle at
5 o'clock; A few residents were congre
gated at street corners, wearing the na
tional colors. After their walk of 22 miles
the men appeared in splendid style.
The Boers are endeavoring to reorganize
along the Heidelberg Hills. Many rebels
have been found on the'farms, well sup
plied with ammunition and arms.
Recent visitors to Johannesburg say tho
Boers are beginning to realize the serious
ness of their position, .and they are anxious
to know what Is to become of them. The
Boer women carry rifles in the streets
and are eager to go to the commandoes.
They say th British will not fire upon
them.
Muller, a former officer in the Prussian
Army, refused 60 per month and a com
mission from the Boers to succeed Colonel
Schlel, the captured artillery commander.
A tremendous quantity of looted furni
ture was found stored in the town halL
Evidently the Boers had intended to burn
It but they were prevented by the- hurry
of the evacuation.
The three-span bridge at Ingagone. has
been destroyed and the statipn burned.
The Boers blow up the water, tank and de
stroyed the water works pipes, but the
system can be renewed.
BURGHERS HAVE LOST HOPE.
But Foreigners Urse the Defense of
Pretoria.
LONDON, May 2L A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Lourenco Marques, dated
Sunday, saye;
"On Thursday the entire Boer force
around Mafeklng, including the guns, was
captured by the British."
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from
Mequatllngs Nek, dated May is, says;
"General Brabant is reported to have
captured 1500 Boers at Clocolon."
The Lourenco Marques correspondent of
the Times, telegraphing Saturday, say:
"Recent arrivals from the Transvaal de
clarerthatthe burghers have lost all con
fldonbein' their ability to withstand the
British, that they are disheartened, dis
gusted and sjck, and that their desire is
to return to their homes. President
Kruger. anxlqus to prevent the war from
fizzling out, m using his influence to "bring
about oae .last heroic stand. The future
tactics' of the" Boers are a mystery. The
foreign .officers urge the defense of Pre
toria. " ?
"A frab&a occurred between the Portu
guese nqlice and some sailors of The Neth-
GUARDED CARS. RUN
St. Louis Strikers Do Not In
terfere With Them.
FEW .DISTURBANCES FOR SUNDAY
Question, of a. Sympathetic Strike to
Be Considered Today "Will
Probably Be Ordered.
ST. LOUIS, May 20. Care were running
on five of the lines of the St. Louis
Transit Company without interference
of the strikers or their friends. The lines
operated were Park, Laclede, Delmar,
Page and Spauldlng avenues. No attempt
was made to run the cars on schedule
time. They were run out of the barn
down to one end of the line and back
again. Sometimes they made the round
trip in about three-fourths of the usual
time. Sometimes it took them nearly twlco
PEACE ENVOYS NOW IN WASHINGTON.
A. Fischer.
as long. The officials of the company
paid no attention to that however. Every
car that went out and came back un
marked was considered the net proceeds
of a notable achievement, and Us crews
received greetings like those extended to
an only son on his return from long and
weary warfare.
There was no outbreak of any kind
during the day. Two riot calls were sent
In to the police department during tho
afternoon, but the riots were very far
from being the real thing. The flrst dis
turbance was begun by a balky horee at
the comer of Eighteenth and Chestnut
streets that attracted a crowd of 2000 peo
ple. After the horse had Its Innings the
crowd turned its attention to the crew of
the Laclede-avenue cars. They showered
the crew with epithets and deluged them
with advice. A riot call was sent to po
lice headquarters, and 20 men hurried to
the spot The crowd "moved on" prompt
ly. And -riot No. 1 was. over before it ac
tually started.
, The second disturbance occurred a few
minutes later on Washington avenue, be
tween Thirteenth and Fifteenth streets.
A crowd of about 1500 people lined both
sides of the streets for two squares and
began to jeer and hoot the train crews.
The few policemen on duty were utterly
unable to handle the crowd, but another
riot call was effective, and Sergeant Bow
en, at the head of a dozen men, came
quickly to the spot, and within 10 min
utes he had cleared the streets and re
stored quiet
The strikers made tho assertion that all
day long they had men along the different
lines which were in operation discourag
ing every attempt at interference with
the cars on account of women and children
Who would wish to ride around the city
on Sunday. No direct acts of violence were
offered during the entire day, and al
though every car carried policemen they
had nothing to do but keep their seats
and ride. President Baumhoff said today:
"We are running full-handed on five
lines and could run on all of the others
if the police" were able to furnish us pro
tection for the crews and passengers."
President Baumhoff reiterated his pre
vious statement that the company wanted
the old men back, but would not discharge
the new men in order to make room for
them. He said the company would oper
ate additional lines tomorrow.
President Mahan, of tho Street-Car
Men's Association, said this afternoon that
he still felt positive the men would win
In the end. The Transit Company cjalms
to have a full" complement of men, but
this to denied by their own employes. The
conductors, on the various JLnes In opera
tion today said that the company had Just
about one-half as many men as went out
There was a report that all the employes
of the Suburban Company who returned
to work a week ago were to go out again
Monday morning, because the company
had not made good Its promises regarding
places for the old men. The report was
'denied by the officials of the road and
by the men.
Late In the evening, at the Intersection
of Tenth street and Washington avenue,
where a switch had been thrown, a car
loaded with passengers was thrown on a
dead wire and off the track. When the
train crew started to set things to rights
they were greeted with showers of stones
arid compelled to abandon the work until
a patrol wagon loaded with police officers
appeared on the ground. The police forced
the crowd to disperse, making several ar
rests. H. W. Stelnblss. secretary of the
National Building Trades Council, was
doing his best to prevent a collision with
the 'police when he was taken Into cus
tody. He was taken to the police sta
tion, but released In a short time, it bo
Ing admitted that his arrest was an error.
The arrested men were booked as Fed
eral prisoners, the charge against them
being disorderly conduct in vlokitlon of
the Injunction of Judge Adams.
The Metal Trades Council has decided
to recommend to all affiliated unions that
they go out on a sympathetic strike when
ever asked to do so. About 5500 men will
be affected. Tomorrow morning the exec
utive committee of the Building Trades
Council and of the Central Labor Union
will meet to consider the question of a
sympathetic strike. The general opinion
is that the strike will be ordered.
MIXERS UXIOX TO RECUPERATE.
Pass Resolutions nt Denver Denouncing-
Governor Steuncnbergr.
DENVER, May 20. The convention of
the Western Federation of Miners and
of the Western Labor Union, now In ses
sion in this city, have adopted resolutions
strongly denouncing Governor Steunen
berg, of Idaho, for his action In the Coeur
d'Alene trouble, and urging the voters of
the state to refuse to support him or
any one who upholds him. The labor
unions' resolutions also denounce Presi
dent McKinley, General Merriam and
others who are held responsible for the
hardships endured by the Idaho miners,
and demand that the President "either
withdraw the troops from Shoshone
County or cause the liberty of the clti-
zens to be restored." The federation
adopted resolutions urging Its members
in Colorado to do everything possible to
defeat the re-election of Justice Goddard,
of the State Supreme Court, on account
of the court's decision on the eight-hour
law.
Renewed efforts will be made to bring
together all worklngmen in mines and
smelters. To this end four organizers
will be sent to California and Oregon.
The abolition of compulsory Insurance of
members of the federation was decided
upon. Election of the executive board of
tho Western Labor Union resulted In the
choice of Thomas Farrar, of Pethbrldge.
Canada; W. W. Ferguson, of Victor; P.
N. McFee and S. B. Lawrence, of Cripple
Creek, and a member whose name is
withheld from publication on account of
his presence at Wardner on matters con
nected with the union.
Labor Fight Declared Off.
PHILADELPHIA, May 20. The fight
between the United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners and the Allied Trades
League, which was begun nearly three
weeks ago, was officially declared off to
day. The trouble arose over the refusal
of the brotherhood to become affiliated
with the league in the campaign for an
eight-hour work day, with Increased
wages. Today the United Labor League,
A. D. Wolmarens.
which had been chosen arbitrator, de
cided that the Allied Building Trades
League should leave the Brotherhood of
Carpenters alone to work out Us 6wn
salvation. The Allied League accepted
the recommendation, and the members of
the two organizations will now work
amicably together. The employers have
very generally signed the demands of the.
various trades.
Consolldation of Car Companies.
CHICAGO, May 20. The Record tomor
row will say:
It is reported on what seems to be
adequate authority that negotiations are
now in progress looking toward a con
solidation of the Pressed Steel Car Com
pany and the American Car & Foundry
Company. The American Car & Foun
dry Company has $30,000,000 each of 7 per
cent noncumulatlve preferred and com
mon stock. W. K. Blxby and William
McMillan, of New York, are the principal
officers of the company. The Pressed
Steel Car Company has a total capitaliza
tion of $2,000,000.
The two concerns are not competitive,
but of wholly different types, the former
making wooden cars and "composite"
bolsters, etc., and the latter making all
steel cars, bolsters and truck apparatus.
Owing to the Increasing conversion of
railway rolling stock of the new types of
cars, a centralization of control would
bring about large economies. At the
same time it would eliminate the slight
element of competition which now exists.
PRESIDENT'S HEALTH BAD.
And -Unusual Cre Will Be Taken
in Selection of Vice-President.
NEW YORK, Mayll. The Herald says:
Republican members of Congress who
were in the city last night said the ee
lectlon of a candidate for Vice-President
to run with President McKinley was as
perplexing a problem as ever, and that
the matter had taken on a new phase.
This is caused by the state of the Presi
dent's health.
The information that comes from Wash
ington is that while the President's con
dition Is not alarming, it is of a character
to cause uneasiness among his Intimate
friends to whom the facta are known.
They will not even breathe a doubt that
the President is likely to serve four years
more, yet they are satisfied that more
than usual care must be taken In provid
ing for the Presidential succession.
Usually the Vice-Presidency has been
thrown as a sop to the defeated faction.
This will-not be the case this jear. The
Vice-President it li said, will be nomi
nated with equal reference to his fitness
for the Presidency from the Ohio stand
point his ability acceptably to preside
over the Senato and his strength and pop
ularity with the voters.
At recent conferences in Washington it
has been assumed that Governor Roose
velt was entirely out of consideration,
and his name was not pressed. At the
meeting in Washington other names were
considered, among them being those of
Cornelius N. Bliss, Secretary Long, Sen
ator Lodge. Governor Shaw, of Iowa;
Senator Cullom, of Illinois; Senator Wol
cott, of Colorado, and General B. 3. Otis,
of Rochester, N. Y.
When all was said and done It was
agreed that the candidate for Vice-President
who met all present and other exi
gencies, had not been discovered.
ALGER SAYS IT'S A LIE.
Has Not In-rested In Recent Cuban
Enterprises.
DETROIT. May 20. "The whole story
is a dastardly He, and you cannot de
nounce it in any too measured terms,"
said ex-Secretary of War Alger tonight,
when told that John Harrington, late
superintendent of construction of the
Government railroad In Cuba, asserted
that he was Interested in the construc
tion of the road. Continuing, he said:
"No Senator, nor any other person, ever
spoke to me about being interested in
the construction companies which built
that road. I have never Invested or had
Invested for me one dollar In any property
in Cuba, and neither I nor any of the
friends around me have ever made a
hundredth part of a mill In the island
In any way. Further than that, I have
consistently refused, since I resigned as
Secretary of War, to take part in any
Investment in Cuban property. I was
asked to go into the railroad now being
built on that island, and refused. I have
also been asked to go into timber-land
purchases and purchases of tobacco and
sugar lands."
Professor Williams Dead.
ITHACA, N. Y., May 20. Gardiner S.
Williams, emeritus professor of science
and art of teaching in Cornell University,
died of. paralysis last night, aged 72 years.
BOER ENVOYS SPEAK
Enthusiastic Meeting Held Fro
the National Capital.
MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES ATTEND
President Was not Present Welling
ton Instructed to Urge the Tel
ler Resolution of Sympathy.
WASHINGTON, May 20. An audience
remarkable for Its size, sympathy and en
thusiasm, greeted the Boer envoys at the
reception given In their hopor tonight at
the Grand Opera-House, under the aus
pices of the Congressional and Citizens'
Committee. The nouse was crowded to
suffocation, and many were turned away.
The interior was decorated with the Na
tional trl-colors of both the United Statea
and the Transvaal. There were probab
ly 30 members of the Senate and House
present. Speaker Henderson' was in ona
of the boxes, and others present were Sen
ators Daniel, of Virginia; Teller, of Col
orado; Tillman. Pettigrew, Mason and
Wellington; Representatives ShafrothK
Atwater, Slayden. Glynn, Ruppert,
Gaines. Latimer, Lentz, Sulzer, Landls,
Linney, Ryan, Greene. Henry (Mass.).
Hay, De Armond, Clark (Mo.), Miers and
Rhea (N. Y.) One of the boxes, it was
stated, had been reserved for the Presi
dent, a committee having been sent to
the White House with tickets of admis
sion to the opera-house, but no represen
tative of the President's official house
hold was on hand.
Chairman Sulzer, of the reception com
mittee, presided, and a number of ad
dresses, all of them patriotic In character
and earnestly supporting the cause of the
Boers, were made, the speakers including
Messrs. Fischer, Wolmarens and Wessels,
the Boer envoys, Senator Wellington,
Hon. Bourke Cockran. of New York, and
Chairman Sulzer. Chairman Sulzer waa
the first speaker. He said in part:
"In my judgment, nine-tenths of the
American people are against England ia
this bloody war of conquest for sordid
gain, and In sympathy with the Boers.
The beat thought of England condemns
the conflict
"We sympathized with Poland, with
Hungary, with Greece, with all tba South
American Republics, with Armenia and
with Cuba in their struggles for free
dom. Many we helped. Why, I ask, in
name of all that Is just and honorable, in
the name of our glorious past, should wa
now refuse to lend our moral support,
our sympathy and our aid to the patriots
of South Africa? Is American sentiment
dead?
"The Boers will never surrender their
love of liberty. They can only be con
quered by being exterminated, and Engw
land must not be permitted to extermin
ate them and steal their homes. God
grant that the English army may never
reach Pretoria."
The three envoys were Introduced In
turn by Mr. Sulzer, and each of them
was given a cordial reception. Their re
marks were listened to with close at
tention. The audience gave a standings
greeting to Commissioner Fischer, who
told his hearers why the envoys had coma
to this country and what they hoped to
accomplish. His remarks were very much
In keeping with what he already has said
in published Interviews.
"We come to you as a great liberty-loving
people. In whom the sense of justice
and fair play Is strong, and look to you
to find a practical scheme to obtain peace
with justice." said he. "We come to ap
peal to your people and speak to you as
brother republicans and to ask for a
hearing, and we hope to obtain one. We
look to you to help us. If possible, and
whether we get assistance or not, we ap
preciate the kindly feeling which has
been manifested for us."
Commissioner Wessel's speech was &
vivid picture of the Boers in their contest
for their rights, of the charity and devo
tion which characterized their manner, and
of the patriotism with which they all went
In to fight their battles. He felt sure
that the audience would admit that the
Boer had many good characteristics, and
was not as black as he was painted. The
Englih nation apparently wished .to act
as judge and jury. He asked the audienco
whether the Boer nation had not the right
to claim the liberty and sympathy of the
United States, and of the whole world.
Mr. Wolmarins, who spoke In Dutch, said
that while the envoys did expect to be
sympathetically received In this country,
yet they had not anticipated such a strongr
welcome as had been shown to them la
New York City and Washington. He
knew, however. It could not be different
because the people of this country have
the same love of liberty and sense of Jus
tice that the Boers bad, and their sym
pathy would be a help to them in their
struggle.
Wellington Says He'll Help.
The speech of Senator Wellington, which
came next, was cheered to the echo." The
Senator said that, as Americans, we al
ways had held that all men were entitled
alike to life, liberty and happiness. If
this were true In America, he asked, why
not in South Africa? England was no
mqre our friend today than she was a
hundred years ago. We had grown strong
and mighty, he continued, and he ven
tured to say there would be no more at
tacks by England on this country.
"Shall you and I, enjoying the full heri
tage of liberty," he asked, "not give them
aid? I will. Our Government coud not
lorn; stand in opposition to the manifestoes
of sympathy expressed by the people for
the Boers."
Mrs. Edith W. Lamb recited the "Spirit
of '76," and presented an American flag to
Mrs. Fischer, the wife of one of the en
vojs, following which Hon. Boiirke
Cockran delivered an address. He strong
ly advocated upholding the Monroe Doc
trine, recalling Secretary Root's recent
words that we must be prepared to fight
for it, and adding that the latter must
be gratified at the hearty response which
had been made throughout this country.
Referring to Canada and its proximity
to the United States, he said he believed
as an English possession It was a menace
to the maintenance of the Monroe Doc
trine. As a possible result of the war, he
suggested that instead of the extension of
monarchical government in South Africa,
the consequence might be the extension of
republican authority over monarchlal gov
ernment. Reference was made to the re
cent action of the Senate In closing the
doors while discussing the resolution of
sympathy for the Boer Republic, which
led Mr. Cockran to express the belief that
if the day had come when Americans
were fearful to express their views, then
the Nation's growth had not been In the
way of true greatness, but of weakness.
He believed that the opportunity of this
country had arrived. Whether or not
there would be interference from the Ad
ministration, means would be found to s'op
this injury to civilization which Is now
going on. A duty must be performed to
the people of England, the Transvaal and
to the whole hunwn race in every part c
the globe.
Senator Wellington was Instructed by
unanimous vote of the audience to present
in the Senate Senator Teller's resolution
of sympathy with the Boers.
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