THE BOER GENERALS.

Evening Star, Issue 11695, 29 September 1902, Page 6

THE BOER GENERALS.

EPFECTOF GOOD r\., Pmm Association—By ; Telegraph-Copyright. LONDON, September 28. v ' The Boer generals’- manifesto has hada dulling reception on the Continent,•“■Some French and several Genaan newspapers declare .it must’ be undferstoodithat anysubsaripticme are for’ pure charity, and in-so' wire aimed at Great' Britain. >; - The - generals declare that they areaetonishfid at the bad impression: the -nriitjnfantn' has produced, in 'England. ‘They had.no in-, tention of wounding thofeelingsof the British. '-.ir*: -v - Information from Boer sources shows that Dr Leyds wan the real author, and that the generals merely signed it. r Ex-Secretary Reitz and his daughter have started for America. Generals Botha'and.De la Bey, when addressing meetings, deprecated the audience singing the ‘ Yolkslied ’ (tho.TransVaal National Anthem). • A BAD BLUFF. ' DEEPER IN THEUnRE OF CONTRADICTION. LONDON, September ’2B. (Received September 29, at 3.49 a.m.) Many people in Efigland interpret the manifesto as an ill-managed attempt at “bluff.” Boers at The Hague deny that the fugitive officials seized the Transvaal State moneys. They maintain that, whatever suifls were available were dividea amongst the different commandos in the'4Transvaal and Orange State Jbefore Mir Kruger's depz^jture. The Dutch newspaper reporters, who bad not so far been contradicted, recently represented Botha as pubQcly thankingihc Dutch and Continental nations for having forwarded the chief relief in connection with the concentration camps. Botha has now written a letter in which he complains of the reports of Ins last Monday’s speech. He repeats, that he then stated that assistance for the widows and orphans had not emanated from the Netherlands alone.