AN ANTI-BRITISH BOER.
fe^eneral E. J.. Viljoen, one of the iW^stenemies, of Great Britain, is fe^liyihg.;^ the United States; at K|aso J .^Te xas , and has.seized the K»|Pg5 u«Jy_;to-agam' demonstrate his pM^-of-England. Viljoen who in |p^Anglo-Boer.wa r was second in command; under Louis Botha, the,. Boer pJmmander-in-Chief, cabled to Botha fciOPretoria as follows: "This is a most for South Africa to p^#t;orr English rule for ever All ■pS6^ in this country" (America) will fcily^to the old flag."' Viljoen has ■ipHa^a>resident of New Mexico He H&ajsj;recently/connected with the MaWSMf*^revolution as military adviser to ■ipSe'', late President Madero. ■pljGenSralLouis Botha treated Yilfep^s?revplutionary message with the ■|&it^sJsj3ain;it so richly deserved, and ■||tfHp directly opposite to Viljoen's Kppiments,/ A few days later, while Kp|Mmg as Premier of the Union di'\ in the Cape Colony ParMrsinent, he delivered an eloquent Kpe^ch in which he emphasised South 7s determination' to assist in Mi^in.tainin|jithe integrity of the Brit-;: Btgfo Empire. Two courses, he said^ Kyere open; duty and honour or dishonour. South Africa intended he ■||felared, to make a substantial gift of R|b.ajDco a,nd produce for the use of the Mpfippirial soldiers. must haye been considerably ■pinpointed when he learned of Gen■lpSßotha's^patriotism for England Empire; ;-
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 20 October 1914, Page 8
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198AN ANTI-BRITISH BOER. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 20 October 1914, Page 8
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