Through Boar Glasses.

Thames Star, Volume XXXX, Issue 10449, 22 September 1902, Page 1

Through Boar Glasses.

GENERAL MEYER'S VIEWS. An interesting interview with General Lucais Meyer, the Boer leader who recently died, appears in the "Manchester Guardiauu" Speaking of Sir ltedvers Buller, the General said) the Boers "thought liei would ruu as hs> raa before." Of Lord Kitchener ilie> speaks highly. "We never at any. time,' he said, ''had more thaoi 50,U00 men, under airms. Of course, if you will class old men of eighty andi infants of ten who have never borne .aa-ms as 'prisoneirs of war 3 Toti may ariive at a different estimate." 'Hie Boers werei O'ftein, hard pressed for food, but they escaped enteric. On this point General Meyer says :—"Wo, had rarely sickness—never, as far as I can remember, enteric. In every «\is>ei we used veldt medicines, as we had no ambulances 1 nor any medicine. Buch,u—at least, a species of bush tiiley called buoliu—is considered" • a 'prophylactic! against enteric, and I must say it served us< excellently." As to* the way the "sweeping movements" were eluded: f;Tlia natives told us about it— yes, on the whole, tho black creatures were friendly." General Meyer confirms the statement that in sending thei Boer leaders the Dutch correspondence which led up to the peace Lord Kitchener added not ai word of 'Ms owm. Referring to ' the loss of independence General Mey- ; er said:—"lt, was hard, I tell thee— ! bitterly hard. I shall not forget how , they looked when, the resolution- was ' taken, and we went to> sign away our j independence." j "We always worked with Kitchener," j he went on. "I Ekedl him very much —wo all did. Then suddenly wo were informed that fhb British Government j had delegated! Milner 1o take part m ' the conference. Them—" j Speaking of the future, General j Meyer said he was strongly opposed ] to becoming a Natalian, aa h's property is im. the Vryheid district, now given to Natal. He considers tho incorporationi was "lofc a wise measure.