FORGET—I NEVER CAN.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1936, 19 December 1913, Page 7

FORGET—I NEVER CAN.

- BOERS HONOUR THEIR DEAD,

, AT BLOEMFONTEIN.

WANTON CALUMNIES REVIVED. Bj\Tf:!egT«ph-Pr-ecs Association—Coiwrielit - Bloemfontcin, December 17. Twenty thousnnd people, standing on ■surrounding kopjes, witnessed tho unveiling., of tlio 115-fect memorial to the .women unci children .who died .in the concentration' camps during the Boer war,-.adjoining tho .Capctowii-Kitnberiey main line. > A hundred maidens seated isi wagons draped with purple headed the proees* sion,. and 110 burghers fired tho fma! salute., Queen Wilhelmiiia sent a wreath; "■ ; ' Mr. Steyii .was a pathetic figure, broken ■in health. Ho said the memorial was not orceted as an eternal reproach, but as a reminder of the suffering, self-sacrifice, and patriotism of the IJocr women. General Botha said he knew that it required great restraint to banish feelings of bitterness, but it was their duty not to feel hatred.

General do Wet aroused enthusiasm by saying: "To forgive is a command, but forget I never can or will." Mrs. Stoyn represented Miss Hobhouse, who was prevented from being present at the unveiling through illness. Miss IJobhonso circulated a speech condemning the wealthy financiers, blundering politicians, arid bad generals who made War upon weaklings and babies.

The ''Capo Argus" protests against the revival of Miss Hobliousc's wanton calumnies.