BOER MEMORIAL
Bloemfontein, December 17 Twenty thousand standing on the surrounding Kopjes witnessed the unveiling of the 115 feet memorial to the women and children who died in the Boer concentration camps. The monument adjoins the Cape Town ■Kimberley main line. A hundred, girls seated in wapns draped in purple headed the procession, and 110 mounted burghers fired the final salute. ■ General Steyn made a pathetic figure owing to his broken,health He said that the memorial was not erected as an eternal reproach but as a reminder of the suffering, self-sacrifice and patriotism of the Boer women.
General Botha said that he knew it required great restraint to banish feelings of bitterness, but their duty was not to feel hatred.
General De Wet aroused enthusiasm by saying: "To forgive is a command, but to forget, I never can or will." ■
Queen Wilhemina of Holland sent a wreath- Mrs Steyn represented Miss Hobhouse, sister of the financial secretary to' the Treasury, who was prevented from unveiling the monument by illness. Miss Hobhouse circulated a speech condemning the wealthy financiers, blundering politicians and bad generals who warred upon weaklings and babies.
The "Cape Argus" protests against the revival of Mr C. Hobhouse's wanton, calumnies.
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Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 19 December 1913, Page 3
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202BOER MEMORIAL Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 19 December 1913, Page 3
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