Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1902 — GOING TO MAKE A DEMAND [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOING TO MAKE A DEMAND

Chicago Pn>-Bo«r» to lailiton Rar. Thomas Hoving a Permit. Chicago, March 14.—A second letter in the shape of a formal demand has been sent to Secretary of State Aay for passports for Dr. and Mrs. Hiram

W. Thomas to visit the concentration camps of South Africa. Should Hay again refuse to act It is stated that the matter will be taken to the president. Should Roosevelt uphold Hay a final appeal will be made to Lord Pauncefote. The second letter to Secretary Hay is signed by John C. Knight, who was appointed by Governor Yates to arrange with the state department for Dr. Thomas' mission. Peter Van Vllssingen, of the Chicago Transvaal League, said: “If the British government objects to Dr. Thomas because of his well-known pro-Boer utterances we will select some one else. We have $6,000 in hand, and in Philadelphia there Is $3,000 more waiting, and all over the country It is the same. In Europe there are many who want to send similar relief.”

MRS. H. W. THOMAS.