Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1902 — THREATENS NEW ORLEANS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THREATENS NEW ORLEANS.

Boer Officer Says the City Harbors a British Camp. A ripple of excitement, was caused in official circles at Washington recently by the letter sent to President Roosevelt by

Gen. Samuel Pearson, a prominent officer of the Boer army now in this country. In his letter Gen. Pearson threatens to lead an armed force against British horse shippers in New Orleans, who, he alleges, are violating the neutrality laws. The general states that he is acting alone in

the matter and Boer sympathizers throughout the southland disclaim any responsibility in the affair. Gen. Pearson claims the rendezvous established at New Orleans by British agents is a military camp, but the United States government has not found any violation of neutrality, nnd will not give the Boer general the recognition he seeks by taking official steps against him. The New Orleans police will be relied on to disperse any force Gen. Pearson may organize. • Gen. Pearson is an assistant commissary general of the Boer army. He fled from Barberton, in the Transvaal, when that place was occupied by the British, and came to the United States. He abandoned $90,000 worth of property in Barberton nnd was compelled to leave his wife and children behind. Soon after bis arrival in this country lie sought to stop the shipment of horses by a suit in Cue Uni: . ii Slates Court.

GEN. PEARSON.