The 1906 caption reads: “PRESIDENT KRUGER'S RECEPTION AT MARSEILLES.—This picture brings us down to today and the Boers' brave struggle for freedom. France showed such sympathy for the Boers as to cause much hard feeling and some diplomatic difficulties between her and England. When the "grand old man" of South Africa arrived, in France to beg for European aid, he was given an official reception there, and passed as you see him here along a whole avenue of French flags.” Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (or just Paul Kruger) (1825–1904) was the president of the South African Republic (sometim
The 1906 caption reads: “PRESIDENT KRUGER'S RECEPTION AT MARSEILLES.—This picture brings us down to today and the Boers' brave struggle for freedom. France showed such sympathy for the Boers as to cause much hard feeling and some diplomatic difficulties between her and England. When the "grand old man" of South Africa arrived, in France to beg for European aid, he was given an official reception there, and passed as you see him here along a whole avenue of French flags.” Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (or just Paul Kruger) (1825–1904) was the president of the South African Republic (sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Transvaal) from 1883 to 1900. He became famous for leading the Boers against the British at the time of the Second Boer War.
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