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Obituaries and tribatea of rettoecU will be
cba*ged for.
Pretoria in the
Hands of the British.
,_
LORD ROBERTS AND HI3
ARMY IN THE CITY.
Loodoo, Juoe 6, t 35 a m?Qaeen
Victoris. surrounded by Ihe Duke
sod Doohess of York, Prinoess Chris
lisa, Priooess Victoria nod many
other ootsblea of ber court, drank to
the health of Lord Roberts aad tbe
ermy el Balmoral loot evening A
(reel bonfire, lighted at ber majesty 'a
commend, blssod oo Orsiggown
Bsoootsio, illumiostiog tbe oouotry
side for miles sroood. Tbe nstion
joioe la tbe total, glorifying Lord
Roberts end tarbuleatly rejoicing io
hie victory
Tho dispstohes of Lord Roberte,
telling of the iooideote l>efore the
sarreoderisg of the capital by tbe
cif iliaoe stand sloo?, aa the eorree
poodeots with him bave not yet bad
their torn with the wiree
Lord Roberts' posteript snnouocing
the loea of tbe Yeomany battalion
name too late for the public to know
it teat eveotng. The newepsper oom?
atestators consider the incident de?
plorable bob aa basing do weight to
apeak of in the results The belief
ion numbered between 400 and 500.
Oen Botha nod moot of hie men
fit nway from Pretoria Thie ie in
(erred from Lord Roberte' message,
bat Ihe presumption is thai tbe Boer
oommaadsot general eaoool esespe
the Brilieb dispoeitioos witbont a
fight 1
Operations elsewhere teem to hove
dwiodled to nothiog Gen. Baden
Powell joined Gen Hooter oo Son
day el Liebtenborg
Sir Redvere Boiler has not moved.
Bennett Beriet ;b, wiring from Jo
hnnaeeberg, eeys Preeideot Kroger
took ?2,000,000 in eaab to Middle
berg.
Mr Barleig i end Gny H Scull, an
American oorreepoodent, entered Jo
haeneebnrg the oigbt before Lord
Roberte oooopied the oily and made
a loor of it unmolested by the armed
borghere
The wer office bee information tbst
one of the first things done by Lord
Roberte after the neoopatioo of Pre
toria wee to direct Gen French to
relieve the Brilieb prisoners confined
at 'Vatervsl
Belle were rang, flsgs down end
botideyo were declared all over Eng
.sod
The lord mayor of Loodoo b s
csbled to Lord Roberte ee folio we :
"The empire will never forget
what yoo sod tbs forces under yoor
command hsve sooomplisbed. Ac
cepl the grateful coogrstolatiooa of
tbs oitisens of Loodoo."
IRISH BATTALION CAPTURED.
London, Jons 5, 12, midnight ?
Lord Roberto reports to tbe wsr
office tbst tbs Thirteenth bsttslion of
tbs Imperial Yeomanry (Irish) wss
1'overwhelmed by tbe Boers st Lind
It*."
Lord Metboeo made a magnificent
msreb to tbs resons, bot was too
Isle
Following ie the teil of tbe die
petoh :
"Prelorie station, June 5, 12 55 p
sa ?I regret to report tbst the
Thirteenth Imperial Yeomanry bad
to eorreoder to a very soperior foroo
of the enemy on May 31. near Lind
ley. Oo receiving information of tbe
bsttslion being attacked, I ordered
Metboen to proceed with all spsad to
its sseistsnoe
"Metboen was tbsn on the march
oo the Helibroo sids of Kroonetsd,
sad, half an bonr after tbe receipt of
my telegram oo Jone 1. be started
off. By 10 a. m of tbe following
day be had marched 44 miles in 25
boors bat be was too late to rescue
Col Spragge'e Yeomany
"Metboen attacked the Burrs, who
were between 2,000 and 3.000 strong,
and after a running fight of five
boure, completely routed the enemy
Tho Boors Retreating to tho
Mountains Whoro They
Have Great Stores of Am?
munition and Provis?
ions
Losdoo, Jooe 7, 8.15 s. m ?Mili?
tary ossreiios ia 8ootb Afrioa aro
April, 1860.
"Be Jus
SUM
apparently at a standstill. For a day
or two tbe tired troops of Lord Roberts
are resting, and be is filling tho mega
lines and warehouses of his new base,
Pretoria, preparatory to a long obaie
afier the retiring Boers in tbe direction
of the Lydenburg. Tbe cavalry are
probably seeking to interoept Command?
ant General Botha.
Some dispatches are to band which
left Pretoria Monday, while the fighting
was going on outside tbe eity. They
oomo by way of Loreoi) Marquee.
One of them eays : "Toward the end
of tbe day. when tbe big oaval guos
ware shelling the southern forts, a oum
ber of projectile* burst, damagiog the
suburbs All day armed burghers have
besn leaving Pretoria, going east. Tbe
greater part of the railway rolling
stoek has been removed.
Qeuerel Botha w?s fightiog an
essentially rear guard aetion, bis objeot
being not to defend Pretoria but to
delay Lord Roberts until the railway
switoh bad bean eleared and the main
part of tbe Boer army had started to
withdraw. The British adtsnoe appears
to have left open to the Boers tbe beet
line nf retreat along the railway.*'
Possibly tbe British have been able
to out the railway before a full retire*
meni wat effected. That Pretoria wonld
be defended was appsrently givsn out
after the oouneil of war, with a view of
mialeading tbe British. Lydenburg,
tbe diotriot into whiob the provisions
originally deetined for Pretoria have
been diverted and where a eartridge
factory has been erected and reserve
supplies of all sorts are stored, is a
voloenio region of fertile valleys,
eoelosed by gnat ramparts of preoipt
that roeks, penetrated by narrow,
winding pasaee There are herds of
eettle in the valleys, and there is mueh
native labor available for fortifying
The Boere need both heavy end light
artillery et Pretoria Wbet wsi sup
posed to heve been the laet train
out nf Pretoria arrived et Loremo
Marquee Suodsy evening. Tbe pas?
sengers included e number of
foreign volooteere who were leav
ieg the Boere end eleo the
wivee and children ef Hollanders
They described Pretorie ec destitute of
food end olotbing. Wbet tbe Boer
officials oould not teke the natives end
towoepeople did
Probably the meet Important Boer
eray ie et Laing'e Nek, where both
?ides ere passive. Geo Ruodle eod
Oei Brebeot heve withdrewo e little
southward
Gen Bedcn Powell has eitcnded
menial lew to the Marioo end north
Liehtcoburg districts. Shots were ei
ebaoged between Boer and British
patrols 18 miles eaet of Mafekiog on
May 28 Pert of the forces letely et
Pretorie s-e reported to heve gone
westwerd to meet Baden Powell eod to
make e show of holding the ooootry
through which be and Gen Hunter ere
moving
A dispatch to The Daily Telegraph
from Newoaatle deted Tuesday, June 5,
describes tbe Boere there ee an unorgeo*
iisd lebblo. without floor, meet or
euger. Their surrender ie ooly e ques*
tioo of time Nevertheless, the eorree
poedeot avers,tbsy bold strong positiooe
with tbe prospect of e safe retreat
toward Lydeoburg.
It ie understood et Newcastle tbet
the British government bes epproaobed
the Natal government with e proposi?
tion tbet Natal should volooterily
renounce local self-goveroment for a
time in order thet e general system of
crown government may be instituted
for all South Afrioa, leeding in the
oourse of time to federation and tbe
subsequent autonomy of the various
states simultaneously.
A THREE DAY3 ARMISTICE
London. June C ?A speoial di*p<uob
from Lor or. b > Marques dated Tuesday.
June 5. aase : "General Buller and
Christian Botba m?t at Latng's Nek at
Buller'e requeet when a three days'
armistioe wss agrsed upon."
Tbe diepatcb adde thet tbe British
have evaenated Utrecht
??I???? -
Important to Counties.
lo veriooe portione of tbe Stete
there seems to be muoh misapprehen?
sion ee to tbe matter of the assess
ment of the oountiee by the State
committee Many seem to think that
the committee baa required that each
candidate for tbe aenate and bouse
in each county pay en assessment to
the State committee Tbe fact of
tbe matter in that tbe aeeeasments on
tbe counties?the county committees
?ere exactly tbe aeme ee for years
past Each county committee ie re?
quired, aa heretofore, simply to pay
an assessment to the State committee
of ?lo for each aenator and $5 for
each representative it has in the gen
eral assembly. The candidates them
selves have no dealings with tho
State committeo The Owl* reason
these offices are named in this way
is in order that a proper basis for the
assessments might be S'ctired, tho
representation in the general HSHetn
lily being bused on population Ool
Joejtl ha? received several letters
about the matter end wishes ell to
understand thet no change whatever
bee been made.
it and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou i
TER. S. 0- WEDNEE
Bold Correspondent
Interviews Kroger.
Old President Talks Freely,
Denying Several Points.
THE TRANSVAAL CAPITAL IS
NOW ON WHEELS.
London. June 8, 3 a m ? The ex
ecutive officers of the Transvaal gov?
ernment are in a railway car, which
is situated on a switch at Machadorp
station President Kroger caused
the interior of the coach to be recon?
structed some time ago with a view
to contingencies that have now ar?
rived. A correspondent of the Daily
Express who went from Lorenzo
Marques to see President Kruger,
was received yesterday. The presi?
dent sat smoking a long pipe. He
looked worried, but his bearlog wae
quiet and determined He did not
make the least objection to being in
terviewed.
The correspondent was equipped
for the interview by cables from
London.
"Yes," seid President Kroger, "it
is quite true thst the British have
occupied Proton's. This, however,
does not end the war The burghers
srs fully determined to fight to the
lest. They will never surrender so
long ss five hundred armed men
remain in the country. I feel deeply
enoouraged by the fine work Steyn
and Dewet ere doing in the Free
State "
The correspondent suggested that
the wer was over, inasmuch ss tbe
cspitsl bsd been taken
"The cspitsl !" exclaimed Mr
Kruger. with energy. "What is a
cspitsl ? It does not consist of any
psrtioulsr collection of bricks sod
mortsr The ospitsl of the republic,
the sest of government, is here in
this car There is no magic about
any specie! site. Our ooontry is
iovsded, it is trne, but it is not
oonquered. The government is still
effective M
Referring to the ressono why be
left Pretoria, Mr Kroger ssid :
"I was not foolish enough to be
token s prisoner. I provide1 this
means of locomotion precisely for tbe
ssme resson ae our burghers supply
themselves wH'fl horses when they
tske tbe field
"It is necessary that I should be
able to move quickly from place to
place. That is all. By and by this
osr will tske me beck to Pretoris.
For tbe present it ensbles me to
keep swsy from Pretoris, wbsre I
could be of no service, sod where I
should only plsy into tbe hands of
the enemy 11
"They say, Mr Kruger/' remarked
the correspondent, "that yon bsve
brought with you gold to tbe vslue of
?2 000,000 m
"It is not true," replied the presi?
dent. "Whatever monetary resources
I msy hsve with me ere simply those
wbioh we require for stets purposes.
At tbe ssme time, I sm not going to
toll you where our treasure is Let
Lord Roberts find it if he can."
"They also say in Englsnd, Mr
Kruger, thst you contemplate taking
refuge on a Dutch man of war at Lo?
renzo Marques "
' Thst sgain is a lie," retorted the
president, with vehemence. "I know
of no Dutch vessel I am not con?
templating taking refuge anywhere
I shall not leave my country There
will be no need for me to do anything
of the kind "
The Correspondent?Then, sir,
there is much surprise at your hav
ing left Mrs Kruger behind
President Kruger?But why ? Mrs
Kruger is quite safe in Pretoria. She
would only be put to personal incon?
venience here. All communication
between us is stopped of course, but
she will await my return with calm?
ness and oourago. She is a brave
woman I am awaitiog further infor?
mation We are surrounded by faith?
ful burghers aod are quite safe.
State Secretary Reils remarked :
"You may depend on it that toe war ie
not yet over. Guerrilla warfare will
oootioue over an enormous area We
intend to fight to tbe bitter end aod
shall probably retire upon Lydenburg,
where we oan hold out for many
months "
"Yes," observed Mr Kruger. "it is
only now that tbe real struggle hes
begun I foar that there will ?rill bo
tauoh bloodshed but tbe fault is that of
the British government "
Thon raising his voioo t??an almost
po^ionato height, Mr Kruger x'laim
cd : "The time has pap?od t?. us to
talk, We have d >',o plenty ?f that,
bnt it bss doss u? do ^ ?od Th< r*>
DOl bit ? left for us to u<> but t) 1 ? i p 00
Gating."
Tbs oorrospcndondsr.t who ' trod
the interview telegrsphed it direst fioin
M it-h'ot'Jorp tttation jectsrdsy, whon the
wires were working as usual 'o Lorssgu
Marquee
Nice hundred British prisoners
A-ims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's Ii
JD A Y.JUNE 13,1900
arrived Tuesday at Nooitgedaobt.
They ere penned in a barbed wire
enclosure of four acres on tbe opeo
veldt
Aboordiog to a dispatch from Loren?
zo Marques, dated yesterday, Lord
Roberts is reported to have intercepted
two trains full leaving tbe vicinity of
I Pretoria. Telegrams from the British
I 6\de are exceedingly scanty. Two brief
ones received from Pretoria say that
Mrs Kruger still occupying tho presi?
dency and that a number of engines
aod oats have been seoured. Tbe Brit*
ish under Msj DcLisle osptured a gun
and caused the Boers beavy lose, tbe
British casualties being slight. Boer
officials removed ?300,000 in gold from
the National Bank Juoe 4, but did not
touch tbe cash holdings of the other
banks.
Some of tbe Boers are surrendering
voluntarily and the townspeople of
Pretoria are described as showing oon
eideable enthusiasm over the British
arrival. Mr Prevost Battersby in a
dispatob to Tbe Morning Post from
Pretoria, dated June 5, says: "Tbe
Boers pledged themselves to 20 British
I officers not to take the British prisooere
ewey if tbeee officers would control
them aod prevent en outbreak. Never?
theless they began their removel.
After 900 bad been taken British
shells etruok e train that was loading
and the Boers deeiited and retired.
"The British officers et Daepoort
refuied to leave their quarters end made
the Boer oommaodant e prisoner,
releaeing him et midnight on condition
that he would oanoel the order for tbe
removal of the prisoners. The Preto?
ria forte were foood without guns. All
the artillery bei been gotten away."
Another diepateh saye : "Sixteen
hundred British prisooere were remov?
ed. After the government had taken
ewey most of tbe stores the burghers
were given e free bend to help them?
selves. All tbe British foood wee e
few hoodred bage of coffee end sugar."
Democrats of New York in
State Convention.
New York. Jone 5 ?The Demo?
cratic Stete convention todey elected
these delegetee et large to tbe na?
tional Democratic convention :
David B. Hill. Richard Croker,
Edwerd Murphy end Augnatua Yen
Wyck
Alternates : Frenk Cambell, Jecob
Ruppert, Jr, 0 Morgen Senford end
Jemes S. Helvin.
Eleotore et large : Frederick Cook
of Rochester; Robert C. Titos of
Buffalo
Tbe platform edop conteine no
reeffirmetioo of *' e Chicago platform
of 1896, bot u declaration that tbe
perty iu the Stete will support tbe
platform of the Kansas City conven?
tion. Tbe platform decleree against
war taxes in time of peace, decleree
for perity of gold end eilver as cur?
rency ; demands abolition of all cus
toms aod tariffs between Puerto Rico
and tbe United Statee ; condeme
troete and monopoliee aud entang?
ling alliances ; demands just and
liberal pension laws and election of
United Statee senators by tbe people
end favors the nomination of VYm J
Bryan
The convention geve promise of
being very etormy, but ended quiet?
ly. Tbe particular feature of tbe
convention wee tbe domination of
affaire by ex-Senator David B. Hill.
The silver men profess to be satisfied
with the result
Hester's Cotton Analysis.
New Orleans, June 7 ?Secretary
Hester's analysis of the cotton move?
ment for tbe nine months of the sea
son from Sept 1 to tbe close of May,
inclusive, shows tl.at compared with
the crop movement last year, Texas,
including Indian Territory, has
brought into sight this season in
round figures 908,000 bales less,
while other Gulf States, which in?
clude Arkansas, Louisiaua, Missis
sippi, Tennessee, Missouri and Okla
horns, have marketed 582,000 bales
less, and tbe group of Atlantic
States, which include North and
South Carolina. Georgia, Florida.
Alabama and Virginia, show a de
crease of 578,000, making tbe de
crease in the total of crop marketed
2,068,000 bales
Mr Hester shows the amount
brought into sight for the Atlantic
Stales for the nine months to be
3,512,304 bales, a decrease under
last year of 078,451.
The total crop in Hight at the close
of May was 8,769,661 bales, a
decrease under last year of 2,088,
105)
At the close of May i? t year the
amount brought into sight from Tex
as and Indian Territory was 119,468
bales, other Golf States 58,420 and
from the Atlantic Mates 269,182.
The groups of States, in round
Bguree, of I lie crop of last year
?bows from Texas and Indian Terri?
tory last year 8,656,000, other Gulf
States 3,300,000, Atlantic States
4.360,000.
Bind Truth's."
TBE ?
New
No News From Pretoria.
NOT A LINE OFINEWS IS
ALLOWED TO COME
FROM PRETORIA.
London, June 9, 3 13 a m ?Gen
Buller has at length taken the offen
sive and by manceuvring he has
secured a position west of Laing's
Nek, by which he believes he can
make the positions untenable. Pie
sumably he will immediately follow
up his success.
Lord Roberts has communicated
nothing for three days, nor permitted
the correspondents to wire what is
going on London's inference is
that he is resting, although be is
probably disposing bis army for a
reach after Commandant Gen Botha.
A blockade of the wires, owing to
the crush of official correspondence,
may account for the scanty press
dispatches. Some telegrams filed a
week ago are only just now arriving
According to one of them, the streets
were filled with women and children.
Rifle shots could be heard every?
where. The British soldiers would
stop firing and join in the chase after
chickens. The burghers surrendered
to anyone Kaffirs went about loot
ing the Jewish stores, sod mounted
infantry gt?lioped hither and tbitber.
Lord Roberts' army has a new
Boog. It ruos thus :
"We're marcoiog into Pretoria ;
It belongs to Queen Victoria "
The Daily Express has the follow?
ing from Pretoria, dated Wednesday:
'The one thousand prisoners who
were deported from Waterval were
told that they were about to be given
up to Lord Roberts. They entrsined
cheerfully and were conveyed to
Nooitgedache, instead of Pretoria.
'Gen Louis Botha, with a rear
guard of 2,000, left Pretoria during
the nigbt. The British advance gaard
oo entering was upon the very heels
of the retiriug Boers Botha bss sworn
to csrry on the wsr in the moun?
tains V
At Lorenzo Marques station a
crowd waited all Tbursdsy nigbt to
see President Kroger, as it was
reported that he would arrive by a
special train to gain an asylum on
board the Netherlands cruiser Fries
land
Middleburg is said to be full of
Boer refugees and wounded The
railway still delivers goods at Broh*
korst spruit, 40 miles east of Preto
ria. A British column is st Regmers
dorp, Switzerland. Eleven British
prisoners have been taken to Middle
burg The British at Beira are
moving into the interior in detach
ments of 200 daily
Mr G. V Fiddes, imperial secre
tary to the high commissioner, with
a part of Sir Alfred Milner's staff,
left Cspe Town Tuesday evening for
Pretoria, possibly, as the Cape Town
correspondent of The Daily News
thinks, to arrange the annexation
details
GEN BULLER TAKES THE OP
FENSIVE.
London, June 8, 11 25 p m ?The
war office has received the following
disDatcb from Gen Boiler :
Yellow Boom Farm, June 8 ?On
June 6th Gen Talbot Coke, with the
Tenth brigade and the South African
Light Horse, seized Van Wyke hill
The enemy msde some resistance,
and a good deal of sniping occurred
Our casualties were about 4 killed and
13 wounded
During that day and the following
we got two 7 and two 12 pounder
naval guns on to Van Wyke hill and
5 inch guns on to the southwestern
spur of Inkewelo Under cover of
their fire General HiSdyard today
assaulted all the spurs of the berg
between Botha's Pass and Inkeweio
The attack, which was well
planned by Hildyard and carried out
with immense dash by the troops, for
whom no mountains were too steep,
outflanked the enemy, who were
forced to retire from their very strong
position
I think we did not have any
casualties, and I hope I have obtain
ed a position from which I can
render Laing's Nek untenable."
?^ae? ? ? ? ? <aw??
A charter was granted Saturday
to tbe Clear Water Bleachery and
Manufacturing Company of Aiken
The capital stock is to be $200,000,
and the president ana treasurer is
Thomas Barrett, Jr , of Augusta,
who is connected with cotton mills
in Augusta, Graniteville and other
factories over the Savannah in Booth
Carolina.
Makes the food more del
ROYAl B?KINO SOW!
ron.
rRDB SOUTHRON, Katabltahed Jone. 1S&6
Series?Vol. XIX. No.46
THE PORT ROYAL
NAVAL STATION.
The Beaufort and Port Royal
People Will Fight to Re?
tain It.
Editor the Daily Item
As a matter which involves the
national defense and a waste of the
nation's funds, we commend the fol?
lowing to the attention of your read*
ers :
The paragraph in the naval appro?
priation bill, as it now refers to the
Port Royal (8. C ) naval station, pro?
vides that $800,000 shall be spent
for the improvement of that plant
unless the secretary, after a report
by a competent board of naval offi?
cers, shall decide that the interests
of the government would be better
sei ved at Charleston In which case,
the station will be transferred to the
latter place.
This last proviso is the result of
strenuous efforts by certain Charles?
ton interests, and has been cunningly
conceived, based oo false claims, and
fostered in secret
We would eey to the country that
this fight is bot begun, and if fought
fair in the light we have no doubt as
to the issue
Several naval boards composed of
eminent naval authorities have exam*
ined Port Royal harbor at different
times with a view to determining its
availability for various naval pur?
poses They have alwaye enthusias?
tically endoreed the place, and we
are confident of a favorable report in
thie instance, if an unbiased board
be appointed
Those who are behind this meas?
ure are noisily announcing that the
secretsry approves of the proposed
removsl sod the station is already
Charleston's We have a high opin?
ion of Secretary Long and do not
believe bim capable of each action?
of prejudging a caee witboot aa in?
vestigation It msy be, however, the
oar of those in power has been secured
by the men interested in this waste
of the public foods Therefore the
mstter is laid before the country that
it may see it ie proposed thst the
national intereete shall be sacrificed
for tbe benefit of a certain locality ; .
for publicity will insure a decision
based on tbe public welfare?the na?
tional defense
We hereby annoonce to tbe secre?
tary of tbe navy and to the country
that we propose to prove, before the
board appointed, the following facts
based on official documents and other
reliable sources :
That tbe present site wae eirefully
ohosen for its purpose by a board of
eminent naval authorities
That tbe harbor and bar of Port
Royal are tbe best oo tbe South Atlan?
tic ooast, and will permit tbe navy of
tbe nation to eoter in double column to
manoeuvre and to find ample and pro?
tected anchorages Tbe entrance
through tbe bar is broad, deep and
natural : tbe harbor anohorage uoap
proached on the Southern ooast for its
magnitude and sheltering headlande.
No rivers eternally empty here their
sediment, aod no daily ebifttng quick?
sand chokes this harbor's entrance.
Nature, with lavish baod, moulded a
great basin out of tbe rook ; and the
channels, souoded and reoorded by
Meoeodez. 300 years ago. prove to tbe
deep3St di aft thips of our day their
unchaogiog proportions?as they were
then so arc they now
Tbat tbe government's experience at
Port Royal has justified the wisdom of
its oboice : and any difficulties which
have ariseo wero foreseen and provided
for
Tbat tbe dry dock there situated is
the best timber dock tbe government
owns, and o?o today receive any ship
in the navy It cost less to build than
any other government dock ; has oost
leas to maintain, aod is today absolute?
ly firm io its fcuodatioos
Tbat the machine shops, built of
briok aod steel, equipped with modern
machinery, are capable of making all
ordioary repairs oo meo of war, and
are so complete as to b? capable of
buildiog a small vessel entire
Tbat the health of 'be immediate
site, and of tbe whole seotion surroood
iog the harbor, is excellent
Tbat Charleston offers do superior
sdvaotsges, aod none commeosursble
with some of those above described
Tbat tbe proposed abandonment of
thi* property would be a orimioal act
If this splendid navy yard is sacri?
ficed, it will be through the pettiness of
a few pleasure seeking effiaers, the
oupidity of certain commercial combi?
nations, and the cunning of politicians.
l>oaufort Committee ou
Naval Station.
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