The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-01

SOUTHAMPTON, July 31.-Samuel
L. Clemens Mark Twain) with his
wife and daughter, arrived here today
on board the steamer Norman, from
Table Bay, Cape Colony. Although he
started out on his tour of the world in
feeble health being obliged often to
take TO his bed between the delivery of
lectures, and notwithstanding an at
tack of illness in India, he looked the
picture of health when he landed here.
He has gone far and seen much, in the
Sandwich islands, Australia, India and
South Africa, but it was especially of
affairs in the Transvaal where his stay
was cOincident with the excitement
over the trial Of the reform" prison
ers that he was ready to talk. lie ex-
pressed himself as feeling charmed
with what he had seen in South At
RIGA.
Il consider the Transvaal the coun-
try of the future said Mr. Clemens.
1T has delightful climate and bound
! less natural wealth. | had presented
to me in Johannesburg a little mug
! get with figures on it showing the
enormous increase in tine gold output
The bulk of the trade there is in the
] hands of the English and Germans,
but Americans should be able to COM
mand the lions share of the trade in
machinery, the largest portion of the
machinery in the Transvaal beng
] American. Mr.. Hammond, John Hays
I Hammond), the reform leader con-
! victed OF treason and whose sentence
of death was committed, intends to
bring back from the states with him
100000 worth. The majo-fty OF The
I Americans in the Transvaal are en-
gagged in mining and engineering. L
think there is a great opening there
! for a young man acquainted with this
/ branch of mechanics.
The American element is compare
/ lively small, but the mass of the
Beers make no distinction between
1 Americans and English. Indeed, all
foreigners, with the exception of Ger
mans, are referred to as English The
: excitement over the Jameson raid and
the subsequent trial of the reformers
has subsidized but all the refor1ners are
agreed that the cause of political re-
form has been retarded a decade by
the Jameson fasco."
Mark Twain shows his humorous
appreciation of the stolid qualities of
the Boer character in touching upon
| their history. He said with his solemn
and characteristic drawl: The flight
of the children of Israel was a holi-
day excursion compared with the Boer
trecks When they finally settled in
the Transvaal like the Mormons, they
thought the country was SO valueless
that no one would ever take the trou-
BILE to disturb them Though there is
no doubt that the English preserved
them from extinction at the hands of
the savages, their hatred of England
increases with every interference. The
hand of God, as they firmly believe,
guided them in the wilderness of their
different settlements and the English
persisted in interfering in each i'm
! stance.
I'm my opinion the Uitlander ele-
ment must Overwhelmingly preponder-
ate before they can gain political rec
ognition and then it can only be by
peaceful means
The traveller expressed himself as
very favorably impressed with the
United States consular officials, es-
pecially Mr.. Williams, at Johannes
! burg. whom he added, II count my
personal friend"
Il think" he said, that with the
increase of commerce and the develop
ment of the country, our government
will find 1T important for the extern
Z, sion of American trade to increase the
consulates.
Asked regarding his own plans, Mr.
Clemens replied that he intended to
remain in England no longer than six
months and that he will spend it in
some quiet spot away from London
where he intends to write a. book