The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-13

of letters between the queen and the etn.
peror Is very unwelc0mc here. IL Is ~
garded as an indiscreCt attempt TO make
political capital in the English interest
out Of the family relations Of the two
courts The substance of the letters can
only be n matter Of surmist
The contents of the emperor's lettor may
be inferred from the very conciliatory and
reassuring words he addressed on the fol.
lowing day To the foreign representatives
here on the occasion OF the funeral OF
Prince Alexander OF Prussia. when he
emphasized the unabated friendliness oi
the English and German governments.
Unfortunately, however, IL is too early
TO indulge in optimNms. President
kruger's attitude may be "a better test OF
Germany's real attitude than professions
Of amity. III President Kruger proves oh.
durate, il will be difficult to resist the
conclusion that he has been allowed 70
count upon Germany's support. H. must
not be forgotten that before DIR. Janeson's
coup the organ OF the German foreign
Office urged President Kruger 10 ignore
the manifesto Of the National union cl
Johannesburg DIR. Jameson's ill-starred
enterprise simply gave Germany an op
portunity 10 shift her ground to plausible
law.
A dispatch 10 The Times from Vienna
says that the German National association
of Austria has telegraphed' congratula
tions To President Kruger.
Tho End Not Yet.
An editorial in The Times says: There
Is far too great "a disposition in some
quarters 30 assume that the TransvaaI
difficulty is ended. 1t can only be truly
said that the immediate danger of blood
shed has been avertcd.
But all the evils and terrors which made
a disturbance in the Transvaal-with or
without DR.. jameson, merely a ques'
ton of time-still remain unsettled.
While President Kruger is releasing DIR.
Jameson with one hand, with the othei
he is throwing into prison the heads of ali
the English enterprises IN Johannesburg.
He cannot be allowed To transfer the
charges of treason from armed invaders
90 the heads of IA population which never
asked anything but fair share of politi-
Cal rights.
And as he could have prevented DIR.
Jameson's raid by diyulgng what his
preparations proved he knew, he does not
come TO court with clean hands. Whether
Johannesburgers, we should advise all
concerned to hear Cecil Rhodes before de.
Gliding upon the somewhat obscure and
complicated transactions.
TaFy For Americans?
A dispatch from Cecil j. Rhodes, under
date of Cape Town, Jan. L., says: 1.-The
position is that within the Transvaal
there are 10000 newcomers and an old
population Of 1900. With the develop
ments of the gold industry to fuller ex.
tent, the newcomers will amount TO 500.
00O in five years: eventually TO 1,000O00,
probably more. From time 10 time thu
position will he upset by the attempts OF
the new population TO claim civil rights,
which eventually they certainly must get.
Craftsmanship should give them some
rights now, as the present state is impos.
siblc for the newcomers, Who own moro
than half the soil OF the Transvaal and
nlne-tenths of the wealth Of the country
The new males outnumber the old, i've to
one, and are composed largely OF Amer.
leans, including the principal mine man.
ayers.
England is the only great power in
South Africa. she is now threatened
with German interference, which she is
bound To resent and resist In this sho
should have Americas sympathy. Blood
is thicker than water. Americans, above
all nations, insist on civil rights in one.
industries here ~ the Cape. In the Trans
vaal all my managers are Americans
And yet we have the spectacle of the two
great English-speaking nations of the
world almost on the verge OF war about
some barren land in South America;
whereas, working in perfect harmony. the
peace OF the world would be secured"