The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-08-14
TWAIN IN LONDON.
Gets That Far on His Journey Around
the World
VIII Remain There six Months-VIews
OF the Tlansvaal-Likes
American Consuls.

SOUTHAMPTON, July 31.-Samuel
L. Clemens Mark Twain with his wife
and daughter arrived to-day from Ia
Bile Bay, Cape Colony. Although he
started out on his tour of the world in
feeble health, being obliged often to
take 10 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 coincidenr with the excitement
over the trial of the Reform" prison
ers, that he was ready to talk. He ex-
pressed himself as feeling charmed with
what he had seen in South Africa He
said:
i consider the Transvaal the country
of the future. II has delightful eli
mate and boundleSs natural wealth. /
had presented to me in Johannesburg a
little nugget with figures on il showing
the enormous increase in the gold out
put. The bulk of trade there is in the
hands of the English and Germans, but
Americans should be able TO command
the lions share of the trade in ma
chinery, the largest portion of the ma
ehinery in the Transvaal being of Am
erican make. John Hays Hammond,
the Reform leader convicted of treason,
whose sentence of death was commuted,
intends TO bring back from the States
with him 100000 worth. The major
ity of Americans in the Transvaal are
engaged in mining and engineering
| think there is a great opening there
for young man acquainted with this
branch of mechanics.
The American element is compar-
atively small. but the mass of the Beers
make no distinction between Americans
and English. Indeed, all foreigners,
with the exception of Germans, are re-
ferred to as English. The excitement
over the Jameson raid and the subse-
quent trial of the reformers has sub
sided, but all the Reformers are agreed
that the cause of political reform has
been retarded decade by the Jameson
fiasco."
Mark Twain shows his humorous ap-
probation for the stolid qualities of the
Boer character in touching up their his
tory. He said, with his solemn and
characteristic drawl:
The fight of the children of Israel
was a holiday 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 trouble to disturb them.
Though there is no doubt that the Eng
lish preserved them from extinction at
the hand of the savages, their hatred of
England increased with every interior
ence. 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
instance.
In my opinion the Uitlander ele-
ment must overwhelmingly preponder-
ate before they can gain political recog-
milton, and then it can only be by
peaceful means"
The traveller expressed himself as
very favorably impressed with the
United States Consular officials, espe-
cialIy Mr.. Williams at johannesburg,
whom" he added, 4 count my per-
sonal friend" He added:
i think that with the increase of
commerce and the development of the
country, our Government will find IL
important for the extension of Ameri-
can trade TO increase the Consulates-
Asked regarding his own plans, Mr..
Clemens replied that he intends to re-
main 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 book