The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-05
B0ER HATRED OF THE BRITISH
GERMANY GAVE KRUGER ONLY
LUKEWARM ENCOURAGEMENT,

niaI Secretary Chamb erIain Build
ing I'd "a Reputation as an Astute
DipIOmat-The British Cabinet
Pledged to Favor War as a Last
Resort.
London, April 4-It transpires that the
dispatch of Colonial Secretary Chamber
lain to President Kruger of the Transvaal
insisting that the grievances of the Uit-
landers should be redressed and request
ing a reply to the invitation TO the presi-
dent TO visit London. was crossed by off,
cial advices from Cape Town announc-
ing that President Kruger proposed to
summon the volksraad at a date earlier
than that fixed for the opening Of the
regular session with a view to eXpeditins
the decision concerning his visit to Lon
dom. President Kruger has to obtain the
permission of the volksraad to leave the
Transvaal and he attributes his delay in
send a decisive reply to the invitation to
the fact that that body is not in ses-
sion. Il is the opinion in certain quarters
in England that the advisers of the presi-
dent are opposed to his coming to Lon
don, fearing that Mr.. Chamberlain would
over-reach him in negotiating for set
tlement of the Transvaal difficulties, ano
this, Notwithstanding the fact that the
Boer president has shown throughout
the troubles diplomatic ability Of the
highest order.
The Pail Mall Gazette, commenting re-
Gently on the report that President Kru-
ger would not visit England, said: 'Mr.
Kruger has enjoyed a kind of moral boom
of late, and most people are inclined to
give him credit for ali the prudence
and magnanimity he can carry. Unluck-
lily, however, Mr.. Kruger does not stand
alone.
Left to himself and his Beers it seems
that he would probably have come to
England, after which it would have been
difficult for any power on earth 10 inter-
pose between him and Mr.. Chamberlain.
But this morning we hear that the presi-
dent is not coming, after all, at any rate,
not yet-and the decision is set down to
the prime authors of the mischief that
has been and is being wrought in the
Transvaal. The authors are the gang OF
Dutch and German parasites who have
captured the president for the hling of
their own pockets. There may be two
opinions about the Uitlander leaders, and
there may be two opinions about Mr.. Kru-
ger; about this pestiferous ring there can
be only one. They have no more love for
the Beers than the Beers have for them.
Their sole aim Is to enrich themselves
out Of the labor of the Uitlanders. The
most arrant Jewish capitalist in Johan-
mate private enterprise, and if he over
steps the proper bounds there is the gov
| ernment of Pretoria to check him. The
HOllander is not so. He is engaged in no
enterprise. His one business is to con-
spire with the government to bleed the
enterprise of others. He tolls not, neither
does he spin; he merely gets the presi-
dent to sign him concession. From that
concession the TransVaal government does
not gain penny, but the industries of the
Rand lose millions of pounds. The Neither
lands railway 10 take single instance
pays the whole of its expenses by the
short line which distributes coal to the
mines Of the Rand. This means that the
line from Dc'ogOa Bay can afford to carry
goods into etoria for nothing and this
power 1t employs to bring German trade in
and keep English out. In other words the
English in johannesburg are bled that
the Englishmen in the Cape and England
may have their thrOats cut by German
competition. 1t is no wonder that the men
engaged IN this easy and lucrative busi-
ness look with alarm upon anything which
may lead to an equitable settlement be-
tween the Boer and Englishman.
1t is high time that Mr.. Kruger should
pc given to understand that this state of
things can be tolerated no longer"
, WIN the memory of Jameson's S raid and
the threatened revolt in Johannesburg still
fresh in mind, together with the strong
suspicion that the whole business was a
plot to overthrow the Boer government
and annex the TransvaaI possessions TO
the British South Africa Company, the
ABOVE editorial placing all the blame for
German parasites" is peculiar reading
The fact is that the Beers hate the British
as nation, and this is the one important
factor which is always borne in mind
ANY concession that Mr. Chamberlain sue
ceeds in worming out President Kruger
Will meet with the bitter opposition of the
burghers.
kilograms were received on Thursday by
two city firms from their agents in Preto-
ria and johannesburg who have business
relations with the Boer government
THESE dispatches stated that President
Kruger seriously desires to have a per-
sonal conference with Mr.. Chamberlain
and that the Boer opposition to his visit
ing London has been overcome except
among the rabid anti-English section who
have no great influence in the volksraad
II is thought probable here that President
Kruger used these agents as a medium to
convey unofhcially what excuses thew can
for his temporizing it seeming to be innos-
sible for those herein Interested in the
question that perhaps the president of the
South African republic is a more astufe
practical politician and better equipped di-
piomat than the British colonial secretary
who, though on the top wave of popuIari.
ty, does not seem to have made much ae-
tual progress in settling the Transvaal
question.
A fact that is considered significant is
that President Kruger's ideas of expedit-
ing the sitting OF the volksraad and these
more paclhc business messages originated
after DR.. Leyds, the secretary of state of
the Transvaal, reached Pretoria from Eu-
rope, bringing him the views of the Ger
man government on what protection the
Transvaal would get in the event of a
conflict with Great Britain. The Daily
News yesterday stated that DR.. Leyds
failed to receive any promise that Ger
many would actively support the Beers.
but was informed that Germany would
not interfere further than to urge Csfeat
Britain to maintain the status ouo. AS
this is all that Mr.. Chamberlain demands
with the important proVisO that the
Transvaal accept Mr.. Chamberlain's in
depreciation of British rights under the
status quo some signs of yielding on the
part of President Kruger might be ex-
pected, and if the latter eventually comes
to London, abandons his demands for a
revision of the Anglo-Boer convention of
1854 so that the Transvaal will be com
pletely Independent of Great Britain, her
independence guaranteed by the powers
and accepts Mr.. Chamberlain's proposals,
as the basis of the conference, it will be
the greatest triumph yet for Mr. Cham
berlain's policy and tact. This condition
of affairs presuppoSes a complete aban-
donment OF the Boer demands, hardly
possible contingency.
1t is. however, becoming undeniabIe
that Mr.. Cham berlain's persistent Strength
and dominating personality are both felt
and disliked by the conservative section
of the ministerialists. From this quarter
comes a report that the cabinet has refus-