Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-02-07
SHAMEFUL AND ACCOUNTABLE.


r SHAMEFUL AND ACCOUNTABLE
II is a shameful and abominable bust
ness all round, out of which no Eng
. lishman can extract a grain of salts
faction But If ever men died will
their blood on their own heads, they
are the men who fell in this raid; ane
II ever prisoners of war deserved scani
| mercy Jameson and his comrades are
those prisoners. They may thank theii
stars that they have fallen into the
hands of men who are not likely u
treat them as they themselves treated
the Matabele wounded and prisoners.
IL Is not two years yet since poor old
Lo Ben was hunted to death. He has
been well and speedily avenged.
With Jameson, or any who act like
him, have no sympathy. But nothing
VIII convince me that he acted in this
| business without the knowledge or the
! approval of his chief and patron, Mr..
| Cecil Rhodes. Though / have no regard
| Tor heroes of this pattern, it is obvious
that jameson is a popular man, with
| the FACULTY of inspiring unbounded
| trust and confidence in those around
and under him. 1 suspect the truth to
| De that 1t is for these and other quail
| ties that he has been selected for his
position by Rhodes, and he will add
one more to the many who have served
that am bitious and crafty individual to
their own ruin.
For such INSCRIPTIONS treachery,
whether Matched with the completely of
the dummy directors at home or not,
fhe company must pay the penalty.
The history of the company is dis
graceful from beginning to end. 1t
began by tricking Lobengula out of
half his dominions; it went on to rob
him by violence of the other half. It's
recent policy has been to hire ruffianS
for filibustering raids and to manipu-
late tha rPcnIfc CT a no
poses. Such operations are a mere
adoption of the methods and morals
of Captain Kidd to the requirements of
modern civilization. That the British
Government should ever have counte-
nanced such doings is a disgrace to us,
and we are reaping the result now in
the unconcealed aversion or contempt
of all other nations.
At the head of this company are two
dukeS-one of them a relative of the
tlueen-and their professions of ignor- |
ance of the plot sprung last week show |
them to be mere ornamental figure |
heads who have hired themselves to a |
financial gang, like the show directors |
OF humber companies, in order to |
cover the designs of the real principals, |
and secure influence in the right quar-
ter. That the thing has been profit
able to them must be assumed, and
there can be no doubt that it has been
advantageous to the hirers. To make
and all have doubtless succeeded. But
every farthing that has been made has
come out OF the pockets of British in
vestors. and has been stained with the
blood of African natives. To all this
Is now added that in the pursuit of
heir designs, this crew are ready to
lefty every national obligation and
very principle of international law, to
iraw the national honor through the
nire. and to jeopardize the safety of
l,.. IL
nent in the international history
London Truth.
\ BRITISH VIEW OF CUTENEss.
Dean Holes new book about his tour
n America contains many curious
stories of which the following one is
to illustrate Chicago smart
less'':
There was a man in Chicago, was |
old in New York, who came one morn
ng to his office with such a radiant !
mile upon his countenance that his ,
'artner could not refrain from inquir-
ng the cause of his eXuberant joy. !
My dear fellow he replied, my doctor,
s you know has ordered me to walk :
ere from my house, and this morning l
have been able, in consequence, to do l
hree splendid acts-enough, surely, to .
lake any man happy AS | was pass
lg one of the churches I saw a poor :
-oman, with baby in her arms weep y
lg bitterly on the steps of the APP y
roach. 1 inquired the cause of her c
PROV and she told me that she had
rought her little darling to be bap- u
zed, but that the priest said that she g
ust pay a dollar, and that she had no n
oney l told her that L had nothing {,
my purse but $40 note, but that she 81
light take it to.the priest, and l would v
ait outside for the change. She q
Fought it. with such praise, that III Il
y modesty / hurried away. Hear W
wv, what 1 have done, and refrain =
ON envy If you can. l have dried a 7
,or womans tears; have placed her
tile one on the heavenly road; have
Used a false $40 note, and have got
.nhn In lcnf