The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-13
SHAMEFUL AND ACCOUNTABLE.


1t is 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 with
their blood on their own heads, they
are the men who fell in this raid; and
If ever prisoners of war deserved Scant
mercy. jameson and his comrades are
those prisoners. They may thank their
stars that they have fallen into the
hands of men who are not likely to
treat them as they themselves treated
the Matabele wounded and prisoners.
1t 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
will convince me that he acted in this
business without the knowledge or the
approval of his chief and patron, Mr..
Cecil Rhodes. Though l have no regard
for 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. | suspect the truth to
be that 1t is for these and other quail
ties that he has been selected for his
position by Rhodes, and he win add
one more to the many who have served
that ambitious and crafty individual to
their own ruin.
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whether Matched with the completely of
the dummy directors at home or not,
the 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. Its
recent policy has been to hire ruffians
for filibustering raids and to manipu-
late the results for stock exchange pur-
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 disgrace to us,
and we are rcaping 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 relative of the
Queen--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 1t has been
| advantageous to the hirers. To make
| money has been the one object of all
| and all have doubtless succeeded. But
every farthing that has been made has
| come out of the pockets of British in
Nestors, and has been stained with the
| blood of African natives. To all this
is now added that. in the pursuit OF
their designs. this crew are ready te
| defy every national obligation and
every principle of international law, to
| draw the national honor through the
mire. and to jeopardize the safety oil
| the Empire even at most critical mo-
ment In the International history
A BRITISH VIEW OF cUTENEss
| Dean Holes new book about his tour
III America contains many curious
| stories of which the following one Is
supposed to illustrate Chicago smart
4 nesS'
| There was a man In Chicago. l was
| told in New York, who came one morn
| ing to his Office with such a radiant
smile upon his countenance that his
partner could not refrain from inquir
| ing the cause of his exuberant joy
| My dear fellow, he replied. my doctor
as you know, has ordered me to wall
here from my house. and this mornint
i have been. able. in consequence, to dc
| three splendid acts--enough, surely, Il
make any man happy. AS I was pass
| ing one of the churches 1 saw poor
woman. with baby in her arms weep
| Ing bitterly on the steps of the ap
| preach. | inquired the cause OF hel
| sorrow. and she told me that she hat
brought her little darling to be hap
| tlzed, but that the priest said that sh'
| must pay dollar, and that she had M
| money. | told her that l had nothint
| III my purse but $40 note, but that sht
might take II to the priest, and would