The record-union., 1896-01-04


war unfortunately result from the Ven
ezuelan boundary question, the United
States would be oontending only for
the recognition of principle deemed
proper and just for due observance by
European nations.
| Should war occur, however, oyer the
question of the Alaskan boundary, it
would come quite as closely home to the
American people, and involve territory
of great mineral wealth and agricult
ural wealth.
| The vast lumber resources Of Canada
have frequently caught the eye of
American summer tourists, as have the
mineral resources of British Columbia
attracted the attention of the American
miner. The effort now being made by
the Government of Canada to establish
the boundary of Alaska, in a manner
that will deprive the United States of
the vast gold fields OF that interesting
Territory, may render struggle neoes-
sary for the preservation of our own
boundaries.
THE TRANSVAAL CONFLICT.
| Stockton Independent: The public un-
derstands but imperfectly what consti-
tutes the Transvaal Republic of South
Africa or the conflict now going on be-
tween it and the "Uitlanders." The lat
ter term is simply Dutch for foreigners,
and applies to the English of the South
Africa Company, who are engaged In
mining gold in one province of that re-
public. The population consists of those
Beers" or farmers who in 1888 became
dissatisfied with British rule in Cape
Colony, and migrated thence to the
country they now occupy, and, after
much war with the savage native tribes,
set up their Government, which was not
generally recognized until within
comparatively recent period. In 1886
rich gold deposits were discovered and
caused an influx of the English, which
has ever since threatened to swamp the
| Boer element, and has daily become
more aggressive, until, while still cling
ing to their British allegiance, the in
! truders claim the right to vote and con-
| troll the Government. The disavoWal by
Britain of responsibility for the acts of
it's subjects and the throwing of that
responsibility upon the British corpo-
ration, under whose administration the
war is being Waged, is but a Subterfuge
| that is well exposed by the rowdyism
described in the dispatch regarding the
incidents at the theater when a popu-
lar German melody (volkslied) was
hooted down and "RuIe Britannia"
| cheered. The incident is stronger than
the disavowal, and shows plainly that
the war is one of British aggrandize-
ment, just as much as is the threat of
| forcibly occupying Venezuelan terri
tory under orders from Premier Sails
bury.
A FEARLESS MAN.
] Fresno Republican: Mayor Swift of
Chicago is an outspoken and fearless
man if we judge him by the speech he
made at the Commercial Club banquet
in that city the other evening. There
will hardly be any dissent from that
opinion when it is understood that the
very class of men whom he so merci-
lessly denounced were before him. The
Mayor referred to the fact that, within
a period of sixty days, he had vetoed a
half dozen valuable railroad franchises
they had been obtained by disreputable
means.
ONCE A DRESSMAKER.
Bakersfield Californian: Now we have
got it! The city papers are filling their
columns, yes pages, with all the petty
details of a disgraceful scandal involv-
ing a well-known preacher and a
woman blackmailer Every little mean
/ statement that can be made is given
full publicity and innuendo is allowed
full sway. The climax is reached, how
ever, by one of them which has dis
covered that one of the parties to the
scandal was once a dressmaker-just
1 ipIr nf rf,,J
and it is announced in big black type,
Admits That When Dressmaker She
Sewed for Whoever Asked" That set
| ties 1t. She must be a criminal of the
deepest dye. 1t is bad enough to en-
gage in the heinous occupation of MAX
ing dresses, but when it comes to MAX
ing them for anybody and everybody
who is willing to pay, then the depths
of infamy are reached Why, she might
have made a dress for washerwoman
on the same machine upon which one
was made for the wife of millionaire.
Horrible, horrible! Oh, the depths of
depravity of these San Francisco dress
makers, and the ineffable depths of
contemplate cowardly innuendo
reached by the papers! And Wen bet
new hat that the meanest things about
the women concerned in the scandal
referred to are written by the Museum
ninghams and other delectable female
reporters.
CARVING CHINA.
Tulare Register: It looks as though
the partition of China among the great
Powers of Europe would be a much
easier problem than the partition of
Turkey A short time ago France was
ceded quite a chunk of Chinese terri
tory in Tonquin, and now England has
been ceded four provinces in the south
Russia has undoubtedly obtained large
concessions in the north and all these
nations will ere long be eating into the
heart of the Elowery Kingdom Wher-
ever these European people extend
their power, railroads, telegraphs COM
merce and schools will follow. and mis-
sionaries will work with a will The re-
suit will be for China what it has been
for India, new national life and in
creased competition of Asiatic cheap
labor with the Western world
A STUPID BLUNDER.
Fresno Republican: AS Californians
will indorse the action of their Con-
gressmen in voting against the bill
authorizing the issue of 3 per cent
bonds, so must they regret the action
of the majority in the House in passing
the bill. 1t would be hard to devise a
bill which would be less satisfactory
to everybody, should it become a law,
than this 1t would not be satisfactory
to the goldbugs, for what they demand