New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-17

movement These allegations may not be ade-
quately supported by evidence: but II Is apparent
mat the capitalist interests represented By Mr..
Rhodes, who popularity known as the Ma
poieon OF South African finance and destiny,
were antagonstic TO the maintenance Of the
Dutch Republic DI. Jameson's forced march
adventure
Hence 1t is true that while the German En-
p"Tor had no case in International law since
M. Chamberlain recognized and enforced the
engagements of the convention of 1884, he
Justi;lcd in assuming that deliberate attempt
had been made by tn servants Of the Char
OF the Premier CT Care Colony to subvort the
independence Of the TransVaal Correct and cir
cumspect rs Mr.. Chamborlain's action has been
The Colonial authorities are implicated in con-
Fp.racy to repudiatr treaty obligaticrs. to over
lhro" the political Institutions OF the Trans
Ndal 10 bring about the annexation of the rich
est gold country in south Africa and To work
out the secret designs Of d combine ton % mill
ionailc spectators.
1NMAsKED 1T \ CRITICAL TIME
This conspiracy has been unmasled in a crisis
ot ArSio-Americdn rclatiors whom England has
refused t. arbi-ratc undaIy dispute of long
standing in thc Western Hemisphere and when
Chartered Company has been formed in British
Guiana, at the direct mitigation of Mr. Cham
bSriain. fol the opening and Development of a
H"id country the ownership Of which is con-
The reply made by the English press TO tho
ceima Empc:ors unexpected Intervention in
Soutn African affair. and TO the ntimations If
the frrhn journals that marines would have been
landed at D@lagoa Bay for the defence Of Tire
BeerS n an emergency. Is chara ~ ristic It Is:
Hands off, The Queen may not be technically
the SuZerainc Of tho 'rransVa1l. bui English in
forests predcminate in South Africa. No foreign
Power can be allowed g. alter a boundary. a.
sumo protect crate. or interfere with dome site
noltlcs N that quart T. England las exclusive
nghtS there and viii not &hanGon them. Eng
land Will fight first" That may not be the PFC
cSc language. but Il Cmb )dies the spirit Ok III"
responsiveness made by the English press
against German intervention.
curious as are the anaOSics between the
Venezuela and the TunsVaal questions. this is
the most fantastic of th'm all The English cN-
cluded the Monroe Doctrine from the clnsidcIa-
ton Of the NcreZuela Guiana case: and then
within a fortnight turned abou: and applied a
Monroe Doctrine Of their own to South Africa.
In denying the right Of Germany To eddie in
any way in the affairs IF the TransVaal In par
tcular ard of South Africa in general. thcy are
proclamng the Monroe principle i'm a most
drastic form Thcy are doing this. moreover. at
the moment when the Premier Of Cape Colony
ard the servants of the Chartered Company are
implicated IN \ monstrOus conspiracy against
the Boer Republic whose autonomy is guaran-
after Lord Salisburys contcmptuouS dismissal
of the real Mohroe Doctrine as an obsolete
Yankee notion which had ~ bearing upon the
territorial claims of European Power in the
Western Hemisphere I'VE are resolved" says
tn" leading English journal that at all costs
our sphere of influence and within that sphere
we cmphaticaly include the South African re-
public" That is only another way # stating
the Monroe Doctrine which, American as 1t is.
embodi,s time-honored English ideas Of self
preservation and enlightened self-intcrest.