Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-14

GREAT BRITAIN FINDS THAT THIS
ALSO IL GRAVE.
yRUGgR'S COMPLIMENTS TO VICTORIA
All England IL Trying 20 Make out
what They Mcan-Thc Queens
observation-disclosures Policy Re-
sardtng Spnin and Cuba.
fCoryricht. 1897. by the sun Printing ant
p,,hNah{nv Association

1ONDONf MdlSn l"'-t uotiV dNttHtion
has been so, concentrated for several
r..ks upon the crisis IN the East that
u,re notice has been taken OF the really
.r,ti,al relations now existing between
s,e,f Britain and the Transvaal republic.
T,ere is strong reason for believing that
f,o Enclish Government is seeking the
earliest opportunity or excuse for making
ana more attempt to crush the little re-
crblic which so many times has success
sll, repulsed British invasions. Secretary
,bauberlain IS credited with just such an
outrageous policy, and his attitude on
,,.srol recent occasions has done much to
,.s,if, the suspicion. He emphasized re-
rr,te5ly IN his examination Of Mr..
modes before the South Africa Commit
zee his conviction that the present regime
IN the Transvaal cannot continue, and
ooenlv intimated that the British Govern
-nsrt would have given full support to
an ultimatum last October. had it been
necessary. All Of MT. Chamberlain's
INCEST utterances i'm Parliament In refer
,nce 20 the Transvaal have been sarcas-
lie and intolerant. He openly declares
that the present relations between the
fvyo countries are gravcly strained. There
rss been free talk within few days of
,- ultimatum to President Kruger. with
Lord WOlscley and 1000 troops in the
background
There is. Of course every effort to make
d 4ppear that President Kruger is taking
b.. offensive but nobody need be deceived
OIL rcby. The keen old statesman of the
Rand knows perfectly well that England
is trying 10 pick a quarrel with him,
and he is simply making ready, as he
should do, for one more gallant defence
az BOer liberties against the rapaciOus
creed Of gold-worshipping Englishmen.
This week he was making speeches in the
orange Free State. where he has been on
O. mission which IS pretty well under
stood TO include a scheme OF an offensive
as well as a defensive, alliance of the
TWO African republics against England.
His peculiar style Of oratory is not
relshed in England. where everybody is
ready to take offence. whether 1t is in
tended or not. In one Grafton he talked
cheerfully about the neat way his Keen
eyed burghers had shot Englishmen,
when the foreigners invaded the Trans
yaal and the facts do not sweeten the
matter for British palates.
COMPLIMENTS % TO VICTORIA.
In another speech. the old man paid
p0nderous compliments 10 Queen Victo-
Tia, or at any rate, the world has been
given TO understand that they were
meant 10 be compliments. Among other
remarks. he declared that the Queen
was zen kwaje vrouw," and con-
trOversy Is now raging as to the mean
ing Of this phrase. Reuters Telegram
company, which is the official Boer
agency as far as South African news
is concerned, translates the remarks as
ga difficult woman" The Central News,
which in South African affairs is ultra
British, cables from Cape Town that
MIR. Kruger's words were meant to be
contemptuous. and that their literal
and also colloquial meaning is IAN
angry woman, or shrew." The London
Globe, which may be fairly regarded as
the organ of Mr.. Rhodes, says the eX-
preston is frequently used in the Trans
Vaal with reference 10 bad-tempeieu AMI
mails which. when annoyed, Kick OF
bite. Thus "een Kwake mannetJe' Is
an expression applied to a cock-ostrich,
which is a habitual and a vigorous
kicker. Mr.. Kruker it is urged, really
intended TO describe queen Victoria as a
vicious woman. Whatever Mr. hruker
meant Englishmen are bound 10 put
the worst construction on ii.
AS TO his mission TO the Orange Free
state. private cables indicate that ne
will probably fan as TO his main OBJECT
as the smaller republic has no desire lot
high politics. one car scarcely TAKE up
am English paper now without finding
in some form or another the oDNlou9iS
absurd accusation that President kru-
Ger has the design 10 provoke England
I'm war. Certainly the valiant Old re-
uDblican shows a fine contempt OF
british susceptibnites, and stouty de-
clines to accept as rule of faith the
,rorosition that the English are a
Heaven-sent race, which, sooner or later'
must dominate South Africa. moreover
he vehemently declines 10 alloW Eng
land 10 interfere in the domestic con-
Germs of his country. but he has done
etsoIrtelv nothing to Justify the charge
that he would be such a 1901 as 10 lOIco
q war 49,. .,,,,.,,
ferca the ROYAL irish Regiment one OF
the finest CORPS of the British army VIII
esu FOR South Africa, nOminally TO re-
ne,e certain troops at Cape Colony ana
Natal but II really is intended aS
"a reinforcement TO garrison when u
already largely in excess or norman re-
qurements. 1t may be auaeu, anu ~
announcement is made puDIlc LOT Uh9
frst time. that the commanders or keVe-
val british regiments now In India nave
Noon secretly warned that their corps
may he required for active service III
south Africa before the summer mas iar
advanced.
THE QUEENS JUBILEE.
The British War Office Will have to put
some tvrenrv thousand troops in the
streets on June 22d, the day when queen
Victoria proceeds from Buckingham
Palace TO st. Paurs Cathedral, 10 oler
up thanks for enabling her TO peat 'H9
record I'm royal reigns. II the original
rroprarnrne had been adhered 10, lOOV
men would have sufiiced, and the war
Office could have managed that on Hs
head. so 10 speak. Now. it Is nearly OH
its head at the prospect or what Is re-
ra-IeJ as the biggest military display
Since The Crimean war-Over forty years
AGO There are no barrack accommoda-
lions I'm London for more than a norman
garrison. and 5000 additional troops can
not. IL seems be quartered IN the gar
tlsOn towns within easy distance OF inc
metropolis. because the railway mana
gers say they will have quite enough ~
DO on the great day TO bring the huhareus
Of thousands Of sight-seers saiely 10 to"h
and back again. The soldiers, therefore,
10 AN appearance, viii have 10 camp III
tbe marks. which will be novel sight.
There IS not the slightest doubt that the
display next June will be the grandest
and largest ever seen in London. Inc
Ioyal procession itself viii probably be a
mile long. and the array Of princes ana
prlncegses in IL will exceed that or the
jubilee show In numbers and gorgeousness.
Physicians and couruers are ALREADY
shaking their heads and predicting all
sorts OF evils as likely 10 result TO the
aged sovereign from the prodiglous siiaii