Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-20

ton. The whole matter boiled down.
is this: Is this country to be governed
by Mr.. Kruger or the grondwet? It is
singular and also opportune that at the
very time when Mr.. Rhodes before the
whole world brought his charges of
maiadministration against the authori-
ties here the latter should vouchsafe 50
complete and striking a confederation
Of the Impeachment. While on its trial
before the nations the Transvaal gov
eminent has produced the most damn
ing substantiation of its guilt. Would
that BIr. Kruger and his junta could
see the woful spectacle they present
and the bottomless abyss over which
they stand This is a reflection Of the
sentiment of the whole press of both
the Transvaal and the Orange Free
State.
The gentleman says that except dur
ing the administration of President
Brand of the Orange Free State. both
states have always been misgoverned,
President Kruger's predecessor. Prest
/ dent Pretoria. was a despot and when
he suddenly disappeared from the Trans
wal ne was found to be a wholesale
thief The continual encroachment by
these two states upon the neighboring
tribes after the administration of
! Brand was a menace to the whole of
/ South Africa and furnished England
an excuse for assuming charge, if she
had none before. Articles one and two
of the convention of 1884 were designed
! to preserve peace with the natives, and
they have had that effect.
The famous dynamite monopoly is
described by the gentleman A so
called government factory, but really
a private enterprise of which President
Kruger and other government officials
are the beneficiaries, was established
for the manufacture of dynamite and
other articles. The funds for its estab-
lishment were taken from the public
treasury by an act of the Rad. which |
also decreed that all dynamite used in
the mines should be purchased fro
the factory. The price was fixed at I
eighty shillings though at the time
dynamite could be brought in from
America at thirty-f1ve shil1ings, and as j
a matter of fact was delivered at that
price at Bulawayo and other points far
Their from the coast. The development of .
mines and the work in the diamond /
fields created a greater demand for
dynamite than the factory could sup
ply. The government was compelled to
import it. but it was sold as product
of the factory at the factory price. OF
the immense profits of this govern
ment' factory amounting annually to
millions, only five per cent is turned
into the government treasury The rest
goes into the pockets of President
Kruger and his associates, the govern
nent's silent partners. The Boer lead
ers are frank in their rascality or
dense in their morality, hence no pains
have been taken to conceal the manner
of the operation of the government
factory.
The discovery of unbounded mineral
wealth in the Transvaal, the gentle
man says has in no way precipitated
this war England would have shortly
acquired the country by peaceful anal
gamation if the conditions responsible
for the war had not arisen The Boer ]
was doomed to go. He was an obstacle
in the way of civiliza ton. Speaking
Of the Jameson raid, the gentle !
man says it was the most nOnsensical {
move ever attempted-900 men pitting
themselves against 10000 good fighters. ,
" hatever Rhodes might have had to I
10 with the movement, he could not (
lave f0reseen Jameson's folly There 1
we're not enough British soldiers in all {
South Africa at that time to Conquer {
he Transvaal.
AS to the present military situation, I
he gentleman does not believe that I
he British will be able to make a sue I
,essful stand in the territory now in !
-aded by Cronje before reinforce I
nents arrive. The Beers, he thinks, {
Til take Bafeking on the west, pass |
lown to Vriburgh and on to Kimberly I
Without serious opposition. They Will
lot likely be strongly opposed in the
INVASION of Natal by Joubert. There
,annot be a violent and successful re- j
distance at Ladysmith, but he does not 5
hink the invasion will be carried to T
he coast at Durham as has been pre- v
licted. East of central Natal the t
ountry is settled by English farmers. v
likewise the outbreak on the west will o
lot be carried beyond the country set
led by the Boer farmers south of t
n
There is not likely 70 be an invasion b
rom the southern boundary of the
orange Free State. The Beers seem
o be throwing themselves out as far
S possible on the probable British lines L
f advance, without Withdrawing en-
rely from a friendly country. AS to =
he outcome of the war in the event of
o foreign interference, there can be o
ut one opinion. There will be no more Il II
outh African Republic or an Orange
rec State. In place of them there will :
= an extension of an empire, carrying "
18th it a stable government founded on u
Tvs which will guarantee to its cit j
ems absolute protection of life and II
rOperty. Thus will light spread on
lie Dark Continent. -
DISTRICT COURT "