The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-29
BOERS MUST YIELD
PLAIN TALK ON TRANsVAAL TROU-
BILE IN THE BRITISH HOUSE
OF COMMONS
ECHOED In HOUSE OF LORDS
ENGLAND HAS ESPOUSED THE
CAUSE OF OUTLANDERS, AND
WILL NOT SHIRK
PEACE IS STILL HOPED FOR

British Subjects in TransvaaI
What Has Been Asked in Reason
and Promised by President Kru-
ger In Previous Conventions.
LONDON, July 28.-Speaking on the
TransvaaI question In the house of COM
mons today Joseph Chamberlain said a
crisis in South Africa had been reached
| The grievances of the outlanders, Mr..
| Chamberlain said, were admitted on all
| hands to be serious; but the most seri-
| Gus part was that the outrageous treat
| ment to which they were subjected was
part of the settled policy pursued by the
Beers. The situation was dangerous to
imperial interests. AS regards the racial
feud coming out of war, race antagonism
already existed and was poisoning the
community. The danger of disaffection in
Cape Colony and the Orange Free State
was entirely due to the action of the
| Transvaal. 1t was not question of a
five or seven years franchise, but of the
power and authority of the empire and
of the position of Great Britain in South
Africa.
Referring to offers of colonial help Mr..
Chamberlain said if the matter could be
| satisfactorily arranged it would be graf
flying to know that in time of trouble
the country could count upon the 10y
atty of the colonies.
Mr.. Chamberlain justified imperial in
terveption because it was the right of ev-
cry civilized power to protect its own sub
jects; secondly, because Great Britain
had the right of Intervention under the
convention as the suzerain power; and,
thirdly, because the convention had been
broken H. letter and in spirit
Referring to Sir Campbell -Bannermans
eulogy of Hon. w. Sch1einer, formerly
prime minister to Cape Colony, and John
1ofmeier, the Afrikander leader Mr.
Chamberlain said that both of them had
declared that the earlier and illusory
proposals of President Kruger were en-
tirely adequate and satisfactory. When
they were quoted as impartial judges,
whose assistance the government ought
to invite, the house must remember that
they had been at least a little premature.
In dealing with the latest proposals Mr..
Chamberlain said:
president Kruger has invited friendly
advice and the government has thought
itself justified in appealing to him that a
joint inquiry should be held These pro-
p0sals were with view of determining
what representation would be inmedi-
ately given aliens, which can be the only
basis CT satisfactory settlement. If the
Inquiry is accepted, experts will be ap-
pointed and the government hopes that
then it will be possible to reach an agree
ment. In any case, the government will
propose, when necessary, alterations in
order to secure the objects in view. We
ia of no
Ianders and are bound to see it through
We shall not rest until q conclusion salts
factory to US has been reached. I antic-
Ipate that the efforts will be successful
but we will not tie our hands in regard
to measures that may be necessary to full
fl anticipations.'
The house adopted the colonial office
vote without a division, after a pro-
tracted debate upon the South African
policy of the government.
PREMIER's PLAIN TALK.
In the house of lords the Earl of Cam
perdown called attention to the Trans
vaal situation. The Earl of Dunra ven
and others followed. all declaring that
any departure from the recognized pol
icy of the government would be an act
of inestimable danger to the position of
Great Britain. not only In South Africa. |
but it might shake the imperial existence
of Great Britain itself
| The Earl of Selbourne. under secretary
for the colonies. made Ii statement SINH
! lar In purpose to that made in the house
of commons by Mr. Chamberlain.
| Lord Salisbury reminded the house
that he absolutely dissented from the
| policy of 1881. which was tainted with
the grave fault of optimisn. Neverthe-
! less. President Kruger asSented in the
protocol of the 1881 convention to friend
! ly cooperation of the races. while he
! has since taken an absolutely opposite
/ line, his only effort being to separate the
/ English and South African governments
! and to reduce the English to the status
j of a subjugated race The premier de-
! clared that he was not surprised that
! panic overlook President Kruger at the
! interruption of the gold digging in 1886.
/ but he blamed him for not consulting
! the British government as to how to
deal with the issue. He agreed that if
! the latest concessions were genuinely
| carried out the government might look
! forward to a peaceful solution of the
! crisis. Her majesty's government he
! said, had put their hands to the plow
and certainly did not intend to withdraw
! them
| Regarding the dispatches of Lord
! George Hamilton. secretary of state for
! India, to Lord Curzon. of Keddlestone
the Indian viceroy, the premier said the
! government has decided to maintain the
! closing OF the mints and directs him to
| y
| sovereign legal tender at the ratio of Is
rupees to the sovereign.
BALFOUR'S ENDORSEMENT.
Additional light has also been thrown
| upon the Transvaal question by the
speech of Arthur Balfour before the
| Midland Conservative union. Mr. Bal
! four asserted that Gladstone never would
have granted independence in 1880 except
on the condition that the same rights and
! liberties were to be extended to the Eng
lish and Dutch races alike, and that he
certainly never contemplated that by a
| series of laws the uitlanders would be
excluded from every right possessed by
the English and Dutch inhabitants in all
the rest of South Africa, nor ever con-
templated establishing by law an oligar-
| chical rule by a small section of the pop
ulation, or putting the judicial courts
| completely under the control of the exec
utive, thus differentiating the Transvaal
not only from the rest of South Africa,
but from every free and civilized gov
ernment in the world.
Besides, Balfour reminded his hearers
| the provision was actually made at the
time of the treaty whereby absolute
equality for all nationalities was secured