The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-24

fin your own West. the Morm0ns, for eX-
ample. They selected q land for them
selves because they objected 10 conditions
in the land wherein they formerly dwelt
The MormOrs did the same. Now the con-
ditions TO which they object were Great
Britain's laws making everybody, biack'
white and red, free and equal. The Beers
would not stay whore they could not hold
slaves. That is why they went TO Whal
is now called the Transvaal.
''The Transvaal is no more a republic
than the ship / crossed the Atlantic IN is
a monarchy. Paul Kruger is president,
not of d republic. but or q close corpora
ton of Shareholders. numbering only
about o~nc-fourth the population. The
other three-fourths are slaves. Ihey nave
no rights, they may not vote, they may
not hold property, they are not progress
sive. they may not be educated, they may
not be civilized Now ii is not q question
whether Great Britain chooses TO assert
her political rights by war or not. such
a condition Of things 'cannot exist ia a
land that progress is destined TO plant
with civilinzed nations. Africa cannot
longer remain the home of The savage.
KRUGER MUST YIELD.
"God calls upon certain people 20 do
certain duty; to turn countries from eyil
into better ways. He has called upon the
EngIish-speaking race TO transform
Africa. He aclled upon the same race TO
transform America. some of YOU believe
He caleld upon you 10 transform the Phil
ippines: 10 do well what Spain has been
trying TO do very badly. Africa must be
CIVILIZED: IL must be C~hrisuanized. II the
Notwithstanding race fails IN the task
cod will. as 1 believe, call upon a race
that win not fail. lie may be compelled
To raise M a people 20 do II. lie can do
So. The Beers are In the way. There IS
MS progress among them. They block
everything as far as they have control.
They cannot be permitted so TO do. They
will not be permitted so 10 do. They
must give way. / hope hey wall give
way without war. But II God wills, the
war will come. and it will accomplish
good, Just as other wars. other evils nave
ACCOMPLISHED good, Kruger wants 10 pe
independent. He deplores raids. lie IS
the greatest raider the world ever knew.
DIR. STEWARDS WORK
DR.. Stewards remarkable work in Africa
grew out of an inspiration which he had
from reading David Livingstone hrst
book about that continent. lie was az the
time a medical student ln Edinburgh, and
he wrote q letter 20 Livingstone through
the British Foreign Office Whcn
had the outcome OF the writer
Of II accompanying Mrs. Living
stone on her last Journey 10 Arrlca
TO meet her husband. II will be remcln-
bered that she died soon after meeting
her husband. over her sick bed and her
grave the explorer and the medical stud
ent formed a friendship which has had
much to do with affairs on the continent
Of Africa. especially with British affairs.
DR. Stewart travelled In Africa many
thousands Of miles and sought the foun-
dat'On of q mission colony.
Finding the time not ripe, he went TO
Lovedale in South Africa and there trans
formed things. Within a few years the
work had grown four-fold, and 1t is now
the greatest missionary centre IN South
Africa. Il is a vast educational centre,
which sends out yearly farmers, journal
lists. magistrates, teachers, ~evangeiists.
ministers and many others to undertake
the task Of African civilization While at
1oyedale Or. Stewart was called upon 10
escort Livingstone's body Jack 10 Eng
land that il might lie in Westminster.
Diretcly from Livingstones grave In the
Abbey he returned TO Africa again and
with sufficient financial support started
Cor Central Africa He was the leader Of
the expedition. but he took his turn NJ
running the inland steamer. and was one
" two men who were the first to set
white foot at the north end OF Lake
Nvassa. The famous Scots Mission,
which bears the name q Livingstone was
the result. Within the last twenty years
5000 600 have been expended there. This
expedition and this mission pioneered the
way for four Others n the. five created
the vast colony Of British Central Africa
and Rhodesia, stretching from the Fam
bezi north TO the Congo Free State.