New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-09
as one Of the most momentous in all the recent
history OF France.


Tho British Cabinet Council has been hoIu'
and the outlook is admitted to be more peace
ful That is the gist Of tho days news 'oi
corning the Trsnsvaal dispute. All fear OF war
has not been dispelled. but another oil the Sn"'P
corners ON IN, road TO an amlcablc settlement
has been safely turned Patience not agRr'S-
eion Is the order OF the day. No ultimatum
has been sent to Pretoria or Is likely TO he sent
in the Immediate future. Instead. steps are
hcinc taken for another conference WIN inc
Rocr Government AT cape Town | pom thlS
fine limit has apparently been placed. II i
MAINLY stated that the conference must "e
hold and committed within u certain time ana
,ho+ its rosult ne defnitve. That 1t Is 10 u"
ossumcd Is the purport OF the decision reacheu
vestordav bv the rulers Of the British Empire
Rcvond doubt this Is wise. The posslhillues'
VOC ond the certalntics of an Anglo-Dutch war
In South Africa are go unspeakably dreadful
tho, II would he both imbeCile and criminal Tor
oi,hor Marty to incur them without first eX-
boustinc ovcrv other means OF settlement com
natibc with honor and decency The grlev-
ances Of the OutlanderS are serious Let us
GRANT TINT I'm some respects they have become
;ntolerahlc II is well known that some or
thon, and some Of the chief Of them, can be
ouestion is. then. whether At the worst It would
not no hotter 70 endure what might remain of
them than 10 plunge the country into the nor
rors not only Of civil war. hut also OF savage
var-or o general uprising Of the successors OF
Dingaan and Lobengula That Is queS'lon
which we are inclined 10 think. the sober
minded statesmen Of Downing street VIII not
hesitate 10 answer in the right way. even
though q few extremists he thereby dispensed
Great Britain and the Oulandcrs can aHoro
IN he patient and forhcaring. and TO wait ana 10
NM m with good deal Of what seems 10 1l'ul
MIRO ohstreperousnoss on the part Of the foerS'
For there is nothing more certain than 'na'
time and the whole trend Of events are on
their side They are bound 10 win In the end'
and 10 get far more than they are now asking.
Thev will Increase the Doors Will decrease.
Thar is the inexorabe rule. For they represent
nrocress and the genius Of civilization. whhe
tho Beers If the Transvaal represent an order
If things that Is passing away and that now
laos sunerfuons on the stage There "a some
thing nathctic N the spectacle Of those sturdy.
s,mplc minded Roers. who have love OF nome
and ~ their own ways not surpassed ny any
ncoplc on the earth. finding Themselves surely
overwhelmed by nm order of things or all IN
the world the most distastcfnl 70 them. Ihey
voro driven from the cape. They were driven
from Natal They watered the land with
blood their own blood as well rs that or their
foes They have hoped nj last 10 he left IN
neaco. 10 enjoy in their own way tho land theJ
have 60 hardly won And it Is not 10 he. The
hated Englishman comes in 10 reap whore they
have sowod BEFORE him they are poWerless
They have made n brave fight Right or wrong
they have held Their own against desperate
odds rs few peoples in the worlds history have
done But all has been in vain. They are face
70 face with tho end. and they know IT, Tie
spirit Of our common humanity hespcaks for
them degree Of sympathy and ~ patience the
largest that can he given. II Is not decent 10
hurry the signing Of ones own death warrant
And. Disguise II and approve II rs We may. the
simple fact is that II is the death warrant Of
Transvaal independence that Great Britain now
asks the Pretoria Government TO sign.