The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-25

TOMMY ATKINS AND THE BOER.
Campaign VIII De short.
Under the circumstances. a campaign
OF q few months ought to see peace once
more restored in South Afrtca.-Rosslaad
Miner.
Deserve q Good ThFashln8.
The great preponderance OF public sem
timent here is that the Beers deserve q
good Observation-Disclosures Agricultur.st-
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Beers Plucky, Hut Their Judgment
But as 10 their judgment? Well, they
evidently do not care whether they are
wiped OF the earth, or not.-Clallam Bay
Record.
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They Are Doing II.
The fighting blood of Britain never fails
half a chance and they will do their
work.-Vietoria fB. CO Colonist-
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Would Soon he Settled.
One or two more affairs like the en-
gagement at Glencoe and the barrier III
the way of South Africa becoming a
united British dominion will have been
broken down.-Victoria Times.
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Pitiable Blindness Of the Boers.
II Is very sad that in their blindness
they must hurI an undisciplined army,
containing boys OF Is and old men OF o.
against the trained legions Of the British
empire.-Spokane Spekesman-Reyiew.
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VIII he in At the Death.
Our gallant Canadian contingent. speed
fly dispatched though it will be. may
only just arrive in South Africa in time
to participate In stirring final incidents OF
the war.-Vancouver (B. CO. News-Adver-
tiser.
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Joubert's Last Grand Trek.
He can hardly expect the protection OF
which he speaks. and without IT he can
see with half an eye that the time is fast
approaching when his people will be az
forded a second opportunity 10 do the
grand ;rekking act.-Nelson Miner.
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Nothing Like War, After All.
1t is an interesting and very notable
thing that the only nations having arm
les composed exclusively of volunteers are
Great Britain and the United States. IT
Is also worth mentioning that In both
countries nothing stimulates enlistment
like war.-Victoria Coionist.
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Good Luck to the Boys.
Vancouver ia sending it's contingent OF
fighting men to the far fields of South
Africa to bear the burden OF British arms
and fight for British rights and the
premacy OF empire-the greatest the world
has ever known. Good luck TO them and
God bless them.-Vancouver (B. CO. Prov
tnce.
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Stead, the British Atkinson.
That harlequin of the British press, Ed
flor Stead. has again donned the cap and
bells and Is playing the role Of the motley
fool most successfully. He is In England
what Atkinson. the friend and admirer of
Aguinaldo, Is In America. and the latter
Is called by his Loyal countrymen a trait
or.--Rossland Miner.
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Peculiar Qualities in Attack.
One thing has been proved since the
war began. and that is that the Beers are
not strong in attack, whatever their pow
ers may be in defense 1t takes peculiar
qualities to be successful In the attack.
and they are exactly the qualities the
Beers seem to lack and the British have
In their highest Observation-Disclosures
(B. c. Times.
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Canada's Loyalty Proven.
Canada's loyalty is proverbial through
out the empire. and he who endeavors TO
stem the present outhurst of patriotism.
extending as II does from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. is indeed a pod man. and his
good Judgment, as we'll rs his allegiance
10 the crown. may indeed be open to the
gravest OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES {B. c.
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Traits of the Heartless B0ers.
Postal Clerk Barton. who used TO live
here. was for a time resident OF the
Transvaal and in relating his experience
IN that country he used to say that the
Beers were the most selfish and inhospit-
able people on the face OF the earth. and
that they would let n stranger starve
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