The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-20

millionaire. had gone to face danger
+ at Kimberly. (Cheers.l
Passing to the general question of the
/ governments 81 South African policy Mr..
( Chamberlain said that I'M the light OF
I recent events and Of the utteranceE Of
/ President Kruger. ne had come to the
/ conclusion that war had always been
! inevitable. although It was only Of late
| that he had himself reached this view
He had hoped for peace and striven to-
maintain 1T. and up to Al recent date he
I had believed peace was possible.
/ He had always been determined 70
/ secure Justice for the Rritishers I'M
/ South Africa, and TO maintain the par
/ an0untcy of Great Britain but with
I these things assured he desired peace
/ Whenever there had been al doubt as
/ to President KFuger'S motives the gov-f
ernmeuk had always given him the
benefit of the doubt Turning to thea
principles involved in the wars the CO.
/ l0mdal secretary gent ON tn says
Must Protect British Subjects
eff we maintain our existence al .
great power in South Africa we are
bound to show that we are willing and,
able to protect British subjects wher-
ever they have suffered injustice and
oppression. Great Britain must remain
/ the paramount power in South Africa.
do not mean paramount In the Ger
man and Portuguese possessions. but in
/ the two republics and the British colo
mics. Every one on both sides Of tho
| house is determined to maintain cheSo
great principles. The peace Of South
Africa depends upon Great Britain &C
| cepting responsibility In the Transvazl.
1.-THE BOer 0ligarcFly has placed Brit
/ ish subjects in a position Of fnfeTioriry.
and what would have been the British
position if they had submitted To- that
| infersority?''
Mr. Chamberlain them proceeded 70
discuss the question Of radical aninros-
ity, denying that this feeling which, he
said, was based in South Africa on
| contempt would be increased BY hos
Utilities. He declared that radical ami
mostly had mot been created by any
thing the present government had done,
but that ID existed before her najesty's
present advisers assumed responsible
ity.
Will Increase the Feeling.
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman in
terposed with the remaTks hat
wish to point out Is that the fseliTs~64
luminosity will be increased a hundred
fold when the Dutch and English are
slaugbtering each other" Opposition
cheers.)
Mr. Chamberlain retcrteds II say
again that the radical animositY which
has been the curse of South Africa is
based ON contempt Hate is bad
enough. but T would rather nave a
mans hate than his contempt. There
Will never be an end Of radical animos-
IT'S. nor will there he ever peace in
SoeZl Africa until both races have
learned to respect each other"
Referring to the relation Of the Beers
with the natives Mr.. Chamberlain said:
There is one subject mot dealt with
in the blue books. I mean the disgrace
full B0er treatment of the natives IN
worthy OF a civilized power In 1886
actually sent message TO- Sir Hereu-
les Robinson for the TTausyaaIs respect
ing tine treatment of the natives Then
came the Jameson raid and our South
African officials decided they could not
with pr0priety present the message.
The Beers. In their own words. trekked
because they wanted to 'swallop the
niggeTs.''
Uproar In the House
J0hu Dillon cried: ''That iss not
true" This was followed BY loud de-
nlands for order, and the speaker called
Mr.. Dillon to withdraw the remark.
The latter responded: Il have nos
impeached the veracity Of the colonial
secretary"
The speaker said: II hope such exs
CARNATIONS will not occur again.
Proceeding Co discuss the question Of
supremacy, Mr.. Chamberlain saids The
whole object of the Beers has been to
Dust Che queen from her position as
sUzerain. Now they have thrown of
the mask and declared themselves a
sovereign, independent sfatea Her ma
jesty's government has had a. suspi-
ciom amounting to the knowledge that
the mission of DR.. Leyds has been ona
continual series of negotiations with
foreign powers against the British.
Cloud cheeTsJ
''The Transvaal and the Free State
have an ideal which IS dangerous 10
Great Britain. and by the continuous
accretiOns of arms the Transvaal had
become by far the most powerful mill
taFy state In Africa That was dam
ger and we have escaped one Of the
greatest dangers We were ever sub
jected to IN Africa. Tie whole point OF
difference between the opposition and
the government is as to the details %
the negotiations.
Justifes His Actions.
Just5fyfng his conduct Of affairs Mr..
Chamberlain denied chat the question
Of suzerainty had needlessIy irritated
the TransvaaI government or seriously
affected the Negotiations As for the
franchise for the Outianders, ne de-
claRed the government bad never shift
ed their ground. and that every point
advanced at the BlceGnfGntein confer
ence by Sir Alfred Miner had remained
ON the paper until the ultimatum.
Mr.. Chamberlain addeds u am much
more afraid Of being too moderare
than OF being too fndecisive. The gov
errment's reply to- the Transvaai ae-
eepte4 the i've years franchise pro-
pcsal except Ia respect TO- the pledge
that Great BEitaim would not re-inter-
fere I'M the Transyaals internal at
fairs. but they hoped that if the five
year franchise measure were carried
into effect there would Be- NO OCCASION
for interference I believe that in
ffuentiaI advisers-I O. not mean for
efesI1 p0wers- must have interviewed and
induced the Transvaal government to
withdraw their offer..
Ultimatum Is Buried.
CAS- for the last proposals formulated
by the British government ! may say
tie desire Of SfIs William Vernon Har~
court that they be4 published viii never
be gratified- That ult@nlatun IS buried
and IS not likely 10 be resuTTeczeaa-
(Isaughters5
"a challenge any one to see a sign oe
aprcvocatior. blood outlines or taeSsre
8ofs war III the negotiations THE SfAN-
efnTne MI Increased the Sarriscns E'tS
deferes On pressure from tne xatEE
administration to whom graSstGs1e an<aA
thanks are due. Never before G&g sraH