New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-30
SOME LIVE TOPICS.
CULLED FROM THE JULY NUMBER OF
THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW"
THE SOUTH AFRICAN CRISIS.
BY Sydney Brooks.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN CRISIS.
BY Sydney Brooks
In the Transvaa itself the situation Il T,s a Out
ianders seven-eIghths of whom belong 10 he more
sh-speakng race outnnmoe sa fh the land and
tribute Observation-Disclosures OF the pup!c ~, the
il is through their brains and energy ,haI 'rs s
Transvaai has been raised from bankruptcy INTO ,Ss
present prosperity They are cltzehs vi I've. 80. "a
Enforcement and intoerant OF any
ments upon their liberty - ne ne. oItSence Of
me country than OF its wealth: Nevertheless tnng
are kept In complete suo)ectom 10 20 Vote except
for a legislative chamber that cahl cam. che money
they have voice in the spendIns ~ Of dol
,aken from their pockets; they see nlno! VI .tnns
lars layished on the secret service and
at Pretoria while Johannesburg IN the schools
and law courts OF city where not one man nned
nS barren dialect as much beneath l4re Dutcn
as Czechish is beneath Russian Il Lean geog-
anhy and history from Dutch textbooks after pass fb
Ing the elementary stanoarus- ,a Rome 70 the
q directness that would have come hoile ro tive
late Mr. Dinghy seeking 10 popYa rrISn h hooks
taal by tax Of 100 per cent TPGh and Amer
,cane beng treated in this fashion ana - IN
beyond Imagination that they sn osrc r on fran
chse and education fall HARDEST nor Oh Mostly an
talists and large mine doctors business
snd the working classes who have setueu III. ~, II
Naho Snme and earn living and bring up ther
ttil,ss '' In other words they have C9u &c
and that country the Transvaal' ana d n
men Who have taken up permanent res1e sbouid
it. they demand. not unreas99inao,SGi ,,rrabie
no made politically and socially enuuraoie'
MANUAL TRAINING IN SCHOOLS
pv Mrs Schuyler Van Rensselaer,
To train the hand means TO tram me sn nervous
the eve and to bring the muscular Ste OF man
sXstems into working accord some knIs eHernise
ua training give the we anS relieve the body after
80, jntelertual work. while cultVatns ,,,
another fashion a inscb oTecness Of purpose con-
,entra ion OF effort accuracy OF opssi The
also ine,s "a even The pupil himself think that
q hook lesson has been Learned When iS m,hen II
been OF 'i oniv baf grasped wholly misunder-
stood But this cannot happen VIII Home or il is
co. Stitched seam IS straight. leaf is correUo t
drawn a carpenters Joint isu' nS, ,e POSSIBLE in
~ VII shop and the spirit Of accuracy system
conscientiousness self-reliance am r into the
ION that il develops is carried over mo .
otbe% classrooms Moreover, the workshio OPT MAJ !,
cultivate taste as well as co fk the dignity Of
raG labor and often develops individual iikings
and ATTITUDES for H. science given to girls They
orc no, Taught 10 he "professed" COOKS or dress
makers But I 1her Of cleanliness neatness
order and exac1ness is impreSseG eos, IN If are
LLonod. and these great benefits agumentcd
by such instruction in HYGIENE ana alli ,ti I'd i'm
,as could hardly be made TO seem praCtIca, az "
.oortant without the help of the cooking stove
FALSE "AMERICAN1sM."
Nv the Rev Dr. William Barry.
II has been constructed by men like NJ: Maighehl,
according 10 a simple but effective recipe WhlcIi
Consists in taking words apart from their drlt anu
Confext reading into them the maximum of false
Interpretation which they VIII bear mihenhe ,red
WIN o any Tho have no sort of connection with the
parties accused and then crying in triumPhsMh ais
,en 6nds that Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop
ireland express their admiration I9r Taa II
eno a nv he rules of his peculiar logic that they
agree IN every particle with Hecker ny Siihons
with the assent of his colleagues the American
Archbshops IS present at the Congress OF ke gi
IONS ,bst he is indifferent in matters Of faith
and holds every religion to be as good as ms o" own
3he ssme occasion. in which he traces the idea OF
the Incarnation through various imperisc1 ,be
homage Of mankind in the person of Christ AT AT
once he Is set dG%n he as SAroes the confederate Of
a certain ''Romanus' whose articles are unkhoWTI
70 him ana " peSSdiate No matter by dexterous
or shall We say. interruptions -doVetalIlns Int09
onn ~ ali these scattered elements. an American
tbeo 10 is built up which disowns the super,
natural sacrifices Catholic doctrine 10 me spirit oil
the age and is the harbinser Of Antchrist
GREATER NETWORKS GOVERNMENT.
Nv Controller Bird s Coler.
The grayer mistakes in the plan Of government ut
provided by the charter may be classified under
two heads-too much government and unnecessary
division Of authority. There are too many Depart
ments too many bureaus and too many officers.
Authority should be centralized responsibility hxed
beyond possibility Of evasion details Of admnistra-
ton simplhed and the machinery OF government
reduced to the smallest scale consistent with per
feet operation. No matter what division may be
made Of the duties and powers Of municipal admin
istraton. local government really reaches the peo-
SIC education and taxation To the poor and the
ignorant. the policeman and the sanitary inspector
represent the authority Of city government the
public schools the visible benefit OF the system
The most direct and economical application OF the
chi
be best for the people and for the corporation
business Of the city possible only through CEN
talzation of power and responsibility
FOR A ssO-AMERICAN UNDERSTANDING
One striking article in the July Review" is
entitled "Ex-Oriente Lux; a Plea for Russo
American Understanding" This consists Of an
Introduction by Prince f. Ookhtomsky Editor
OF THE st. Petersburg Viedomosu" the organ OF
the Russian Government and a strong plea by his
associate. Vladimir Honstrem. NJ Homstrem
says:
The position Of Russia and the United States in
their respective continents is identical Both are
destiny naturally imposed upon them by the prom
intnt place they occupy. each in its own sphere
ana WITHIN us oounoariss Iher expansion in their
ment paralleled only in ;he case OF China. Il has
been peaceful in the main. and brought enighten-
ment and the higher civilization in It's train have
shown elsewhere what the character OF Russian
EXPANSION in Asia has been. The that Russia
against the pressure OF the Teuonic Order. against
the swedes. the Poles and the Turks Russia saved
Europe from the hordes Of Asia and the mere
fact OF her growth enabled the Balkan States 10
throw OF the Turkish yoke the weight OF which
was once felt as far as the walls Of Vienna The
peaceable disposition OF Russia in Europe is evil
dent from the fact that during the whole of the
present century Russia has never been the ag-
gressor in Europe; other nations have risen In
arms against her. but with success worth men
tioning Continuing TO demonstrate the Identity Of
the positions of Russia and the United States we
must remark that both these countries as we'll as
emma are each In us own sphere world, uni
verse. wherein various races and creeds are
brought together into a harmonious whole and /
sometimes think that II the union OF the
churches were 10 become accomplished fact IL
would be In America Both countries too AFFORD
opportunities for liberty in the highest sense OF he
word as founded on genuine equality OF rights and
certainly realize this idea more than any other
country The CARBON OF Russia rests on a demo-
cratic foundation; tie Russian Cars have always
fought for the masses against the classes when