The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-29

/ the infiItraefom OF the commercial and
/ mining population drawn from the
various civilized nations. But such
! gradual relaxing Of harsh rules af-
/ feoting a cosmopolitan, not purely Eng
/ lish class. 1T is not for that that Eng
I lands mightiest Heel aud Sid Redvers
| Butler with two army corps hurl them
selves upon this brave and pigny people
in arms. 1t is. to- control gold mines
and diamond fields. to round out the
/ map of eastern Africa, to connect the
Cape of Good Hope with British South
| Africa, British central Africa and Brit
ish East Africa, and to open the way
| for the great inland highway which will
/ give England a great strategic advan-
tage and the monopoly of the carrying
of the vast regions soon to be devel-
oped under the influence and the loco
motive Whatever horrors of war follow
the determined and spirited resistance
of the Beers will be charged by the
! English to their obstinacy of spirit and
| their Dutch phlegnr instead of being
counted as the ultimate heroism of a
to fire and sword rather than to slav-
| cry.
Not Like Our War With Spain.
There is no analogy between the po-
sitien of the British in South Africa
and that of the people of the United
States in regard to the war with Spain.
! On one hand, the Beers are an inlard
! community, agrarian and patrfarchal.
avoiding all foreign complication and
| living the life which Abraham led
among his fiocks and herds. Without
a seaport, without a standing army.
with Mo navy. with no foreign agents
to anbroil-it; looking only to foreign
nations for a peaceful exchange Of
manufactured goods for natural COM
! m06ftiess, it Is difficult to conceive how
the interests of the Beers and the Brit
ish could clash in anything save some
mere local matter of border police.
The war between the United States
and Spain was brought about by fifty
years of uneIliing persecution of
American citizens. by an int0lerable
and brutal disregard of all the inter
ests of the United States. With Cuba.
an armed Spanish stronghold. lying at
the open gates CT the Gulf of Mexico.
with the record of massacre sp0ilati0n
and inhumanity left by the butcher,
! WeyIer, It was with a righteous in
dignation that the United States at
! last fought to prevent the final eXtinc-
ton of the Cuban people. The solemn
4 guarantee of the United States opens
! every acre in Cuba to the peaceful 0c-
| cupation of all well disposed people,
regardless Of reisiOn. color or station.
! The continued domination of Spain in
| the West Indies was a menace to our
unprotected southern coast. and the
rights of man demanded that the intol-
cradle crueltfes of Spanish. rule should
give way to a reign of peace.
The moral responsibilities of ENGLAND
I in engaging in q fight to al finish with
/ the Boers are appalling. The English
army isj eager to avenge the Disgrace
-
the English regiments hail with de-
/ light the prospect of a victorious cam
paign in South Africa. The navy en-
! tiers upon its work of guarding the
coast, conveying the TRANSPORTS with
professional enthusiasm. The trained
ability cf the British forces will be
manifested in this latest inland cam
paign. with all the adjuncts of modern
warfare. But there are peculiar diff
/ culties and obstacles to be surmounted
which may defer the hour of victory
and make the struggle one long to be
remembered for its obstinacy and pro-
portiCIIal 'bleodshed. The difficulties
delays and expense of foreign cam
I paign increase in ratio vastly greater
than the square of the distance.
England,s Vast Military Problems.
No other war affecting the destiny
of great power was as quickly to be
! concluded as our struggle with Spain
for the domination of the Caribbean.
The reason is found i'm the trifiing d,s-
! lance. 1t was in cur power to throw
| regiment by regiment ON to Cuban
! shores by twenty -four-hour trips. Sup
plias and reinforcetuents were available
| to any extent and with the least delay.
! The removal of the wounded, the trans
fer of diseased troops and the policing
! of the narrow Cuban channel were
matters presenting minimum difficult
4 ties az to time and expense. Spain at
a distance of 5000 miles, was power
! less to succur it's Cuban forces or to
repair the loss of even a drawn battle.
! How vastly more difficult are the mil
| itary problems of England with regard
/ to a successful conquest of the South
| African republfet a voyage sof 1000
miles. averaging thirty days of transit
/ under the most favorable conditions.
/ and the transportation of huge guam
| titles of munitions, animals and mater
ial TO the immediate theatre of war. in
i wolves the maximum of risk. delay and
expense. EveTN obstacle of climate, In
| feriGr roads. strange diseases and ma
| tural confusion. will increase the lah0Ts
/ of the British supply service. To for
ward from the Cape Of Good Hope the
supplies needed for an invading army
! is a herculean task The absence of
/ fuel, forage and water will be severely
| felt by the invaders. 1t is clear that
England will be obliged at dispropor-
! tionate expense to transport levies of
volunteers from Canada and Australia,
! as, we'll as the. troops which can be
! spared from India i'm order to finally
crush krugerss arrny. Thoroughly ia
miliar. with the country. seIf-deveted
and united. the Beers. will undoubtedly
destroy all the available resources in
any region exposed to the inroads OF
the. British 80
Famed as slsirmishers.. the Beers will
be enabled to not only harass and delay
! the British advance. but to skiIfully
elude the English commander in his de
sire to- crush the Boer power in one
great field battle. The operations OF
thesE3oers will be assisted by every APP
| pliance known to modern mechanical
/ ingenuity, The employment Of dyna-
mite. the use of rapid-firing guns, the
substantial aid of the entire population
as spies. and the peculiar conformation
eff the lonely yeldt Will determine a
campaign of fierce surprises, harassing
combats and a. stubborn resistance in
which enormous loss will be inflicted
upon the invaders.
The Ingenuity Of the African trader
and his desire to coin a profit out Oh
the troubles of others will cause ad-
Y Nentur0uS uedieTS@ oI dih nhEI0IlS To- uas
| every possible means to introduce am
/ munition high explosives, military sup
! plies. etc, into the South African re-
public. In. the stormy six months past
/ the Beers have secretly supplied them
selves with great stores of war ma
| terial. The defense. of the disputed
territorv will be obstinate The volun-
I tary destruction Of homes and towns
Twill delay the British advance and rot
4 the invaders of their final victory
1.-THE destruction by tbs B0ersa.o this
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