Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-14

affairs the Beers must admit British
citizens Go the franchise ON certain
terms set hy her maiosty's government
There ls no independence" in that. ln.
tornal or otherwise, Tor the Inhabitants
OF the South African republic. Britain
can. with as good reason. define what
shall be che status OF taxation in the
Tnrsvaai. 1v the status N the clec-
tor1to. and % lH taking away the "ln-
tsrual Independence" Of the Beers 20
pursue the present course.
The latest news from the Tuusvaal
DE- thnt leading men There arc in favor
of yielding 60 British demands. That a.
wisdom. and there De- no doubt that
President Kruger will follow the ni-
vice. 10 iH wise 20 come into Hubios-
ton fo echo powers that De-" when one
cannot help himself That is precisely
thr U1ar position The Odds against
them nre Zoo heavy. md 10 is useless FOR
tham t0 sacrifice their homes and prop
orfv and the lives 0f themselves. their
wlyrf and their children. in q vain enc
do1yHr t0 i1 otherwise. The burden oG
British control Ia not sumgiontly heavy
Co Justify another course than submits
sI0n
go far os their resistance O. cone
oorrai, che UUors have done nll that
could Do expected " them They have
used 900 the reasonable methods nj their
command The limit of this policy bee
Ing reached. they now can Yield with
honor 60 the Inevitable. whereas "a re-
sort Co hostItIeH would only make mat
tors worse. The Beers must be IN fact
British subjects while they remain in
tho Tmnsyaal. that section ~ Africa.
with the orange Free State. must take
90 place us british dependencies.
Hut the grnyor object behind 70 all Il
british supremacy n not complete rov-
erelrnty. in Africa. Last century u was
the British policy 60 Elin dominion
over the North American continent
This was upset by tho Revolutionary
war. ana the growth NJ the American
Ropubllc. Now. and FOR many decades
past. Britain has been aiming at Africa.
Thorn was slight intlmntion OF this
when Egypt was Temporarily" occu.
pied with r. force which has become n
fixture Later tho French have had TO
stand back farther than ever before.
Sow the little governments In South
Africa must be- swallowed up. Italy
would Yield any claims In East Africa
ut Englnnd'a demand, Thon there are
Just England and Germany loft. II may
require war TO settle tho issue between
Them and England g. securing every
foothold preparatory thereto. Germany
suspected this policy when Emperor
William gave moral support 10 Prcal-
dent KruEorHomc time H.nce;ahc knows
n now, but the moral support could not
he given tho noors IN this instance
without placing ON Germany ths onuH
Of bringing ON war. and that the kaiser
wishes to avoid. 90 no had 10 keep
quiet
The outcome or the whole business,
however. o. the determination as TO
whether the Angi0.SaNon shall control
the dark continent, or risk the diTintc-
grating influences which Toutonic nc.
uyity and contact would direct against
British rule, Great Britain has decided
ana IN pursuing a policy that whatever
the cost. the Anglo-saxon shalt be- the
controlling power IN africa. This be-
Ing tho situation. a British-dcrman war
is among the possibilities OF the not
distant future. what a terrific conflict
10 would be-