The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-18

I'm 13AuovAAL COusRIRACY.
UK - true eAae . nunbae u REtttsh
subjects have bssa engaged In the o.
ssnixatlon ol N insurrsction In the
TransvaaI. ths sympathy Of the world
win 90 WITH ths HossA ne detsrmins-
tion - the government a Kruger to
stnud IN the way u al improvements.
49, II istoisrAnce Of Ill foreigners.
hsvs rathss created , feeling against
the South Americas Republic. The
world has felt just ~ we Americans
|fesk tsxaees that fsstlpn II british Co
'iumhls whleA Was rsady 70 take advan-
tags Of the enterprise Of the Americans.
but ppWiiling to iet them have any
more bsas1ts than could be helped.
n : crest eatenG the condition In the
Transvaal u the same a in the North
west territory. II was . thinly pcpu-
lAta6 eeansxy ef farmers at which Ger
tatn Dropsrtioa Was well OIL. hecause q
had few wants ana Was thrifty. The
great bulk Of the people were very poor:
they wsrs unprogressive. and were con-
tent to raise large herds Of inferior cat
tie and just % much vegetables a. sus-
Gced for their needs. The country Is
admirably adapted to ostrich farming.
resuita have proved that Il was rich In
minerals and many parts would amply
repay enterprise; but IL Was all allowed
TO lie dormant awaiting the influx OF
energetic Americans and perseyeriag
Britons to develop. The city OF Johan-
nesburw II peopled almost entirely by
Americans. Ens.lshmen and Germans.
II has sprung ur within few YEARS: It
hss magnificent opera honse a fine
city hall. paved streets. with a sewer
and water supply equal To any modern
city. II ss I'm wonderful contrast 10
BIccnfontein and Pretoria. which are
overgrown villages. and n few years
ago. II not now. the water supply came
from little canals which ran down
where cutters should b. and into sub
merged barrels II nsay be tos, bad that
the quiet monastery - the Roer paradise
MAS disturbed BY energetic lncuraer@.
but II that sentiment rresasied. rail
roads would never BE- run into riciur.
esaae villages. or bridges be permitted
Ia interfere with the scenic charms Of
n river. The world must move. ana
restless activity VIII penetrate the
anistes; spots u wealth 1. 10 hc ar
auired there.
II any other doctrine ID recognized. IL
viii have To tse admitted that the Cana
diane had a right TO resent the ln,rs,.
sion Of persistent Americans with picks
and shov~ls and dynamite sticks into
the quiet solitude. 90 tn. far North
west II foreigners are not wanted In
any eeuntry they should be warned 90
keep away. II Is not fair. after lnxis.
fns them 20 bring thetr capital and their
energy and ,asesltxenee into ccan,ry
for It's advantage 20 tara upon them
ana punssh them by oppressive meas
nres. Ur to this paint ,h~ sympathy Of
al other nssions has teen with she
Csslanaefs
isai there can be na tgsss;gsras gaH Fer
armed resistance IL The constituted All
thcrt,in~. IL " hs true, as s~perss would
seesn - prove. thar there is an ssrxan.
fsed conspiracy against abe Transvaai
government. I; weusa ew &fssrly sasst.
Ted IN taking ssi the ssgrs waleA seem.
ed. without this knc~ie<sge To Ae snr
the rGrTose 81 Al aggressive rssoverasn,
II II satisfactory 81 know that 50 far
there Is NC eslsastee s@t~s~r sna en-
snirsser. ara the South American rnrr
rsny. II wcafa - siEsaess erxsrs 81
seaa sa:;a on the part - .ne nrs,axss
government were TIE famous ,auss<ssa