New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-27

=, thu Cane Natal, the Boer States ana
p,oa..,. Mr. stanley's aim 10 to be just ana
,r,ror,,o, but his British proclivities are un-
,n,s,oxoh,e He has poor opinion Of Mr. kru-
GERS capacity and character ana an uh""
ing faith in the justice Of the Outlehoers oe
,nands and the superiority of British over eoei
administration.
,. o. .o,rce,, necessary to remind us upon
..a ,,,,o noge that the Olive Schreiner OF Ihe
South African Question" is the owe schreihei
- .r,-o.,,s, and THE Story OF an African
FIRM" The vague and indeterminate tone OF
49,, ,o.,or works pervades this one, though
nonn,lv there is less of the prejudice of peter
,Ia,,,ott" and a scant trace OF that shrillness
,,.,,,o, has been not unknown in some OF Mrs.
,,rr,ght's recent polemics. Her sympathies
.. y, course strongly with the Beers anu
- oam,ration goes out unstntedy to MT
I,.noer At least. II did In May last, when THIS
,,,.,a hook was written Since then he has sadly
d,sanpointed her by his disregard Of her ek-
.a.,o,.a % neace and generous dealing with
Tho Outlanders. The sum Of her eloquent pieau-
49,, {. "p,ease everybody. Ne goodr' II that
we're obeyed and IL all men took In every case
,rec,selv the same view OF what Is gooo anu
what IS bad we should have the millennium
and "a not likely to be until human nature ~
radically transformed. and so In the mea" .i
the voice Of Olive Schrener In the sou'h AN
can controversy is Of little purport.
In Africa" we have convenient reprint Vi
various articles from 1.-THE Independent Wy
representative men of various nations most VI
them more or less directly associated with the
,,orl, of nartitionjne and colonzing the DARK
Continent. The scope Of the compilation COM
prehends practically all Of Africa, and the quar-
itv Of II Is Individually authoritative. Inc VOL
ume IS attractively printed, and IL contains
man OF uncommon interest This Is large
map of Africa, showing Its physical features
os tbav are known to-day and the political d.
visions OF the continent as they have been maze
70 date In one corner Of the sheet Is smaller
outline map Of Africa as II was ana az IL was
known fifty years ago. The contrast between
the two is suggestive Of one Of the most I'M
pressive cycles in the worlds history
The chief value Of loom Paurs People" which
has hitherto been quoted in these columns, u
not in its historical chapters, which are not
ALWAYS OF conlmendable authority and Judg-
rnant but In its impressionistic pictures or the
Beers of the present day. and Its account or
their manners OF life and their ambition. or
lack Of It. The writer, Mr.. H. c. Hillegas. ID
strongly prepossessed in favor OF the Beers ana
manifests no little animosity against the BTU
sh Yet 1t Is not improbable that his pictures
Of Boer life and disposition will prove TO the
average American so repelent as TO be really
arguments against the cause which the writer
wishes to serve. He condemns a writer VINO mas
studied the Beers from car window for de-
claring that "the Boer blocked the way In South
Africa, and must CO.: yet his own picture OF
the Boer is that OF one whose whole life ana
character in direct opposition TO progress
and who must, indeed, either go or be passed
over or yet reform his ways. II civilization Is 10
get forward in South Africa, either on or not
on powder cart.