Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-25
SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC.
Gen. P, ], Joabed Is Glad to Find People
Who Think The Beers are Right
world only Hears the English Side
Chamberlain scored lie II
Afraid OF Arbitration.

New York. Aug. g5.-Gcorgc van
seicclc. a lawyer OF this city. has re-
cclycd on interesting letter from Gen.
=. J Joubert. commaudcr.ln-chIof ln
the South African republic. lu which
the general r1yHs
Your highly esteemed letter of Juno
~ Is at hand. am very glad to learn
from It that a person can Utlu be- found
and that too. In the United States
Of tho greatest republic Of Amohca-s
who Thinks the Transva1l may perhlpa
De- In the right. Tor os any one reads
the newspapers he must come tu th,
conclusion that the world d. now one
tlrrly filled with English truth COM
corning the sO-cnllcd Trunsvaul tyrun.
ny ana the grievances Of the uitlIndDrs
r' that one must form the opinion that
hardly any person iu this world can
be found who would feel Inclined to
speak u good word FOR the bad Trans.
vnal liocr ana also that the Trnnsyuul
ipcr and hla government must be- con-
sidcrod To- be- AB bad and guilty In the
eyvH Of Almighty God a. thcy are In
the eyes OF the great Chamberlain and
81 Rider Hngglrd. the famous Eng
lishman, according 10 which the Trans
vaal must cease 10 be not only an In.
dependent government. but also a land
Inhabited by human holugs.
Now I Will not insist that the
Tuusvual government n infulllblc and
perfect but Az compared with Eng
land of oldcn and even with England
Of the present day. We have no reason
90 feel ashnmed. II IL said that Eng
land In her beginning was nothing more
than a meet Of robhcrs and "a meeting
place Tor nll ncouudrclH. Now, u Il "
true that England has conquered Cana
dl and ireland iu the manner de.
scrlbcd BY tho French author. Elias
ltuguAult, ana T.. Van der Mnurtpn,
then are We always able voluntarily to
stand the test OF comparison and We
never would entertain the least fear in
submitting an our dlUputca with Eng
land 10 arbitration before any foreign
court uf Justice or body 81 arbitrator.
But this England never Will do nor
dare To do, The plan OF Chamberlain
IL not Co come 90 an understanding ur
10 "a settlement OF any dispute with us.
II is impossible 90 diepcl from the minds
~ the iuUrH the idea that No. cham
borllln has been deeply involved with
Rhodes IN the raid and ruyuEps of
Jameson upon the republic In 1896. and
that II IL this failure that even al this
moment lies In hls throat. a lump 90
hard that he is unable 60 swallow %
and this he uses ns fnlno pr0tcnHo 10
declare war against Ne Tor the so-cnllod
grievances Of the ultlandcrs IN regard
to the right 10 vote. In order that he
may unnihilate our small people and
annex our country II God viii permit
him 10 do so.
you speak OF arbitration. but Mr..
Hnggard Gays that arms must nrhi-
trnte, and Chamberlain refuses urb-
trution because he knows very well
that he never can gain thereby.
at 10 my ardent wirh that there
should be an opportunity IN our coun-
try. or In any European country 10
SEQ any Of these acting ne arbltrntors
between u.s. How worthy OF the grace
of the great God OF heaven would Bucn
a country make herself"