New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-07

genius of South Africa. that 1t was ne VINO
dragged the reluctant Mr. Kriiger into war; ana
that he is animated by mad ambition 10 urlNe
ont the British and make OF all South Africa
Dutch confcdcTacy of which he shall De 'he
Dictator.
It may be- Certain it IS that In his manifesto
shortly before the outbreak Of the war Mr'
Stcyn far out-Krigcrcd Mr. KrIger hnS'l III
irrcconciahlc antagonism to Great Britain. IN
deed. that document was the most bcllcose III
the entire controversy and was generally TO-
carded az the time as doing more thal Any
other 10 Illustrate peaceful negotiations ana 10
rrccipitate hostllitcs But 1t was so contrary
10 all prcconcciyed notions Of Mr.. Stcyn tlal
most Deoplc here and in England. supposed us
real author to have been Mr. KRUGER, VINO ny
virtue Of the alliance between the two States
had compelled Mr. Steyn 10 issue II against lne
latter's will We are now assured that cXacuy
tho contrary was the case. And this later esu-
mote ~ Mr. Stevn accords with some wen
known facts II Will he remembered that just
ofter the battle mt Glencoe. in which the Beers
suffered heavily. there was a wave Oh reaction
in fine Orange State against the war, ana some
talk of lmpcaching Mr.. Steyn and making Mr.
Froser President I'm his place. That certainly
looked os though the Orange Beers themselves
held Mr. Stcyn responsible for the war II Is
IF interest to recall. too that before the last
Presidential election Mr.. Fraser and Mt Stryh
we're the chief candidates the former standing
ON thc platform Of close friendship with Eng
land and recognition Of British hcgemony and
fine lattcr on that Of resistance to BritIeh III
nucncc and the development OF Boer ha'o"a''"'
Mr. Fraser might have won, and thus nave
eat.
profitable policy Of its greatest frcslu'"'' W.
Brand had it not been for the Jameson i"'"'
THAT vrctched affair came just III time 10 "'''-
whclm Mr. Fraser beneath wave oil suSP.'o"
Of ara resentment against England anu ~
carry Mr. Steyn into office upon the crest ol 'iie
Same wave We need not discuss I'D ne'a" '''
stories Of strange shuillings at Blocml""'''n' ~
which peaccmakng messages between 'I'".
Hritain and the rransyaal were lost stray"
or stolen" for these stories are not yet Iu"'
verified But we shall not greatly err Il we
r.cl,on that some day there may be some IN
tcrcstlnc revelations Of the ante-bellum manu'u'
vrcs at Blocmfonten
T., docs rot escape remembrance. either mat
r. was Mr. Stcyn personally who' ABOVE al
other Influences. put the Orange state INTO leu'
oval union with the Transvaal He dld So IL
was more than suspected, in the nope i "o'
undor the express agreement, that Oh Inc ~
tiremcnt Of Mr. Krucer he was 10 su'''eu nm
nc President Of the Transvaal ana thus max
% norsoual union of the two states lha' "ou''
havc hccn the first great step toward '"e '''',
lion Of q Dutch confederacy. The next "ou"
,o,.o hocr an alliance with Cape Colony
,bronch tno influence II the Afrikander bu"o'
which controls a majority of the voters I'll '''"'
colony That effected Natal would nave "''"
isolated and Rhodesia helpless, ana 'n' 'o''
summation Of the whole scheme would nave
,o,, noor ot hand. But there were two SUM
,,sr, blocks I'm the way. one was thaO N''
r,riicor decided to take for mms'H ANIME
form rs President of the IransVaaL anu '''
othor that Mr. Schrciner, Prime Minister Oh ."'
Game remained absolutely loyal 10 'he p'',','
rr,nire. this latter. we may add d'SP"e III
s,o,n's norsopal and imprisoned appear 10 '''
nut.hn,an Of the cape to rebel asal"S. '"'
crown and ioin their brethren nor'h OF '"'
ORANGE and the Yaal. The final disaster 10
Dfr stevns ambitious plan viii come ID u'e
a,.o-,hrov Of the Orange state Itself ana HIS
...osoonont loss Of even the limited sovereignty
he has hitherto enjoyed.