The Portland daily press., 1899-09-16
Regarding Relations Between Eng.
land and Beers.
Interesting Estimate of
Chamberlain.
English Ptople Not United in
Wishing War With Boers.

Sir g. Lane Fox PITT of London, Eng-
land, accompanied by his wifs and
cousin, arrived In the city lass evening
aud is reRist red at the Falmouth hotel.
He left London on August 10th and vis-
ited New York, Niagara and Canada. He
iT now en- route 60 bar Harbor where he
VIII be the guest of Mrs. Charles Dorr.
This Il not his first visit to'the country
as he travelled through 1t yesrs ago and
this visit Is mainly In order that his wi
may have an opportunity of seeing In
United Stafes.
tie Is scholarly appearing gentleman,
t@oroughly cobyerssnt with tine politics
OF his country. talks in . most entertain
ing manner and when asked by a reporter
of the PRESS last evening If be would
sive an expression of opinion touchina
the strained relations exi sting between
knlgand and the Beers, In a very delight
full, but modest manner, he said:
There Is feeling of distrust on both
sides. Nv observation is that there Is a
feeling in England that ne have duties
and responsibilities TO our fellow subjects
In the Transvasl which we should dis
charge On the other hand. the Beers
while ready to make concessions and at
the same time anxious to be at peace
with the UitlAnders fear that any con-
cessions which they make would be SUBJ
versive OF their authority in the Trans
vasl. So they try to take away with one
hand what thi y give with the other.
clevsrest politicians We have In England
man OF immense resources and deter
mination, but he has suoh q personality
that ha Is about the most difficult man
for the Beers to make concessions to. lie
ohtTudes his personality into dealings
with them which makes them feel thai
their interest and those Of the English
p ople must necessarily. be opp lsed TO
etch other. Mr. Chamberlain puts their
failings and short oominRs in such
light that although It may be very effec-
tive from the point OF view of an advocate
II is intensely exusperating an1 lao all
the finer diplo acy which England has
nsen accustomed to show In her dealings
with foreign countries.
uO S0HNtIaDhfC hb budO but bOFTs
ars engaged in game of bluff and eva
sion when both dss should he properly
srgRaed i'll seeking adequate remedies
for the grievsnoes which undoubtedly
EXIT"
Sir g, Lane Fox Pitt thought 1t WIS
PROBABLE that detlnita ultmatum ould
he sem to the Beers before very long and
the raanIr ~ Exile ,vin A..
tion of peace or war In such mauusr as \
to remove the harsssinR situation. He
was of opinion tnst the English people
were by no means unanimous ou this
lres' ion.
hsfors be left EnRlann he said "there
was largs party thoroughly convinced
that the 5iiflieultiss OF the situation could
not possibly be removed without war ana
en friends of the Beers like Mr..
abouchere were urging Kruger to make
such concessions as would destroy the
~eapors n the hands of Mr.. Chamber
'a'n and mako war moral impossi hiIisy
U cfortunstely MIR. Kruger and the boeIs
nave not So far been able TO ses tine wis
dom and expediency of this co rss
OHo hAnes PSNuapns bhht pcOple In
America do not reniize," ne said, ''is
this. There is a section OF fsshionable
society in England which became in
-voised ia speculation In South Africa
and they are using ali the intiusncs they
havs 4 favor of pesce. as they financial
~ ~ouid bs rsas ffersrs should war be
actually declared. the people who u ost
clamer for war In En tland are the ire
sDo sihle jingoss who have very little o
40 and fesi that their dignity and im-
portanee as Euglishmen have been severe
ly ourtailed by the attitude of defiance
which has 'osen adopted by the Boers
''lf war actually breaks out 1t will be
uifficult to say where the chief RESPONSE
bilily rests- Mr. Chamberlain although
very anxious to score in his negotiation
and make final settlement of the Boer
question during his term of office un-
dourtedly realizes that he would secure
TER greater triumphs by means of
peac full solution than success of arms
however thorough. One can no longer
say. however. as seemed probable little
while ago. that the matter can ue settled
wiuhous reco rise to WIZ
How the 9nod people of Scarboio once
hnilt vesse In their dooryards and on