The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17
CAPE COLONY SENTIMENT.
DIsAPpROvAL or THE WAR SHOWN
At CAPE TOHN.

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tant Dutch clement SHOWS PASSIVE oisapproVal
II declares the war needless and wrong but. ex-
ron, In tho north n.,, IN. E,ce State borders
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" mas dOno nothing 10 hePthe boer arms sape
Town is itself largely n Dutch community par
ticul,r,y nj prescnt wbe, Tho we'll. to-do British
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refugees from inc scene oil the war nave mosuy
gone home to England while the Dutch non com
bntonts i'm simiIo, noaiti,,s have com, do-n
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ban and Port Elizabo,h are strongly probing.
lsh. while the I,oer ar Bond or Africander or
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reuerauoms' sympathizers ma more 70 snare
their views in Cape Town than in any other i'm.
portant centre in the colony
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here. People talk IL over with friends, but II
IL not thought discreet To express pleasure or
'hc io'eine AZ piece Vi war news 10 u chhnco
ncighbor. The place is said to be tccming with
spies Certainly there is a considerable element
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from johannesburg believed to he still In the pay
oil the Iransvaal Secret Service and many 81
the susp,cts e,rt,inly look their narta But nj
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wha' use 'hcy can he to Their paymasters u Is
hard TO see. The information here is neagre
disioin,cd md Inaccurate. The censorship ia
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poor supply ol news What kilograms are pub
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by Sir Redyers BuIlrr the ccnsoTship would bc
strict Lord Wosolcy, Lord Roberts and Sir
pmbirn,i',n themsey a any show ,risndly
understanding ol the newspaper mans useful
work and the difficulties lie has to coTc with. Sir
dcsna,rbrs ~ t1c nuJ AN '' m's
sion 10 amy other channels of publicity We
IRE told now that he has given some officers
~ ,ho nv , pc ,, rev warm gun,
department before tile outbreak Of the war in
ncqnaininS the War ONCE with the approx
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present position is thnt tie british are besicged
N three places I.adysmith Kimberley and Ma
,'s " was sIiu ihc Duets co"lu nov hloln
brsleged Kimberley Tor more than = month Their
work goes 10 Justify the old Bncrs rciOrt To an
, i d,, rtnv ne,"te We "Si ."ity ploa ,
nnndant JouIcrt Who had never before led more
ihan a lew hundred men could not possibly gen.
Bocr answered
When the army has 10 mobilize and strike you
Will find We have got me- II toleadit
Perhaps there are not more than twenty hyo
officers with thorough German military training
on the B"cr side but the burghers trust them and
follow them u they had the capacity Tor sus
tanned, aggressive work aiming at definite end
probably all the besicgcd places would have fallen
already u seems. however. that they losc more
than hall their successes by not following them up.
In South African politics differences OF view
are deeper than | have noticed anywhere else in
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INC word inc luea'so' the TWO opposing parties
IN. s,,ong old cons.,y,,iv. Agricultural, communal
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W. very Si' s"ih''eh' anu certainty LOT cu'ung
the political connection with England. Against
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ihnusuhai' hhah0Hi element which VIII not no
connic, oi coircid.s i,h r,. 4, g.,.n..s
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p'n n''''Sn rt'..' mas sa'"' inc bosrs VIII
fight like desperation because they arc fighting
for their politlc,l ,xS,cpcc which IN tb.r, ,.,ra
IN. r,mnnro,, ~ r,I,,,..i ,i,,,,,a Ts.,i",.s,.'
'he "'"n"po's oil p'l''ieai rights lha' Is largely
true. They maintain that they atne should
govern the country that incomers should accept
IN. ,oyrrnmcr, a., ,,.y And H., Ih,r. va
obseryan, American. who has been here m,nx
years anu IN on Terms OF 'hnma'c acquaintance
with most OF the chief public men. lie recalls
President krucer's lifelong sntpathy TO the
gold mining people. In 1913 Mi kruger broke
his leg Will" chasing German who had been
seeking gold in defiance Of law which provided
that any one seeking gold should be put across
the border lie has never altered in his rooted
dislike, though his policy had to be made more
modern when he found the Transvaal in state
"f bankruptcy,
Coming To the troubles leading up TO the present
war Mr. l.lndicy sayS that when, he was in Pretoria
in January. 1896, he found only one Judge who
was burghcr Not one Of the best men in the
county had vote The traffic in franChies
and monopnlieS We have heard Of The Uitlandcr
grievances were nc thinks, n mere circumstance
IN the struggle a club 10 beat dog with He
lore, ighi and POLICY, when the Governor Of the
mr." i3er rcmrnt hcrc ,.c r,y WIN ,ne
The Rhodes party that the Governor wns too Thick
with these people The Governor found soon
tmcw Ih,, tho :" Tramr niot 49, "l ,9Eay, tney
in working an anti british rroIaCnnds among
the British colonial subjects II Dutch procvtics
"' ,Sa, fpnE me" ,n'ei .hr ,aHa was
ties there shou!I 10 > general rising, 10 be fol.
lowed by the constitution Of the United States 81
1o.t rn,,s c.,a v n!s 'na' NO pr cen, OF tno
fighting for They have been taught Thai The
word "s,lyerainty" means taking hints OF and sny.
ing master" tc all FngIlshmrn As these valiant
do ers won't Ia kc their hats OIL even 10 A woman
il IL not surpriing that they rejected this prctcn.