New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-31

~ As for the dual league that would be
surc 70 make Germany an ally OF Great bri'ain'
rho last thing either France or Russia Whh's'
Anart. moreover, from any such comolnauonS'
moi one of these Powers has any adequate ih"-
five for Intervention. Russia assliredly mas
no interests in that part Of Africa li'r ONLY
claim on all that continent applies alone 10
Abyssinia Frances nearest possession Is M'u-
acascar. eight hundred miles away, ana oVerSe"'
NOT I'm the least concerned in the rate OF ho'i-
Ion, Her nearest continental possession IL
fifteen hundred miles away. ana II posS'pic
stiu more remote IN interest. And as ior 'he
balance Of power, should Great Britain aosoi
both the Boer States. rs now seems proDapic'
France would still have by far the larger snare
Of African territory. But above all II Is 10 w
remembered that France is to have worlo
fair next year, TO which enterprise n quarre'
with Great Britain would he absolutely iatal'
Not for a dozen Transvaals would she sa'rihce
the fair.
There remains Germany whose interest III
the Bocr states u.s. or once was Immediate ana
inportant German Southwest Africa Is near
m hand And we all remember that there WAS
not many years ago plan to connect II Directly
with the Transvaal by organizing hoer re-
nnblic" I'm Bcchuanaland. lSuch a repuphc'
tributary to the TranSvaal. was ac'uhii! plo
claimed in 1852 under the name or Steimi"n"'
with Vryburg for its capital, hut was Soon
snuffod out Then the Transvaal was 10 get
noseeesjon Of Laurence Marques and all fhat
mart Of Portuguese East Africa lying south OF
tho Iimnopo River That would have crcat'u
a solid German Dutch confederation clear across
South Africa from Angra peQuena to DcaGoa
Ray and would have isolated cape Colony
ond Natal forever from the rest Of the brluSh
rmnirc I'm Africa The scheme was baked ny
the genius Of Cecil Rhodes for which the Boers
bove nevel forgiven him But Germany mas
accented the situation with amiable philosophy
ovon 10 the extent Of giving Mr. Rhodes Tree
massage for his Cape 10 Cairo railroad through
her territory. Under The secret compact la'eN
made with Great Britain. indeed Germany VIII
absolutely keep hands off in South Africa, III
rcturn for the Keeping off Of British hands ID
SYRIA and Asia Minor Since the Emperor
scrron on the Mount Of Olives. one Jerusalem
f. ~ more interest 10 Germany than hundred
pretorias. while smyrna and Beirut ncom'
narablv outrank Delagoa Bay. So, instead OF
intervening. the Emperor will 60 10 England
IN nav his grandmother n dutiful and au'ct"h-
ate visit.
There remains. then. the browning folly OF
irving 10 use the United States as n caiSpaW.
We observe thar the more rabid members OF
the Angophobc party in this country still cllng
70 il. But there could be nothing more pre-
nosterous IT is idle 10 chatter about applying
the PRINCIPLES Of The Hague Congress 10 the
case. because that Congress- at the direct IN
stance Of Russia. its author declined t" rccoS-
nizc the Transvaal as n party to any in'erna-
tlonal negotiations IT, therefore. the agree
mcnt of The Hague has any application IL -
10 tho effect that the Powers participating IN
it are not to intervene. II IS idle TO tax ot
friendly or impartial mediation, because from
the very nature Of the case any mediation
would necessarily be partial 10 one side and I'M
friendly 10 the other. And. after Great Britains
generous and most helpful sympathy with the
United States last wear. to propose that tins
country should take sides against Great Brit
ain I'm case moreover. where its own inter
csts 50 far as it has any. are Oh lines exactly
parallel with Great Rritain's would be worse
than midsummer madness And so we reckon
that the Beers will have TO play ont the part
Of George Dandin to the bitter end, unaided If
not unregreted.