Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-04

selves ln had WhN. Ahn ttphnhe WIS
already bankrupt Their hostility 20 the
native was making the black dunrcr
TO- every settler in South Africa The
Boors found themselves In a war they
were neither strong enough 20 end
nor Diplomatic enough 10 cvadc For
her own sake England stepped in,
| knowing well that 10 the blacks once
oycrran tho Tranayani it was only "a
matter on time when they would men
ace tho cape itself 80 IN April isi1,
England annexed the TmnsvaaL That
/ annexation saved the uocr from coll
LAPSE. II was English vigor ana Eng
Iiah money that reconstructed the
Iemaaculntod uocr republic and put the
! aiovcn hurghor once more on his feet
| 10 was ENGLAND who drove back hln
enemies and Il was England who open
! I'd up his country Then whom bis
house was put in order the Boor calm-
liy decided 10 eject the houHekccpor.
This be- dii. FOR tho rcHiltnnce was only
half hearted. The door was slammed
In John uuits face at Afaiuha liiii and.
/ though he might Cnslly have pounded
down that portal ln time. he had no
wish TO deprive un alien people Of their
/ liberty.
In 1881 England gave the TrnnHvaal
/ internal autonomy under an Imperial
| uncertainty that would guard against
encfoachmont upon nclghboring bound
/ aries. This lott the Boor neither re-
pvntant nor graicful. He hated the
/ English. mud he always would hate The
/ Enslish that was an - knew and all
| he cared 10 know. Three years after
/ q Ns..H
| Transvnai promised NJ the London con-
vontion 10 give practical equality or
rights and PRIVILEGES Go 40 white men.
such na was enjoyed 10 nciEhburIng
/ British colonies. The promise was glib
iy made and lightly broken. The as
royprv of sold ln the heart nf the
Trnnayaul brought thousands of niran-
gers knocking at her doors. These
strangers were Just what the hucolio
Bogr ala not want lie desired 20 be-
ion alone. The stolld burghcrH Of the
veiit wanted "a raise their sheep and
drink their conco and smoke their pipes
To- peace. For the ucwfhnglcd cries %
progress and Industry and advance
they had the most profound contempt
They had their black slaves, their Httl'
| homes. their biz of corn ground, ana
that was ali they cared Tor. Their cry
was the cry Of tho red Indians Of Amer
lea u one century ago.
hut the tide of immigration they
could not keep back. This they rcaliz-
ed. Africa became the cynoaure of all
eyes. There was one thing they could
do. huwcvcr-they could make Il 90
hot and uncomfortable for the incomcf
that be- would be glad 20 get out And
this ir just what the iioer all hts ne
long has been trying 10 DO. The time
Tor an allen 10 become cniranchiacd was
enlarged from two years 10 ave. Every
political and municipal right was de-
niod him. when the gold rush ~ 1855
showed the need ~ even more dlHcour'
aFemcnt, the franchise was still NOR,
narrowly dollmltod, until ~ years wu'
the term Imposed on the immigrant
The gold industry was taxed. monup'
olles were created, every uitlnndcr Wa
hlcd. The liquor law was no udminis
tered that IL worked only IN the lntercH
Of the Dutch manufacturer An out
faFoouu monopoly In dynamite was nls'
created. and caorbitant prices for thi
necessity " the miner became the or
der English children had TO go 70 boe
schools and be- taught the slower
I NNNENN OF INV NNM AHNNNWH FNHNN NNN"N
sand indolent and corpul0nt Beers
banded together in one imprgEnnhl
family compact, dominated and uppruaH
Cd and diagracod the manhood Of 200,
900 uitlnndor.
II WuH mo- wonder such % thing onde'
In Jameson raid. That raid was
mistake. This every one, Hucr an
british alike. VIII now confess. But 3
] al
failure Then IL was the liuor rloatcd
with bic hihle In hla hand ana race ha
tired in h.a heart Tie famed that ha
p tired up 90 the burning point outrage
a 10 property and lndignltlcs 20 peopl
H become O. thing of positively tcrrifyin
"a proportions. The country WIS misgov
oruad. corruption was rampant and, I
,. mako sure ~ hls position. the Doe
ARMED aud equipped his home forts b
m,uuH NJ war taxes wruug from IA
hnrI wording ultaudrr. who paid foui
N son-nftornths OF the republics revenul
% Such things have 10 have an en-,
10 "tf you saw o. pile ~ gold worth ci00
boz QIlOll with $1,000 Beers armed 20 N
f. teeth Sitting ou g." cried Sir Alfre
Do Miner "Whnt would you doT'' m
b, Hoer plUuH'y protests that we EnFils
, unc hand 0f selfish ana ropacious ~
Waldorf who want nothing but 90 sue
thg golden honey from the mines
~ hH country md then pass on and leo,
" him to feed on the empty hushH " q
lH barren Nal1t Iut in hia heart ho know
100 chat any permanent good, that an
.h substantial Improvement that has ov,
d. been made boo the Trunsylni has be,
~. che result uf uitIlu1er effort. 10 know
that hH himself nuH moved neither har
nur foot t0 lrr.suta or enrich those fe
F tIlH hut Wul ufrChrd priirica oyl
fn which now roam bic few hundfuls
la sheep and cattle And he must kno
in hiH heart that o. sclnahncea 30 ma
20 row and au attitude 90 uutocratlo ca
at have but our end That end thar
b. Col now Huoms to be- nearer than on
~. before. The spirit N the ninoteen
. century must sweep away the locr az
'n $40 Cor which hp stands.
W. 10 iH for these reasons that the Doe
sh hate the british and the British n
nd hoors, Time was when we were willli
Co give and take rather than bring mp,
INT our empire another bitter and bloc,
,l. war Dom Paul and hlH people allow,
that tImr Go pass and now nothing b
war 90 The death can bring about Il
u" nunl rcadlusmcnt uf AFFAIRS Ia Sou
m Africa ALBERT BONYNGE
slr Cape Town. South Africa.
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