Arizona republican., 1899-11-23


men and money are still open with re-
gard to the war in
QUESTIONS South Africa. There is
STILL no doubt about the mill
OPEN. itary result There can
be but one result. This
time the Beers haven't a Mr.. Glad
stone to deal with.
When they cry Enough" the Guss-
ton of the war settlements will en-
gage the most serious attention Of
England's responsible statesmen. We
may be quite sure that they will not
proceed harshly and vindictively. There
will be no hangings, and probably no
considerations. On the other hand it is
in the last degree unlikely that the
well meant but ill advised folIies of the
Gladstonian era will be repeated in
whole or in part. They have been too
expensive. AS Englishmen look at it,
the Orange Free State held its indie
pendence, the Transvaal its quasi in
dependence, on a good behavior ten
ure. When these little states, embed
ded in English territory, drew the
sword against England, they staked
their independence or quasi independ-
ence on the issue. They did this DELHI
erately, with their eyes open, counting
the cost; they must abide the conse-
quences. The end of the war will end
their present existence as bodies poll
tic. Lord Salisbury, finding a sentence
of his GuildhaII speech twisted and
perverted by Lord Edmond Fitzmaur
ice, has written a letter of correction.
What he really said Che explains) was
that England is not seeking territory
and COLL :iebls put equal rights
throughout South Africa for ali and Sc
curity for the empire. Equal rights as
regards the suffrage will make the
Transvaal English at once. The Beers
will become a minority. The case of
the Orange Free State presents fea-
lures of its own, and it will be interest
ing to see how England deals with it
when the time comes. More or less
summarily, both states will be merged
in the British empire.
This does not mean that their people
will be politically enslaved or OPP
pressed, though-in the case of the
Transvaal-the minority will no longer
be able to Cypress and rob the major
ity. They Will have order, justice, civil
liberty and local self government. They
H. how to-
ada. Years hence, after the wounds of
the war have ceased to smart, they will
all at once discover that they are bet
ter off than they ever were before-that
what seemed calamity was really good
fortune. Then, in Arnold Whites opin-
ion, the time will be ripe for confeder-
ating all the South African colonies.
old and new. Writing in Harper's
Weekly. Mr.. White points out that this
will mean a unified customs service,
postal service, railway administration,
excise system, irrigation system, etc.
1t will mean greater security as re-
CARDS the blacks. 1t will mean federal
precautions against the phyloxera and
the SCdD MT. w mite
kindles as he thinks of it. He says:
These measures, while leaving TO
each member of the federation COM
plete control over all matters not spc-
officially intrusted to the federal eXecu-
tive, would be followed by such a pc
riod of prosperity that tens and even
hundreds of thousands of immigrants
from Great Britain, Ireland, and the
United States would find lucrative Oc-
cupation and happy homes. The nat
ural wealth of the Transvaal is not yet
scratched. Coal and iron measures OF
the finest quality exist in close proN-
unity to johannesburg. After the sew
enty or eighty years of life for III,
gold mines. which is admitted BY ex-
perts to be the probable limit of the
present mines, the manufacturing pc
tentieiitiss of southern Africa are al
most boundless. The climate is magn.-
ficent, and when race politics are killed
with the war. there is little reason Il
doubt that Cape Town will rival Mel
bourne in wealth and population.
But the Beers viii always hate tho
English" PERHAPS so: perhaps not
Our American experience rather make:
against it. We had a terrific wal
among ourselves. Before that gooc