The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-10
THE BOERS and The CUBANS.

NUR Government IS permitting 10 England,
[ J within our jurisdiction, privileges in her fight
- to destroy the two Dutch republics which
amount to our holding John Bulls while he
lcas.a weak Toe.
These privileges granted to England were at once
cognizable as in violation Of the neutrality laws.
This violation seemed to gain graces by being in
favor OF a strong nation and against weak Say
all that may be said about the sympathy OF peo
pie Tor England in this war to extermnate two re-
publcs and the British press that it IS uni
yersal seven ont OF ten Americans for the Beers
In this we do not include Irish-Americans, who have
peculiar grievance OF their own.
1t Is evident that some one has called attention OF
the administration to its violation of neutrality
laws for an answer Is published to the effect that our
Government does not recognize the Transyaal Re
public as a nation, and therefore is Tree to lend any
aid it chooses to England in her conquest OF that
people This seems to warrant the London Times
in its boast that the Americans are Pumping for
Great Britain in this fight Offensive as this as
sumption is to every truehearted American, no one
is prepared to dispute the correctness OF the tech
nicality by which our Government is able aid the
already strong hand of England in her graceless work
OF wiping out the Transvaal. Though it is in oppo-
sition to our honored and traditional policy the de-
cision is technically correct We know the Trans
vaal as nation therefore our Government need not
remain neutral, but, following the example OF GER
tain expatriated Americans in London, can extend
any helpt pleases to England and be held harmless
in the eye OF international law. But il will occur to
any one who studies the subject with knowledge Of
its bearing in international law that this practical al
lance with England against the Transvaal does not
apply in the case Of the Orange Free State. The
recognition OF nation IS, under our system, an
executive act It is effected by sending to or re-
ceving from nation diplomatic or consular officers
A consular officer must be accredited to a Govern
ment capable OF granting his exequatur, withor
which he can exercise no consular function To ac
credit Consul and demand therefor an exequatur
IS to admit and recognize the existence OF a national
entity capable OF a national act. Also to receive
from country consular officer and grant to him
exequatur is to acknowledge the independent ma
tiondl existence OF such country and its capacity 10
perform national and international duties and func
tons
Now this administration has exchanged these very
international acts with the Orange Free State We
have received her Consul General and have accredited
one to her This is an absolute recognition and
acknowledgment OF the independent existence OF the
Free State as nation, entitled to all the benefits of
public and international law including the laws OF
neutrality
England is not making war upon the Transvaal
alone She is seeking to destroy the Orange Free
State, a nation which we have recognized as such.
and our practical alliance with her is not only a
violation OF neutral rights but is technically an act
OF war against the Free State.
In these high and mighty days when the world is
so engaged in witnessing the pomp and circumstance
OF that the rights of the weak and the obligations
Of the strong forgotten attitude to the Free
State may not excite much attention, but it goes
into history just the same and we very much ques-
ton the American people desire to stand in the at
titude in which places them.
We assumed to make nation out of Cuba Her
people were in rebellion against Spanish SOW
ereignty, which had been over them in practically
nmemoral jurisdiction Processing a tender regard
for the right OF man to self government, we made war
in behalf Of that sentiment Wherein is our duty less
plain to the principle in the case of the Orange
Free State, which we have recognized as nation?
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