The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-25
WAR IN IHE TRANSFkAL.

The TINES does not permit gong
into great detail concerning the trou-
bles between England and the Trans
vaal republic in South Africa, but
last week we tried to give our read
ers some information concerning the
causes of the war. Since then the
mighty drama has begun; two great
battles have been fought and the first
act in the play which might fttingly
be styled ''the destruction Of two re-
publics" is before the gaze of the in
terested world as an audience. At
Glencoe Hill and at Elandslaagte the
Beers and the British have met in
severe battle. While all the news we
get from South Africa has to come
through London, owing to the fact
that there are only two cables from
Europe to that country and both of
these controlled by England, and
while the truth of all dispatches CIV
ing accounts of British successes may
be greatly discounted, owing to the
fact that all information reaching the
outside world is subject to great cen
sorship by the English military au-
thorities, yet it is safe to say that in
both the battles which have thus far
been fought the English soldiers were
too much for the Beers. England
has won two victories already. At
Glencoe Hill it is estimated that the
British loss was about two hundred,
while the Beers are said to have lost
eight hundred. The British fought
with all the bravery which ever char
acterized them in history, while the
plucky Beers maintained fight amid
shot and shell for eight long hours
before they were finally driven from
the field. Sir Redvers Butler, the
great English military tyrant who is
to have absolute control of all his
country's military movements in the
war, is yet upon the sea on his way to
the field, but the English are gallant
ly commanded by General White.
It seems that General Joubert, the
Boer chief commander, is too old for
the situation and unless he is changed
it is probable that the war will not
last as long as was at first anticipated;
but that he will be succeeded by a
younger and more active general is
reasonably sure, so that the war is
not yet closed and will not be until
the blood of many thousands of lives
shall have been shed upon the plains
of South Africa.
Orange Free State, sister repub-
lie to the Transvaal, and which has
allied herself with that republic and
agreed to stand or fall with her, is
now ready for the fray also, and Pres
ident Steyn in proclamation calling
upon his people to take up arms to a
man, urges them with the following
patriotic words: eve are fighting a
just war, and cannot be defeated, as
God is on our side In the mean
time England is shipping more troops
to the field Canada will send troops
if allowed, and Australia, away out in
the middle of the Pacific, is eager to
contribute big share OF the troops
to carry on the war
While England knows that she will
inevitably win, yet she is also aware
that she is fighting without a SEM
blance of right on her side, her sole
patriotism being inspired by a greed
for gold and more territory, and that
she is fighting two little countries
who are backed against the wall, so
to speak, and who expect to die in
their tracks defending their liberties.
England knows that her success will
not be based upon right, but upon
might, and realizing this she is mass
ing more troops IN South Africa than
Wellington had when he defeated
Napoleon at Waterloo, or as many as
tie Confederate States ever had at
one time. She has already in time
past slaughtered perhaps as many
African natives in her conquest of
territory as We're killed in our great
civil war. She is now stalking abroad
upon the face Of the earth seeking i'll
small countries whom she may de-
vour, and ours is the only English
speaking country on the globe which
does not pay her tribute. Would
she have US do it also, if she could?
Possibly so. But in her South Afri-
can policy she is strengthened by our
policy Of aggression on the Philippine
question. England and the United
States are now friendly, and hand-in-
hand, the governments Of the two
greatest countries on earth stand with