The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-01
BOERS' SIDE OF
PRESENT WAR
IA Nashville Man Talks OF
the Trouble.
MAST YEARS ~ SOUTH AFRICA,
G1t uEl ,spg. EGAs Pre-rcuted the PrDpls "f
Krugsr FIr MtnT Nrar", aud All "n
ACCOUNT ~ the Srepd for Guid.
From the Nashville American

avenue, tuis city, talked quite IN
yterestlngly yesterday TO a represtn
'tatiQe Of The American about the
Beers aud tie South African situa-
tion. Nj. Norton was Tor about
twelve years, IN the 70s aud SOs,
Y ice aud Deputy United States
Council at Cape Town. He married
there and five Of his children were
born In South Africa.
Mr. Norton ADDS 10 the knowledge
OF AFT airs which personal pdltIcIpa-
ton afforded him "A fund Of intOrina-
tion gathered from tie tiiclal blue
books of the colony to hIch he had
access. He Is strongly pro BOtr III
the Struggle now raging, although
he does not undert slImate the WORK
done Tor civlliZ ttluu aud progress
by the English
The Amercan'S reporter asked
Mr.. Norton how he Beers compared
avith the native Africans, TO which
he replied:
II am glad you askt d me that, as
it affords me opportunity 10 correct
"A prevailing Impression. Many
persons think that the Beers have
a strain of negro blood IN their veins,
bat it il very great mistake. The
arepartly descendants of the Holland
Dutch, while some trace their all
% sstFy to the Huguenots from Alsac .
and Lorraine, and not very distant
at that. They are ae much eau
-casian rae . as the English, and their
CiViliZ 4tiOn aud Advancement Is
fully proportionate with their OPP
portunltles."
CAUsEOF THE WAR.
In responce to the request for
statement or the war now prevailing
T Mr.NortOn said;
''By the convention Of 1854 between
the Transvaal and the English Gov
ernmen the English guarantee to
the WransVaal absolute autonomy or
self government, promising not to
interfere with any legislation OF the
NolksL9ad enacted Tor their owu
proper gUvetnment; aud u ION their
part the Bosrs agreed to abstain
from all interference with the for
eigu policy of the English Govern
nlent with respect to It's South Afli-
can POSSESSIONS.
The Beers have faithfully kept
Ct compact ana the Engli-h Cover,
nent com nitted no substantial
y
ago, when the James son raid oc
CURED. The tram has Deen silently
aud suirtptIously laiu however and
the slow Dut suIe processes OF inter
ference inauguI ated by the gradual
% 3oplelug OF tn4 Pransvaal with
Engllsl subjects, and at length, the
demand tor ploportionate partlci-
patton in governmental atfairs, Is
Boldly made.
THE JAMERSoN RAID.
The Jameson raid was most
Ubiquitous 4laud grabbing sche ne,
iuaugurated by Cecil RIO les, With
Ato econnivance Of Lord Chamberlain,
Secretary Of STATE for the Colonies
and had it not been been met ana
Summary defeated by the superior
craft and energy of President Kruger
and the able geheralshlp OF Com
maudant General JOuDeTt, the Eng
iish Government would then possl-
bly, have created the cause IL has
SO eagerly sought to absorb the
TranSvaal.
lit will be remembered that many
of the raiders were Killed and
wouuded and all the balance of the
800 captured, including the leader,
Or. Jameson nlnstlt.
"Ine Beers, with utmost magma
3 nimlty and still keeping 10 the com
pact, turned the prisoners over TO
che. Engllsh Government, and that
sNG0VerD ment defeated III Its nefdrlous
end eaVor 70 create proteXC for
assaultlng the Beers, made some
,pretehse of fairness by subjectIng
Or. y ANDERSON to u short lmprison-
4ineut, and letting the balauce OF the
raiders Oft scott Tree"
ENGLAND's POSITION.
WAS is suspicioned then at the
NCape that England Was seeking
cause for offense?" was asked.
Most assuredly,h replied Mr.
N orton. "Ihe 1ranevaal was too
good u thing to let slip and it ha:
never accorded with the English
colonial policy TO iorego any oppor
stun,ty Tor Selling territory. The
Imperial Goverument promised the
Transvaal "a heavy Indemnity tol
sthe Jameson RAID, and the outra
,geous attempt upon their indepeu-
<dence, but of course it was II Yer paiC
nor attended To be paid Ine ten
SIon has Increased from that day aud
uu til about a year ago when rea
cause for offensive interference be.
gun To manifest itself.
1.-The pretense,H continued Mr.
Norton with some feeling, That tn,
British residents OF the IransvAa
wanted 10 participate i'm the govern
cment,and be franc aIsed was shame
tai farce; for where i the Britaiu
anywhere on the earth's surface wht
wants 70 swap of his citizenship.
IF the Beers mad opened wide til,
doors of naturaliZ alton the UItlau
ders would not have entered tuereat
England 2 salOusly protects her SUB
.iects wherever they may b.
GA the globe, and few of them woul,
,1ivest themselves IF tuIs great PRIV
ilege aud protection. The claim fu
ID voice at the polls was made viii
the full resliz alton OF It's unteua
.bllIty, and VITA the full knOgledg
that the Uttlauders would not accep
it n rendered ttrem. lie was puteI,
a preteNt for the massiug of troop
along Jus TTansvtal frOutiers a.
menace aud an aggrayatiol, in ia
rect cuutraveutiOu Of ueaty stipuia
.fIanz. ADD NOW yell il succeeusi II