Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-03-05
PROM FRIDAYS DAILY.
MR.. HUDSON'S LECTURE
His Audience Applauds the
Boer Side

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was very interesting discourse and |
gave his audience much clearer idea |
Of the situation than most of them had |
| before. The iateness of the hour pre- |
vented detailed mention Of it.
He gave the history of the settle
ment Of South Africa. 1t began early
IN the century, about the time England
was fighting with France. The coun-
try, barren and uninvitiug region,
was settled by people from Holland
! They turned wilderness into a garden
and esta blished a system OF irrigation
only after he hardest kind of work.
They were obliged, az the same time,
- beat back the fierce Zulus and the
wild beasts OF the desert
In appropriating this section of
country they deprived the Zujus of
nothing. a the latter were a nomadic
people who roved about the country,
not caring to occupy land or cultivate
it.
In these wars with the Zulus the
Boers called on England for relief and
We're den-e it. England caring nothing
for the welfare of the Beers or their
DIES 'inies as a people. AT the present
time more Lulus than Beers occupy
the country and the two races are liv-
ing in amity.
Win the discovery Of gold and dia
monds this heretofore despised tract
of land became the richest in the
world. and then the English wanted it,
, and sent troops down to take possess
, ion. The Beers met them at Maiuba
Hill and defeated them in terrible
battle. the humiliation of which still
hangs over British arms. This gave
the Beers treaty in which England
recognized them and gave them nine
teen years peace.
The three claims England has for
war are these:
That the Beers insist on a seven
years residence in their country be-
fore foreigner can be allowed to vote
This, the lecturer held, was ridicu-
i lous pretense, as people from Germany,
France ami America were subjected to
the same restrictions. No other nation
had objected to-these laws or wanted
TO go to war over them. England had
e no more right to enforce her own nat
: uralizatiOn laws on the Beers than i,
Il had on the United States.
: Taxation without representation wa:
: another excuse. Great Britain ha:
l. taxed people without represents tior
l. whenever she could. 1t is doing it COW
= in the Tlonoike country and American
miners have to stand it. America il
not going to fight, however, on Thu
pretext.
The third reason for the conques
% which the English advances is tn
a right of a strong country to attack
rs weak one in the interests of high NOR
2 atty and advanced civilization.
d The speaker then asked why the
5. did not carry the war of civilization
o. against Turkey, VIXEN the Turks wer
slaughterine the Armenian Christians
slicing up men, women and children
because" he added, 'there are n
gold mines in Turkey" and there wa
- an outburst Of applause.
he Kruger. he regarded as one of tn
# grandest figures of the closing century
ut With his little band of peeple-abou
as many as live in Nevada-he b.
thrown the gauntlet in the face of
ne power regarding itself as the creates
u in the werld, and has done it becaus
TT his people prefer liberty to everythin
&c else in the world and are willing to la
u down their lives for it as did our for,
fathers in the revolution. Illustratin
Tor the wisdom of Kruger, he said becaui
" Of his fairness disputes of all kline
were submitted to him and he adm
or isiered justice with more than tt
RI wisdom of Solomon.
~ Two brothers had dispute over d
- viding the property left them by the
fathers death add finally asked Kr
Do ger to arbitrate the case.
~ GU, being the elder, ne Sal
'as ''can divide the property into tv
equal parts and aztec this is done, 70
a being the younger, can take your pi'
all of the parts.
ION It is easy to see how fairly and equ;
:" " that property would be divid
with that plan.
a The Doors were descendants of H
zen landers and the people Of Holland b
nas their dykes so arranged that tn
could flood the entire country with t
ted waters of the sea 10 depth of twel
on feet and this they would do and peri
, is in the flood before they would sure
der their liberties to an invader. T
Beers will sink South Africa in {
OF blood before they will accept