The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-03-13


rbfre is talk of peace ln the alr
7 Th. ENGLISH ORGAN uf fhe AfrIkandor
nund proposes the formation of Con
..Ia,Iun Committee. the object being
Yf 00urao to sayo lionr Independence
While Lord Roberts was hold ne
Cu0uIc O pulrdoborg. 10 d understood
Goo. General French Uaa moving tow
, 7.1 rl0omf1n'c'n
Mil3s Iraites Cronle.
NEW YORK. Feb. rs Tho world
| publishes the following statement by
General Miles.
"Cronjes surrender was expected,
and il was all that could be expected
when force OF 5000 holds out for over
a week against a force OF $4,000 train
ed troops
You will observe that the first re-
ports said General Cronje had a force
or 5000 opposed 10 the British But
only 5000 surrendered What became
Of the other G000? The Importance of
the surrender under such circum-
stances only illustrates the fighting
valor OF this handful of Boer patriots.
The effect Of Cronjes surrender will be
to strengthen rather than to weaken
the Boer patriots cause in this war.
We cannot help but admire those
Beers, no matter where our sympathies
may be. In my position 1t would not
be diplomatic for me to say too much,
but, whoever is in the right, we must
admire the 5000 patriots who stood of
for ten days $4,000 of the British army"
Cronje Tries to Escape.
LONDON, Feb. 2S.-A special dis
patch from Cape Town, dated Monday,
says:
General Cronje last night attempted
to escape with party of Beers, but he
was driven back.
Curzon Toasts Roberts.
CALCUTTA, Feb. 2S.-Lord Curzon,
the Viceroy, at a dinner given this
evening at Government House, said:
i propose, on this great occasion. to
break the ordinary rule. | ask you to
drink the health of that brave soldier
and former Indian commander-in
chief, who, on the anniversary of Ma
juba. has wiped out that stain and gain
ed a notable-yes, a glorious, victory"
A British Move.
STERKS PRUIT, Feb. 2S.-Boer re-
ports say that the British, under Cen
eral Brabant, have occupied James
town. Cape Colony.
Schriner's Views.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from Lon
don says:
Cronwright Schriner, husband of
Olive Schriner, interviewed on the
present situation and future settlement
in South Africa, said:
1T would be great point If we
could get the man in the street TO
realize what the handing over OF the
Rand to Rhodes and his clique would
mean. Their object has been from the
first to reproduce in Johannesburg the
that prevail in Kimberley.
The amalgamation of the diamond
mines under the De Beers Company
resulted in decrease of the white pop
ulation. The natives were shut up in
which they might not leave
night or day. Within the compounds
che truck system was established and
money accordingly was withdrawn
from circulation. 1t soon came about
that no one was left in Kimberley but
those who recognized the dominance
of the company socially, politically and
commercially.
The Boer Government resolutely
sets its face against the compound sys-
TEN. There were about 10000 natives
employed in the mines at three gum |
cas- month apiece. If that sum were |
from circulation in Kimber |
ley it would be put into the pockets of
the mine owners. Monopoly would be |
an accomplished fact.
"At present it is possible for inde-
pendent tradesmen and storekeepers to
make a living in Johannesburg. With
he compound system once introduced
he town would belong to the imam
,iers.
The only solution which will con
serve English interests permanently in
south Africa is to leave the republics
Independent so far as their internal
lffairs are concerned. Short of this l
I'm convinced that England eventual
y viii lose Africa, for If it destroys
he republics now and attempts to hold
hem down while the capitalist ring
jumps on them, she will rouse such
ceiling of Indignation throughout
Africa as will place all the Dutch and
many others who are purely British in
hostility, which means that
England will be unable to govern the
country.
Such serious state of affairs will
lot result if the internal independence
If the republics is left intact with, say,
I've years retrospective franchise em-
podied IN convention, which, 1 be-
ieve, the Transyaal would agree to-
S an earnest of good faith.
do this and then leave Africa alone
and let the people of the
ountry settle the country's business.
II that way lies, in my firm opinion,
he only hope of peace in Africa and
he permanent adhesion of Africa to
he empire. You can't hold Africa
lown with bayonet at her throat.
That inevitably will ALLEVIATE your own
blood out there"
Is Pretoria Impregnable
BUFFALO, n. Y, Feb. 2S.-Moatagu p
White OF Pretoria, former Consul Cen