Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-05

ton. loudly endorsed the cause of the
Beers and dramatically passed the hat
for Boer relief fund. Thirdly, at the
national conference Of the Methodist
church in Chicago was delivered an ad-
dress prepared by Bishop Hartzell, one
of the shining lights in the Methodist
church, condemning in strong language
the Beers as people and as Il nation.
The bishops argument was based on in
formation furnished by missionaries Of
the church working in the Transvaal,
and was Well received. II the array of
opinion is Of any import in judging the.
Boer cause this weeks results have Gers
tainly confirmed the Ncrdicts of most.
men who have attempted at all TO study
the conditions in South Africa.
The argumen. OF Bishop Hartzeil's is
certainly valuable addition to the lit
lerature of the Boer controversy. He de-
.rlares. as Mss pointed q: IN .hssa &c!
sumns months ago, that the underlying
cause of the Briton-Boer controversy Is
the slave problem. An ignorant, into-
Grant, brutal people the Beers insist that
the black man. being the son Of Ham.
was intended by Providence for slavery.
The Briton has ever insisted in modern
times upon the absolute freedom and
equality of all men in its colonies. The
Beers trekked out OF Cape Colony in
1898 because England abolished slavery
and they have made treaties, violated
them. argued AID fought ever since over
the same question.
Bishop Hartzell also recognizes the
fact that the conduct of the Transvaai
government has been such as not 10 en-
title the Beers to any sympathy from
modern nations. AS he says:
we have only 10 read list of the
laws row III force in the Transvaal as
iaffeetinga the outlanders to understand
how irrepressible thegconisiet has besn
land that sooner or later there must be
a chang in these laws on revolution in
some form 3
These laws disfranehise fo-s all time
eve.5vbotsy in the srransvaal execpt the
5000 vetars GAINED by Inc bnrgheis
ana their descendants. And ii must be
remembered that Eine-tenths of all the
f2noy ,,St.S,c =, K, ri, ~, ~ ~, :, , ~, :.
of NOT only limited Intelligence as 10
civil government but are dominated by
narrow. prejudiced Views. Ii is the 30, :
eco outlanders, the great majority OF
whom have gone to that healthful cline
TO a permanent home. whose rights are
outraged. 1t Will require from thirty TO
fifty Years toEdig out the gold in the im-
mediate vicinity of Johannes burg and
with Just government there Will be at
least 800, 600 citizens in that section alone
in a few Years, to say nothing of other
great centers of wealth which will be
opened up. And To seek 10 justify3the
absolute disfranchise,nent of this great
mass ef8enterprising and Intelligent PEGS
pie from having any Voice in the civil
government Of the cpuntryis Il ,nollu-
mental absurditv Say all that can
\ be said against mining companies and
| their methods, or on the patheticSsid IN
| favor of the Beers living as hey please
ION their farms, making The natives do
Il i. J
Etheir work, put in all possible conditions
to the contrary on both sides; there yet
lremains the Overwhelming fact that II.
no civilized country on earth would so.-
600 grown men, representing an intelli-
gent and aggressive Angln-SaSon popu-
Ilation of $4,000 people, conducting
enormous business interests submit 10
the tyranny of an oligarchg such As has
ruled at Pretoria. = : Z
History will condemn this war as
having been inaugurateG by the Beers
because in the administration Of civil
Justice TO white msn irrespective of race
Tor language, they showed themselves Ut.
4 terly incompetent and cut of sympathy
with the demands of the nineteenth cen-
i fury civilization. England Will succeed
because she is right, for liberty and jus
tice as applied to man, irrespective d
Trace, black or White. or language or re
.|5ligion. England deserves the good wish
les, and as f;trsas possible the practice
llsympathy of the United states. sh,
4 stands in matters Of government an,
4 administration for what America stand
4 for, as no other nation on earth does.
4 In closing what viii be taken as a re
.markabie argument the bishop said:
3. Every black man in America and CIV
ery friend Of the black man should pra.
!. tonight for the success Of British arm
lin South Africa.
Il was the verdict of a learned MAJ
representing a great religious organlza
ton. whose agents have lived and work
ed among the Beers, a man PERSONAL,