The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
BRITAIN AND THE BoERs
The British side Of the War n
South Africa Presented ~
Prof. w. d. Mackenzie.

ST. Louis, March 21-At a mass
meeting. called to raise funds for the
widows and orphans of Tommy Al
k:ns," the .Absent-Minded Beggar'
who is fighting his country's battles
in South Africa, held in this city, Mott
day night, Prof. w. Douglass Mac
Kenzie, of Chicago, who has spent
some time in the Orange Free State
presented the British side OF the cop--
troversy. He said in part:
THE claim Of the Beers that they are
fighting for freedom e
cause 1t refused to become a repupnc;
England Is at war because she demanded
that the Transyaal live up to Its claim.
The nations OF Europe who are asains.
England in this struggle are the same
tina. were against this country curing
the streets at Paris and cheer every Brit
ish defeat are the same people who wefe'
disappointed when they heard the news,
"Ergland's advent in the Transvaai viii.
not be the means of depriving people OF
their homes, as some people cia IN.
made homes the world over. and not de-
strcyec them. Some say that Great Brit
ain is in war for gold. Let me tell you
have much less gold than she had when.
h went into this struggle. england did
not start this war for the purpose OF
s sasn Ing e so1o OF Of fG The aa T%ya GaNsu fai England 81
has been busy forgetting how to tax COL
onies ever since 1776. Some years ago kru'
sss srie a1d to os sgssidi ia p 6as G5a tSs stale tate
the state refused the offer. telling Kru-
With England. The next year the gov.
ernor died, and Kruger Immediately made
hes same proposition to his successor, who
aeeeLted the offer: The man who signed
who signed the ultimatum that dragged
England into the war in South Africa
in " En- R1s nI has $, not %s,s ss; sS : tS sny y,shts
belong to n~eighboring governments for
the protection of it's subjects. You have
been told how the Beers were inundated
into signing a treaty which annexed them
to England in 1852. When this treaty was
signed there was not a British soldier In
the country. Later the Beers were given
decayed in a few years, and they show
that they could not maintain a govern
ment at that time. They were at thu
their borders, and England again had to.
come to the rescue Of the people. and
save e from determination. The En-
OF the Boer republic together drafted the
alton papers. In 1881 se~lf-govern-
ment was again granted the Beers. and
used since that time. was voluntarily
granted to them by Great Britain.
Great Britain's only object In the
Transvaal Is to secure just treatment for
her subjects, and when she secures 1t for
them she secures 1t for all other subjects.
When President Kruger was asked by Sir
Evelyn Wood IL all Englishmen settling
in the Transvaal would be granted the
same rights as the burghers, he was told
that they would be allowed the same priv
ileges as the subjects of the Boer govern
ment. How that promise was kept you
all know. Englishman n others arc
talked for everything, but they are not al
lowed to say how the none shall be
spent. They are not benefited by It; thew
have asked to be allowed a voice in the
government, but their requests have been
refused.
England asked the same thing and met
with a like refusal. She asks no longer,
she demands now. and she will see hat
all have equal rights"