Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-17

Chamberlain Speaks.
Secretary Chamberlain, in an address
at Birmingham, England, finished his
address as follows:
IT 10 premature to discuss details, but / am
quite ready to take tho opinions of the country,
and, aoove all, the opinions of those selfgovern-
ing colonies which have come so magnifcently
| to our assistance. While the government does
not wish to be vindiotive, they are determined
that never again shall the republics be nurce-
~ OF conspiracy. and they will see Justice is
done to those who are determined to be loyal
me government is not prepared to recognize
the independence of the Boer republic (cheers)
and are determined that the republics shall be
nnally incorporated under the British flag. For
An interval they must be crown colony such
a. India is, but we hope they will eventually be.
come a great self-govrning colony like Canada
and Australia"
That is the object of England. Like
Poland, the little African republic is to
be wiped out,utterly crushed, and in its
place is to be an English despotism
in which the young bloods of the old
queen can find place for her royal
household, and be held as British de-
pendency. Yes, like India, it is to be
"crown colony" and like India, it
will become starving, poverty strick-
en-, tax ridden dependency of royalty.
The Congress of the United States, a
body of men supposed torepresent the
people of this great republic, expected
to sympathise with all people. every
where, who are struggling for freedom,
for self government, refusing to pass a
resolution of sympathy in behalf of the
little republic who are so heroically de-
Tending their homes and country, and
even kissing the man who dared to of
fer such resolution, The legislature
OF Iowa, without dissenting vote, free
from party influence, passed such reso-
luton, but our Iowa Congressman re-
fused to endorse it, giving as reason
that the members of the Iowa legisla-
ture didn't know what they were do
ing!
That 1T is not the duty of the United
States government to defend any peo.
pie, any where in an effort to establish
or maintain self government, but it is
the duty of our government in obedi-
ence with the express Will of the peo.
pie as expressed by the legislature, TO
approve and support such resolution,
not that such action would change the
result of the Boer war, tut to manifest
our sympathy for a people snwhere
who are battling against monarchy and
in favor of republIcanism.
But we are told that the war must 90
on until the Boer Republic becomes
like lndia-a starving. Impoverished,
humilitated, suffering people, n.illons
crying for bread.
When the impartial historian comes
to write the true history of this British
war on the Hoer Republic, 1t should be
written in blood, and like Poland, its
people should ever hare and condemn
the name of the opIressor.
That England with her mighty army
will eventually crush the little Boer
Republic is to he expected, but in her
victory she only foreshadows her own
doom, for God is just, and will avenge
His people, and England, with all her
pomp and power, will, like Rome, fill
her place in history as nation Of gi-f
gantic power,greed and oppression, bat
her fall, like Rome, is certain
The Holy Book tells us that,
murderer hath eternal life dw.e)ii, 40
him." neither can nation. pe 10
with innocent human blood EN-, .a'litu
Where is Rome, that mighty Nu'e'
the seven hillsp Her C9ser cr oi' uli
Rubicornstained his hanGs 10 os''''' 'l'e
fell; W hereis Greece the Ian '''lu' anu
of learning and ora,ory, - ~ sohe'
fallen from her h,eb estatef .uo mas
proud Babylon? All th.. 'e's IS
but the shadows of their - now
ness, and their names great
on the page of hlstors 'a''o"s
England will con,lula ''e''s'Se 'lla1
!, the blood of me Boer PEI "i'li
, to believe thG, the cry5' .ae1' souis Is
tinn of n.t,.Y - ! 5ho holds the des-
in dino t,ma roa,; IS hands and will,
Roar ~ I,,,,,.n,,,s the blood of tie
hands.