The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-04

oligarchy such as has ruled at Pretoria. The responsibility of this war IS upon President Kruker and his advisers. England, through Sir Alfred Milner, laying aside all other issues, asked that there be five years franchise, that the first Raad which is the laWmaklng power, should have thirty-four members instead of tWenty-four, and that ten or those members should be selected from the Outlanders; that is, he asked that two-thirds of the population should be allowed a representation of ten in thlr- ty-four in making the laws Had Pres ident Kruger at Bloemfontein said yes, there would have been no war ana the Dutch would have yet remained su- preme in the control of legislation in the Transvaal for years. The provision al offer of seven years which he made afterward had impossible conditions at tached to it, which no self-respect1ng nation on earth would have considered; and when it was asked to have com mission to study the practical results of the franchise propositions and negotla- tions were going forward, the ultima tum was sent It had been ready for two years, but the facilities for trans porting troops were not completed.
 History will condemn this war as having been inaugurated by the Boers, because in the administration of civil justice to white men, irrespective of race or language, they showed them selves utterly incompetent and out of sympathy with the demands of nine teenth century civilization. England will succeed because she is right, stands for liberty and justice as applied to man, irrespective of race, black or white, or language or religion. Eng land deserves the good wishes and, as far as possible, the practical sympathy of the United States. She stands in matters of government and administra- tion for what America stands for as no other nation on earth does. The sudden crisis which has come upon her has given an opportunity for all her critics to say their worst. Her friendship for the United States among her best peo- pie is sincere. The greatest boon that has come to civilization in all the earth at the opening of the twentieth century has been the increased cordial relations between the United States and England as representing the speaking Anglo-Saxon races of the world. This friendship is no menace to any other nation, and if persisted in, as I believe God intends it should be, it will com mand the peace of the world If by any untoward influence, which may God prevent, there should be break be- tween the United States and England, it would endanger the peace and safety of both nations to an extent little real ized by many even thoughtful people, There may soon arise questions in South America touching its governments. It is an open secret in high diplomatic cir cles of Europe that the test of America's right to give advice as to South Ameri- can matters may come in the near fu- ture With the United States and Eng land one, that test can never be seri- ous one; but with them divided the is- sues may be of a serious type much sooner than we think. Commencing with the twentieth century committee of five will rule the world-Ameriea, England. Germany, Russia and France. God has given the unquestioned leader ship to the two speaking An glo-Saxon nations, one in language, one in Protestant liberty in religion one in civil justice and one in freedom of com merce, more perfectly than between either of them and any other nation. Let that unity stand, Jet it grow natu- rally as the best interests of humanity require that it should grow, nos at a menace to any other nation or people, but as the friend of all nations and as the commander of the peace and we'll being of the world.9t