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Washington sentinel., 1900-01-27
Cbe GooI OF pretoria.

Kruger is more than ever the popular
idol at Pretoria. The whole history Of
the Transvaal centers around this
IndomitabIe old burgher President and
nearly every day some fresh incident Of
his life IS passed from lip to lip by his
admirers.
Money has played a curious part in
Mr.. Kruger's career. II must be remem'
bered that the Transvaal was once
actually annexed to the British Empire,
and that at that time Kruger and other
Beers took Office under the British
Government Kruger retained his office
for some time alter he hau concerned
himself in the reform movement, he
finally resigned his position on being
refused an increased remuneration for
which he had repeatedly applied. 1t is
a curious possibility that if Dom Paul
had been given that raise in his salary
he might still have been a loyal British
subject and the present war might never
have occurred.
Washington sentinel., 1900-01-27
HIS NERVE.

A good story is told of Mr., Kruger as
a young man, which shows that he was
quite able to take e.care of himself Once
when out hunting on foot Mr.. Kruger,
after climbing TO the top Of kopje,
found that he had been seen by number
Of natives, who we're then running
toward him. some to climb the hill
others branching out to surround him.
He knew that those on the fiat could cut
him of before he could descend, and
that his only chance lay IN bluff "
Stepping on to the outermost edge IN
fell view OF the enemy. he calmly laid
down his rife, drew off first one and
then the other Of his home made hide
boots Gn those poorer DAYS worn without
socks), and, after qnietlY knocking the
sand out of them. drew them on again.
By this time the natives had topped to
observe him. He then picked up his
rifle again, and turning to an Imaginary
force behind the kopje, waved to the
right and then to the ieft, as though
directing them 20 charge round each end
OF the hill, The next instant the Kattirs
were in full retreat.
Washington sentinel., 1900-01-27
MCKINLEY Getting Apxious,

Every month ship sails from
the western coast of Mexico TO San
Francisco, carrying from $50, 600
TO SIS, 900 in silver. The man who
owns the silver is Daniel NJ. Burns,
who is likely to be elected Sena-
tor from California.
The Legislature has been called
to meet next Monday, January z9,
for the purpose OF electing a Sena-
tor. There has been a vacancy
ever since ) nator Whites term
expired last March. The effort Of
the Legislature to fill the vacancy
resulted, as every one remembers,
in a deadlock between Burns and
u. S. Grant, jr., with the balance
Of power divided between other
candidates. 1t is said that Burns
is now to be elected and that the
calling of the Legislature was
really at the suggestion Of Presi-
dent Mckinley, who wants the
tactional split in the State healed
as soon as possible. This is the
reason Of the Governors action,
which is not based upon a lear that
Quay will not be seated, as has
been suggested.
Washington sentinel., 1900-01-27
COMIC OPERA PARLIAMENT.

Despite their bravery, the Beers are a
remarkably simple and unsOphisticated d
people. To read through their ParlIa.
mentary reports IS simply a diversion to
an American, for subjects are discussed
by the Raad which could never be
discussed in our Congress at Washing.
ton.
On one occasion a debate took place
upon the clause that members should
appear in the House in broadclo,h ahd
having white neckties. Some wore
Tom Thumb variety and others wore
scarfs. This was a state Of things to b
deplorsd, and he considered that the
Raad should put it's foot down and define
the size and shape Of necktiesl
On another occasion a protracted
discussion took place on the Postal
Report. The Conservatives were op.
posed to erecting mail boxes on the
lamp posts in Pretoria, on the ground
that they were extravagsnt and ettemln-
ate
One old Dupper said he could not see
why PEOPLE wanted to be always writing
letters. He wrote none himself. In the
days Of his youth he had written a letter,
ana had not been AFRAID to travel so
miles and more on horseback aud by
wagon to post it, and now people
complain If they had to go one mile!
One day a company applied for per-
mission to erect an aerial train rom the
mine to its mill On this a member
asked whether an aerial train was
balloon, or whether it could fly through
the air; while another expressed his
objection to a word IN the application,
"participeeren" (parucipate), as not
being Dutch. and TO him uninteligible-
: l can't believe the worI IS Dutch" he
said Why have l never come across
it in the Bible # it lsP'
Washington sentinel., 1900-01-27
TRUTHS FROM AN ourLANDER.

Nov that the war is on " said Henry
Simon, who was IN business in JJhan
ne>hurg up to the outbreak OF war, 10
New York Sun reporter the o her day,
cit is lust as we'll TO tell the uuvarnished
truth about some things. There would
not have been any war had not Cecil
Rhodes and a coterIe OF moueyed Eng
lish Outlanders spent most OF IN ir time
since the Jameson raid in trying to
persuade all the other Outlanders IN the
Transvaal that Kruger was treating them
outrageously, And today, with all their
seditious preaching, about the only
support that England has in the war,
among all the Outlanders IN the Trans
yaal, comes from her own subjects, The
Americans, Russians, Germans, French.
and others resident there are with the
Beers TO a man.
lone doesn't have to look far for the
reason for this state OF affairs. Before
the war began all the Ouuanders were
employed, and we're making money.
Therefore they were Lontented. All the
conditions were not as they would bave
liked to have them, but they were
bearable. Heavy taxes were imposed
to be sure, and the Boer Government
believing that the running OF the Gov
eminent was its own business, spent th'
money raised by taxation as It saw TT
There isn't one Outiander in a hundre'
Washington sentinel., 1900-01-27

which made it possible to nego
tiate them. The rejection OF the
treaties would be construe 3 bv the
Administration as a rebuke and a
reputation OF a policy heretofore
advocated both IN Congress and
before the country.
So MANY objections have been
made to these treaties that the
President has held several confer
ences with members Of influence
FIR the purpose oil whipping them
into line.
While admitting that these treat
les may operate uniavorably on
few industries, the President insists
that, taken as a whole, they will in
crease American trade so mater
tally that the whole country will
reap the benefit. He is bringing
much pressure to bear upon mem
bers to resist the importunitles OF
their constituents and rally to
the ADMINISTRATOR programme.
Washington sentinel., 1900-01-27

in the Transvaal who has any idea OF
making that country his home,
80 long as it was possible to make
good money we were satisfied, knowing
that If we dIf not want to pay the taxes
imposed, or meet the other couditioI 8
imposed, all we had to do was TO stop
appropriating a part OF the wealth OF the
country to ourselves and get out, with
a Boer blessing. The fact that none of
us left willingly, should be sufficient
proof that we weren't so terribly op-
pressed
"Ii Miner had not demanded OF
Kruger at the Bloemlonteiu conference
suzeraintY as well as the franchise,
Kruger would have met the British
demands as to the franchise, and there
wouldn't have been any war, despite the
Rhodes citation. Knowing which side
brought about the war, and that the
business interests of all Of us were
knocked into a cooked hat by it, it's not
to be wondered at that the majority Of
the Outlanders are with the Beers"
Washington sentinel., 1900-01-27
A HOT TEMPER.

When things upset his Honor the
President he gets into a terrible temper,
Duing the earlv part of 1896. when the
question of the release on bail Of the
Reform prisoners seemed to be Of grave
moment, a we'll known Pretoria man,
friendly 10 the Government, called upon
President Kruger and urged the advlsa.
bihty Of allowing the prisoners out on
bail, and with considerable lack of tact
explained that it was well known that
the Presidents hun nature inclined
him to be lenient, but that the mali IN
influence OF others was bClieVed TO
be sway ing him in the matter. The old
President jumped up in huff and said;
Ia ia, ial You always say it is some-
body elsel First it was IOnssIn who did
everything; then 1t was Nellmspurr, and
then it was LeYds. Well, Ionssin is
done for; Nellmspurr is dead; Leyds is
in Europel Who IS It Eowr"
Even in the meetings Of the Transvaal
Parliament he frequently loses his
temper and clears out Of the house in a
great passion. One day one Of the
members declared that the public works
were badly administered, Then the
President dashed down the papers in
front OF him and stalked out oi the Raad,
after emphatically denying that money
had been wasted. On another occasion
he banged out OF the Raad because some
one suggested that minute keeper was
necessary. Atyet another time he erie d
out; II any one does not believe me,
let him call me a liar at onceW The
matter under discussion was official
salaries. The President was in favor oi
increase, and declared that if there was
a falling off in the revenue he would at
once reduce the salaries.
Washington sentinel., 1900-01-27

the face of the backest fortune never
wavered from has aim or ialtered in h
effort; who, with courage that seemed
and still seems fatuous, but which may
we'll be called heroic, stood up again (
the might of the greatest empire in the
world "
To the bravery OF the Beers he also
pays generous tribute. "It must be
remembered" he says, ITO their ever
lasting credit, that they, as did the
Southerners in the American Civil War,
robbed the cradle and the grave to
defend their country. Bows who were
mere children bore rifles very nearly as
long as themselves; old men, VINO had
surely earned by life Of hardship and
exposure an immunity rom such calls,
jumped on their horses and rode without
hesitation snd without provision 20 fight
for their independence. None dare
belittle the spirit which moved them TO
take up arms against the greatest Power
in the world. Their ignorance may have
heen great, but not so great as to blind
them to the fact that they were under
taking an unequal task"
Washington sentinel., 1900-01-27
WoIcOtt's DIatribe,
Editor SeatiaeL'

Editor SsHfinsL'
Perhaps the most unwarranted and
Illogical speech ever made IN the United
States Senate was that made by Senator
WoIcott in reply to Senator Pettigrew on
Tuesday the 10th inst. Mr.. Pettigrew
made no reference to Mr.. Wolcott, yet
the latter spoke of Mr. PettIgrew in a
manner which we'll deserved personal
chastisemsnt. But let the question Of
bad manners pass. The Senator from
Colorado would kill the Flipinos and
then treat, But suppose the enemv is
stubborn and fights 20 the last man,
how then could he treat? He calls the
language Of the Senator from South
Dakota incorporate. which is smuSng
in view of the diatribe Of the Senator
from Colorado. His grandiloquent talk
about the greet problems to face us
when the war is over is all rot. The
solution IS easy Cut the Gordlan knot
by letting the people OF the Philippines
govern themselves. There are good,
bad and indifferent people in the United
States he says, and of course the Senator
from Colorado IS good. mo God be
mercilul to me a SINNER" about him.
There are discontented people in the
United States be adds. They are the
bad ones. II the Senator knew a little
more OF sociology he would know that
discomfort is at the root Of progress,
Staguancy brings corruption Where IL
is eternally stagnant "the very deep
does rot" Dlsapproval Of the Admin
istration IS hatred Of the dag with Mr.,
WolcOtt. Aye, there's the rub. The
Administration may violate the Cousti-
tuition, and iurn its back on the Declaf-
alton of Independence, but you must
not criticise it because then YOU hate
the flag and the Government. This was
the philosophy ofthe Stuarts. We know
their history and their end. UpoL what
meat doth our Caesar eed that he is
grown so greal' Verify on the carriOn
food OF patronage. Constitutional
government has departed and the
personal government Of tue patronage
dispenser, ex Post Office clerk. VIM.
Nick inley, IS substituted in its stead.
But nation cannot be bribed.
The President will build up the waste
places, says Mr., Wo'co.t. Why then
pull them down' And he will open the
schools and the churches after his sol.
diers nave looted them. l say his
soldiers advisedly. And the President,
saws Mr.. Wolcott, considers the Filipinos
as people whom Providence has
brought under our jurisdiction. Judge
Day says we bought them for Sac. .ooo,.
600. Senator Tom Carter says we'll
keep them il it pays, and not otherwise.
Where are you at, gentlemen, on this
question OF imperialism Mr.. Wolcott
saws we shall stumble and fall, and pick
ourselves up, ana make mistakes in
dealing with colonialism. No wonder
the Filipinos object to being expert
mentee on by novices. Why not let
them stumble and tall and make mis-
takes aud pick themselves up again IN
developing self governing institutions,
as our torefathers have done, and as we
are still doing. Senator WOlcott has IN
one sentence gwen the whole case OF
the Tmperiallsts awaY. And so leave
them, and 50 will the American people.
F.M. DORIAN.
Washington sentinel., 1900-01-27
One Phase OF the White Mans
Bnrden.

One Phase OF the White Mans
Barden.
The latest reports Of the famine
in India show that the conditions
are worse than had been previously
supposed. The famine area has
expanded until now about 20, 900 :
600 are affected in British territory
and about 2 ,ooo, 900 in the native
States. The scarcity OF cattle,
water and food is terrible. Some
$3.50, 900 people are now receiving
relief, anc the cost Of this relief up
to the end Of March will be not less
than Sac, 200, 900. The Govern
ment OF India will have the SYM
pathy OF this country in the hard
problem with which it has to deal.
In our Porto Rico one fourth OF the
inhabitan nts are dependent tor ex-
istence upon charity, and we are
working hard to assimilate &c, 900,
600 FIlipinos whose chronic con-
dition is but little better than that
Of the famine stricken people oi
India.
Washington sentinel., 1900-01-27
Germany Sets an Example.

Germany Sets an Example.
1t is impossible to read the re
suits of GermanY's discussion OF
the international laws Of commerce
with Great Britain, as described in
Count Won Bulow's speech in the
Reichstag last week, without ad-
miring the firm yet civilized and
peace.insuring tone which the
German Government took.
England's acts against Ger
man commerce were only a shade
less high handed than her assaults
uoon us upon the high seas that
eliminated in the war Of 1919.
The German flag was insulted.
The rights OF German traders and
merchants were insolentlY tramp
led. Instead OF flying into pas
sion and laying her hand upon the
sword hilt Germany quietly and
courteously insisted upon instant
apology, reparation and pledge
Of good behavior where less de-
mands would have been a compRo-
mise oi honor and right, and sug-
gested arbitration where the in
completeness of the code of inter-
national law makes the points at
issue doubtful.
Great Britain yielded, and Ger
many achieved not triumph over
England but a triumph by peaceful
means over English lawlessless
and over German passion. No
wonder the Reichstdg rang with
cheers"
There Is one statement in Count
Won BuIow's speech that ought
on no account TO be passed over.
Said he:
Great Britain objected to the theory
that goods on a neutral vessel, consigned
from a neural port to a neutral port, are
never cDntraband. W. left the matter
open for future discussion.
In the present war this principle,
by preventing Great Britain from
any interference with trade at Del.
agoa Bay, might work her some
harm, although that mightbe more
than compensated by preventing
her from becoming entangled IN
the complications sure to arise
almost daily through her denial OF
the principle. For example, there
is almost certain to be unpleasant
ness over the seizure last week OF
the German bark on its way to
Delagoa Bay with -four.
Certainly the principle is nothing
more than a statement Of an axiom
OF common morals and common
Justice. When a and B are at
war, how can that give either OF
them any right to interfere with
trade between c and d, who are at
peace with both and each otherl
In standing up for this principle
Germany showed that she is in
touch and sympathy with civiliza-
ton. BY denying it Great Britain
gave another proof of that same
spirit which has plunged her into
her short-sighted and greed in
inspired attack upon the two re
publics.
Washington sentinel., 1900-01-27
Republicans Split on Reciprocity.

Republicans Split on Reciprocity.
There is a difference OF opinion
between the President and mem
bers Of Congress over the various
reciprocity treaties now pending
that promises to develop into an
Administrator row before final
action is had.
This division is due to the belief
on the part Of some leaders that
these treaties give away too much
duty and strike at the very princi-
pie on which a Republican high
protective tariff is based.
The opposition comes from the
New Englanders, who say the re-
ductIon given France on gloves,
linen and cotton goods will injure
local manufacturers; from the
Pacific coast, where the fruit and
olive industry is hard hit; from the
middle West, where glass manu-
iacturers have a portion OF their
tariff removed, and, finally, from a
combination Of interests that have
appealed to their representatives in
Congress to oppose the conces-
sions.
On the other hand, it is asserte q
that the President is standing firm
for the rattle alton OF ithese treaties
which in advance had the approval
i oI the Republican party in the Law
Washington sentinel., 1900-01-27
Getting Rid OF Roberts,

All the members of the House
Committee on Roberts agreed
that the evidence Of his polyga-
nous practices was overwhelming
and that he was unfit to be a United
States Representative. But maj
ority of the members we're for re-
iusing to admit him, while a min.
oritv insist that to refuse to admit
him is a violation OF the Constitu-
ton and that the only legal way TO
get rid oi him was to admit him and
then forthwith expel him. To
those who think that this is mere
hair splitting it may be suggested
that if Jury should find a man
guilty OF murder in the first degree
there would be somewhat oil diff
ference between the members oi
the jury forthwith opening fire
upon the condemned with revol-
vers and waiting for the sheriff to
perform the duty OF putting him to
death in the legally appointed way