The Appeal., 1900-05-12
.HE]..Al!I.Rl.T,ZELL A I 7, 2 3 HITS BOERs.

HAIRTZELL i HITS BOERS.
HE MAKES STRONG PLEA FOR
BRI'T1['IIsHsRULEIN:soUTH5AFRIcAs
LLarg Audi' '' nee Warmly Applauds His
sentim en' n's.-speaker Denounces Trans
..vaai Governments for Brutality TO Ma
tives and Foreigners,
bishop Hartzell's lecture on ssBriton
and BoerN at the Auditorium Thurs
day night was comprehen-
sive treatment of his theme,
ana he carries his hearers
from half sympathy to point where
they were moved by his arguments
Tor British rule. His strongest argu-
ments We're those against the Beers
treatment OF natives and against their
refusal to allow outlanders Justice
through 11 the government or in the
courts. 4. - -
NO one can understand the full sig
nlflcance OF this contest in south Africa
unless he studies the laws and spirit of
the Britons and Beers concerning the
native or black populations in their
midst midst and in surrounding sections.
Chartered comp panies, prOtectorates, re-
publics, colonies and empires in south
Africa q nc will come and co. but the one
sW9IqoId lue4s!sI9d Su1MopBusIoAo
which Will remain is the treatment Of
the native or black races. However
much In certain sections there may be
white civilization, the largest propor-
ton OF that continent is to be occupied
by these people, and the 10000, 900
OF today are to multiply more and
more in the future as there is good
government and as there is develop
ment OF commercial prosperity. rs
In the treatment of the black races
there has been clear antagonism be-
tween the Briton and the Boer from
the beginning. The first trek in 1888
was because England abolished slav-
cry. There were other issues, but
every serious contest had it's relation
to- the natives. III, '-.I~
Beers Believe IN Slavery.
"The Boer believes that the natives
are the children of Ham and are in
tended by Providence for slavery. If
slavery cannot be in that form, then
the relation must by law be fixed so
that equality of privilege is not per-
mltted between the Boer and the, ma
1--WE, no matter what may be the intel
ngence or character of the latter.
Ihe laws now in force in the Trans
Vaal tully demonstrate this. The con-
stltut1on provides that there shall be
no equality between white and black
persons in church or state; no black
man can walk on the sidewalk in town
or city. This includes not only ma
1--WE teachers and preachers trained by
foreign missionary societies, but also
black or mulatto people who come from
cape Colony or elsewhere. About two
years ago, when this law was enforced
Tor the first time in JOHANNESBURG.
there We're many foggfngs of natives
for several days before they came to
understand what the law meant.
Restrictions of, the Blacks.
NO black man can own land in the
IransVaal; no black man can be-
come q trader of any kind, no matter
what his Intelligence or how good his
character. Up to two years ago there
could be. no legal marriage Of any
black person. A marriage law was
passed requiring a fee of SIS, with
other hlndrancess SO many that the mis-
slonaries and philantkropists are seek
ing to. have it repealed No black man
has las standing in court in the Trans
,vaal He cannot sue the government
nor a white man. II. 49,.
The TransvaaI does nothing toward
the education Of the black people. al
though by licenses, ETC., they pay 3
per cent of the public school money.
What is done among them is done by
Engllsh and European and American
missionary associations, and the testf-
m0ny OF all preachers and missionaries
IN the Transvaal, outside Of the Dutch
Reformed Church, is that their work
is often interfered with, and that the
attitude, especially of the Boer Off
clals, is frequently brutal toward the
natives connected with mission sta
tions. ~,
Recently Mrs. App1ebee, wife of a
wesleyan Methodist missionary, was
murdered on her way to church be-
cause OF her, criticisms Of the govern
ment, and no arrests have yet been
made. y. :, :
The jTransvaa1 Dutch churches.
after fifty years of opportunity, have
done practically nothing in mission
ary work among the natives. I failed
to learn of one black convert, much
less a native teacher, or preacher, or
in either branch of the
Transvaal Dutch Reformed Church.
President Kruger's branch, which is
the Dopper Church and claims to be
the true Reformed body, not only. does
nothing, but, beginning with Kruger
himself, represents the most extreme
anti black sentiment.
Fair Dealing Under English Law.
"The Dutch Reformed Church in
Cape Colony and in Natal, which has
been under one hundred years of Eng
llsh law, fair dealing to the black
man, as well as example, shows a diff
ferent record. They have missions
among the blacks, and they have some
most excellent people who are giving
their time and money to this great .
work, although there is large con-
serVat1ve. sentiment, even in that sec
ion, against them in their. own church.
On the other hand, in Cape Colony
he constitution allows no difference On
account Of color in church or state; ma,
ives Nv walk where they please in street
or on sidewalk; they trade under the 1
same. conditions as Briton or Boer;
an lnsoWns allstle land they can buy, and
nave the same marriage VI laws as
others; education is encouraged among
hem. The government gives assist
arlce to any properly organized native
'chool, and spends many thousands ST
bounds every year in helping to edu-