Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-03-02
MIR. HUDSON'S LECTURE
His Audience Applauds the
Boer Side

The lecture on the Tragedy in the
Transvaal" delivered by Mr.. Hudson,
was a very interesting discourse and
gave his audience a much clearer idea
of the situation than most of them had
before. The lateness of the hour pre-
| vented a detailed mention Of it.
He gave the history of the settle
ment of South Africa. 1t began carly
in the century, about the time England
was fighting with France. The coun-
try, barren and uninviting region,
was settled by people from Holland.
| They turned wilderness into garden
and esta blished system of irrigation
only after the hardest kind of work.
They were obliged, at the same time,
to beat back the fierce Zulus and the
wild beasts of the desert.
In appropriating this section of
country they deprived the Z ,lus of
nothing, as the latter were nomadic
people who roved about the country,
not caring to occupy lard or cultivate
it.
in these wars with the Zulus the
Beers called on England for relief and
were denied it. England caring nothing
for the welfare of the Beers or their
destinies as people. At the present
time more Zulus than Beers occupy
the country and the two races are liv-
ing in amity.
With the discovery of gold and dia-
monds this heretofore despised tract
of land became the richest in the
world, and then the English wanted it,
and sent troops down to take possess
ion. The Beers met them at Mai ba
Hill and defeated them in a terrible
battle, the humiliation of which still
hangs over British arms. This gave
the Beers a treaty in v hich England
recognized them and gave them niG le-
teen years peace.
The three claims England has for
war are these:
) That the Beers insist on s.ven
years residence in their country be
fore foreigner can be allowed to vote
t This, the lecturer held, was a ridicu-
lous pretense, as people from Germany,
France amt America were subjected to
= the same restrictions. No other nation
had objected to these laws or wanted
to go to war over them. England had
ri, rl, 20
uralization laws on the Beers than il
had on the United States.
Taxation without representation was
: another excuse. Great Britain has
taxed people without representation
whenever she could. 1t is doing it now
in the klondike country and American
, miners have to stand it. America /.
not going to fight, however, on thi:
1 pretext.
The third reason for the conques
a which the English advances is tn,
V right of a strong country to attack
$ weak one in the interests of high NOR
n atty advanced civilization.
!. The speaker then asked why the,
. did not carry the war of civilization
against Turkey, when the Turks wer
slaughtering the Armenian Christians
sllcLng up men, women and children
Because" he added, there are n
q gold mines in Turkey" and there wa
an outburst of applause.
10 Kruger he regarded as one of til
, grandest figures of the closing century
Il With his little band of people-abou
g as many as live in Nevada-he ha
thrown the gauntlet in the face Of
- power regarding itself as the creates
- in the world, and has done it becaus
= his people prefer liberty to everythin,
- else in the world and are willing to la
down their lives for it as did our fore
~ fathers in the revolution. nlustratin
the wisdom of Kruger, he said becaus
- OF his fairness disputes of all kind
were submitted to him and he admi
istered justice with more than til
wisdom of Solomon.
Two brothers had dispute over d
vlding the property left them by thei
fathers death and finally asked Krl
"a ger to arbitrate the case.
D. you, being the elder,' he sale
Is ''can divide the property into tw
c equal parts and after this is done, 70,
n being the younger, can take your pic
g of the parts.
1t is easy to see how fairly and equa
IA y that property would be divide
I with that plan.
The Beers were descendants of Ho
landers and the people Of Holland ha
their dykes SO arranged that the
could flood the entire country with tn
l waters of the sea TO a depth of twelv
feet and this they would do and peris
Z in the flood before they would surref
der their liberties to an invader. Tn
Beers will sink South Africa in Sc