The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-30
Never Again VIII the Afrikanders
Armaments and Plot War.
AND FORMALLY NOTIFIED THEY
HAVE LOST INDEPENDENCE.
Not a Shred of Their Former Govern
ments VIII Remain When "Lit-
tie Bobs" Finishes His Work.


was entertained at dinner this evening by
the City of London Conservative Associa-
ton, made an important announcement re-
garding the governments South African
policy. "The stop the war party have
used my name." said the premier, "in sup
port of their ideas by stating that / prom
ised there should be no annexation Of terri
tory or annexation of gold fields. I never
gave a pledge. never meant to give a
pledge. Loud cheers.l I stated a simple
historical fact. We were accused Of go
ing to war for lust of gold and territory.
the favoring influences of DR.. Leyds. spread
itself over the press of Europe Nothing
could be more untrue. We went to war to
abate oppression of the Queens subjects
in the Transvaal and because our remon-
strances were met by an insulting ulti-
matum to which. If the Queens govern
ment had submitted. her power. not only
in South Africa, but over her colonies and
dependencies, would have been at an end.
We were forced into war by the action of
our opponents.
ITO say that because we repudiated the
greed of territory we therefore bound our
selves never to annex any territory Is
most ridiculous misconstruction. I dwell
on this point because this matter of an
nexation is about to become burning
question.
1--WE have made a tremendous sacrifice
of blood and treasure in this conflict. There
are misleading prophets whose action bulks
as large in the columns of the newspapers
as the action of more influential and pow
erful rulers who mislead the unlucky rulers
of the Transvaal to continue resistance far
beyond the time when all resistance has
ceased to be even possibly successful. These
men are perpetually pressing us to make
some conditions, to offer some arranged
stipulations that shall leave a shred of in
dependence TO the two republics. Our only
certainty of preventing a recurrence of this
fearful war is to insure that never again
shall such vast accumulations of arma-
ments occur and that not a shred of the
former independence Of the republic shall
remain. lCheering.l
I'VE are not yet at the end Of the war,
but / shall venture to lay 1t down as a
primary condition of any future settle
ment that precautions will be taken of such
character that such a war will never
occur again. OF course what measures will
be necessary 1t is impossible at any mo-
ment to determine, because that depends
largely on the action and temper of those
with whom we have to deal. I have al
ready intimated that their resistance has
gone beyond the limit to which resistance
could wisely go. 1t is not for us to criti-
else their actions in what they are pleased
to call self-defense. but they have acted
so that every bitterness created by the war
and every severance of classes and races
have been stimulated by every measure
they have taken, and so they go on. 1t will
also be our duty to protect those native
races who have been so sorely afflicted and
at the same time so to conduct their policy
that so far as possible there shall be a
reconciliation and that every one shall be
a happy member of the British empire"
| After the master of rolls, Lord Alber-
stone. had proposed 1.-THE Imperial Forces"
| Lord Salisbury again rose, holding q paper
| in his hand, and said: ct find that Lord
| Roberts has occupied johannesburg"
| This announcement was followed by
| wild display of enthusiasm, the company
cheering for "Bobs'' and singing God Save
| the Queen
| Lord Salisbury later in the evening when
proposing '"The City of London Conserva-
| tive Association referred to 1.-The glorious
| news received and said: lone thing we
have learned from this war is that every
| thing depends upon the general"