Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-03
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a Dreyfus case inside out. Strange is
the attitude OF the English press to-
ward the letters quoted below. The
Morning Leader and the Chronicle are
the only papers that allude TO them.
and they content themselves only with
quoting extracts without any criticism.
adverse or favorable The other jour-
mails do not mention them M an. But
the provincial papers. especially tho
Leeds Mercury and others. devote lead
.ers and columns Of comments.
The most impressive letter Is from
Z. ]. c. to Hawksley. the friend and
Intimate Of Rhodes. II contains this
4. ssagr
u agree with you that little or MOTH
Ing can be done for ]. c. Joseph Cham
berlain). He knew what he had TO
expect and win have time to think the
matter over until G.. j. K. comes back"
g. J. r.. IN this instance Is Cecil ].
Rhodes. Not less suspicious 81 a letter
OF Hawksley IN the course of which he
says: He requests Fairfield Of the
Colonial Office 10 see that Carson, Grips
and Wyndham DO elected as members
OF the parliamentary South African
committee 20 examine Jameson and
Rhodes. The accused choosing his
own judges IN the land Of Blackstone!
Shades Of Dreyfus and Merclerl Five
days later Hawksley cables TO Belt an
other chartered magnate Spoken
Fairfield and Wyndham. Promised 10
DO their utmost" Hawksley's cor
respondence Is alive with interest from
A 10 Z. II would be Chamberlains
fault N the % cables, or worse still,
correspondence. would ever become
public, Fairfield Is further requested
TO report Immediately any change In
the personnel Of the committee.
A PROSTITUTED JUDICIARY.
Thus 1t is proved By menas Of In
controyertible original letters and
cablegrams that the judges Of Rhodes
and jameson have held back evidence
which would have been sufficient to
convict the accuscd,an that Chamber
lain was cognizant Of the fact. nay, re-
sponsible for the criminal Withholding
OF these cables and letters from the
unreliable members Of the committee.
that Is those who held uncomfortable
views as to the dignity Of the judicial
Office. And 20 the earnest student OF
history II appears to be a remarkable
and deplorable phenomenon that at
end Of the twentieth century the two
foremost European nations should pre-
sent such a spectacle Of dragging into
the mlre all that is respectable and
just IN government and the adminlstra-
tion OF Justice Until Chamberlain
clears himself Of this accusation, which
one Of the NOSE respected European pa
pers is backing with the honorable rep
utation OF many years, and which has
been Intentionally ignored by his or
gans, he must be considered guilty OF
falsehood. Though how can he clear
himself In the face Of such incriminat-
inp evidence, which is but the first in
stallment Of the promised revelations Is
a riddle. To speculate II the convio.
ton and disgrace OF Rhodes would
have shown 20 the fairminded British
people how hollow and gronndless is
the whole campaign OF Islander and In
fanny pursued by Rhodes against the
Beers. would be idle But the ambi-
tious hardware merchant who dreamed
one day OF being the mayor OF Biz
mingham, and having become the
mayor Of Birmingham dreamed OF be-
coming one day the prime minister OF
England. the willy Joe Chamberlain
cannot escape the condemnlng verdict
OF posterity as the precipitation OF
war that could have been avoided,