Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-01-22

| theater was the scene last evening of
an enthusiastic pro-boer meeting and
a considerable sum was raised for red
cross work among Dom Kruger's folk.
Mayor Rose, L. G. BOmrich, Rasmus B.
Anderson of Madison, G. J. Diekema of
Holland, Michigan, and Rev. J. w. F.
Roth Of Cedar Grove were the speak
ers, and there was notable list Of vice
presidents.
In opening his speech Prof. Ander-
son exhibited little boer flag which,
he explained, was sent to him ''by
dear friend in Grand Rapids, Mich,
and it was made with her own hands,"
1t was the tricolor, with a band of
green added. In the language of Dom
Paul when he visited Amsterdam in
1883, this green is to signify hope, for
green is the color of young things that
have future. MAY the beers always
remain young and keep their eyes on a
higher and higher goal" said the
speaker. "England's attempt to con-
quer their country is a crime against
civilization and should be condemned
by all christians he continued "The
courage of the beers fighting against
tremendous odds challenges our ad-
m1rat1on and even their invaders must
respect the heroism with which they
are struggling against almost insur-
mountable obstacles. The beers have
made south Africa what it IS and let
me say right here that the Outlanders
in the south African republic have all
the rights that foreigners enjoy in
! Wisconsin. Foreigners in Wisconsin
have no vote in the levying of taxes;
they have no voice in the payment of
officials, and the jurors by whom they
are tried are not their peers but c1ti-
zens, their political masters Once
more I say foreigner has all the
rights in Transvaal that he has in
Wisconsin or in any one of these
| United States
Prof. Anderson alluded to the posi-
| bility of the continental powers being
drawn into the trouble and then de-
claimed against war and for more
morality and humanity in our interna-
tional politics. But it is the duty Of
an assailed or menaced party to make
a defense, and this was what the beers
were doing. The course of events
leading up ito the war were entertain
ingly traced and the beers stl Us gle was
elOquently ikened to ours for indie
! pendence in 1875. "In London" he
continued, ''the question is, what will
pay? in Pretoria they ask, what is
right? London calls that right which
it finds useful. They kill people for
the purpose of doing good. Two diff
ferent philosophers, two different sys-
TENS are in deadly conflict
in the Transvaal. The useful against
that which is right Take your
choice. They who believe in right
eousness and justice find their prin-
ciples in the gospel of the Galilean, in
the bible. They who believe in that
which is useful are the disciples of
Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer.
They have but little use for God or
his word. Thus the attack on the
Transvaal is a product of the 10Th
century philosophy of Darwin's theory
of the survival of the fittest.
Much has been said in praise of
the broad liberal spirit pervading
England and the English people. I
think, however, that we may find up
on examination that the English are
not as liberal as they would have us
think they are. We know that Ire
land is a Roman Catholic country,
and still we find that no Roman
Catholic is allowed to hold the office
of lord lieutenant in Ireland. There
are no less than 100000 of Roman
Catholics in England and yet in the
constitution of this very enlightened
country her majesty is obliged to take
an oath that the fundamental tenets
of the Roman Catholic faith are false
and idolatrous. Dom Paul was never
compelled to take a cOwardly oath
like that I mention this because
English statesmen in parliament have
recently referred to the exclusion of
Romen Catholics from holding certain
offices in the Transvaal Is it not