Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-02
SNUBBING THE BOERS.
THE ADMINISTRATIONS SHAME
LESS CONDUCT.
The Unholy SECRET Alliance with Eng
land Manifested At Every Develop
meut-some Republican Senators Are
Appalled, at II. .o r

The two Duteh.,republics Of South
Africa have sent an accredited diplo-
matte representative to Washington,
but the president of the United States
has refused TO-. recognize his official
mission. The president does receive
the minister of, Great Britain, and
treats him with. profound considera-
ton. Then why not recognize the min
lister of the Beers also? Is 1t because
there is secret alliance between Eng
land and the United States, or is 1t
because Great Britain is a mighty en-
pire and the other combatants nothing
but weak and struggling :. republics?
Friends Of the administration tell us
that England still holds sovereignty
over the Dutch republic This is not
true. The Beers are as Independent
as we are, and'much more so than were
our ancestors when France acknow.-
edged their independence and sent over
a great fleet and gallant army to
enforce that declaration Everything
shows that this administration is ia
;vorable to the strong against the weak.
When British cruisers seized the mer-
chant vessels in which American goods
were consigned. to "a neutral port, our
protest was very, mild indeed, and the
outcome of the matter was that Great
Britain paid for the -four and fed it to
her own soldiers, and j. neverti even
promised that she would not do the
same thing again. We whipped Eng
land once for similar practices, but
there is no prospect that this admins
tration will ever whip anybody except
lot of half-grown children in the
Philippines. We have sent as our min
lister to PretoriaS a mere boy who is
the son of the secretary of state. He
goes to look after British instead of
American interests, and on his journey
to South Africa he stopped long enough
in London to receive final instructions
from the diplomatic department of the
British government. II these facts are
not enough to. establish . the animus
of our government on this question,
look at the different pro-Boer meetings
that have been held in our large cities
Have you seen any friends of this ad
ministration at these meetings? Has
any American imperialist said word
in favor of the independence Of South
Africa? Has any one of them given
a dollar to the cause of the oppressed?
But we are. glad to say. that not all
the Republicans are on the side of OPP
preston and murder. Here and there
q lofty head. pears itself above the
dead level Of Republican mediocrity,
and here and ''j;thefe a.. clarion voice
rings out clear. and strong for liberty
and the rights of man. These voices
belong to the. great men. that were
conte'"N or2ry with Lincoln, Chase and
Sumner. Just listen to one Of them
who has always beept In the advance
guard of the grand army Of freedom.
Senator Hoar, the grand old man OF
Massachusetts,, Is an uncompromIsing
foe Of conquest in South Africa as well
as in the Philippines. Writing to
Boer sympathy meeting in Boston last
week, he said: -, IL, cannot properly
leave my duties here. even to accept
your most attractive invitation to
speak in Fanueil hall and to meet the
men who are to express their sym
pathy with the gallant people-a re-
public of 100000 against an empire of
400, 0Oo,O 0O-who are making the best
fight since Thermopylae for a cause as
holy as that for which Leonidas and
his Spartans gave their lives. Mon
.conformist. " II n j.,