El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-15
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her wisdom for the Britons.
At this point it may be we'll to look
again at both sides of the controversy.
just before the beginning Of the war,
the uitlanders or foreign residents OF
the Transvaal put into writing their
objections to certain laws OF the repub-
lie as follows:
"First-Thst law d%epriving the high
court OF the country OF the right to
test the validity OF parliamentary
legislation. Laws pronounced by the
high court to be at variance with the
constitution of the republic have been
enforced by the president and execu.
tive council.
'Second-The empowering of the
president of the republic to remove
Judges without trial. The chief JUS
tice of the Transvaal was removed by
| President Kruger on account of Q decf-
sion against the dictates OF he pre-
sident.
"Third-The power given to the
president OF the republic and execu-
tive council to Danish any uitlander
and to confiscate his property for pol
itical offense without trial.
"Fourth-The right of a Transvssl
policeman to suppress q public meet
ing when in his judgment thelsnRusge
used is in criticism of the Trausvaal
government.
'sFifth-The law denying what is
regarded In q true republic as the
great bulwsrk of It's liberties-the
right Of trial by ones peers. In the
Transvsal the Boer alope . sit in
the jury"
A little ove three months ago, Pre-
sident Kruger, in the course OF Al In
terview, gave his side Of the controver-
sy in his Enthusiastically terse fash
ion. Said President Kruger:
"When 1 said that the Losses in the
war would staRger humanity the Bri.
tish laughed and eaid that it would
take only q month to conquer US.
Every home In South Africa has been
desolated, and the war has only begun.
When the war is ended the sufferers
will be numbered by hundreds Of thou
sands. So surely as there is q God of
Righteousness, SO surely will the Vierk-
eur of the Transvaal be victorious. 1t
may be in a month or it may
be in three years., but shere
can be no other ending.
When successful we shall demand only
to be free and independent.
1.-THE real reason OF the war Is that
Mr.. Rhodes wanted personal glory. 1
have not asked Mr.. Mckinley to inter-
fere. We shall do nc harm to proper
ty, and the mines are as safe as they
were in the hands of the owners If
the moon Is inhabited 1 cannot under
stand why John Bull has not yet an
ueXed it."
1t IL stated hat in the republic Of
South Africa two-thirds of the popula-
tion are uitlanders, who went there
with the consent of President Kru-
ger: their capital and enterprise de-
veloped what was deemed worthless
land into the weslthiest mining section
of the world: the Transvaal, which 10
present rich In income, was bank
rupt previous to the arrival of the
English, Canadian and American ex-
pert p~rospectors, engineers and capt.
talisss; the outsiders soon owned more
half the land in the republic and
paid nine-tenths Of the taxes, yet we're
refused a voice In the ad-
ministration of governmental affairs.
Thus while we may feel a return OF
the old desire to tear down the monarch
and enthrone the man, and while the
very name of ''war for independence"
may thrill US with sympathy, never
we cannot but realize that our
own people under similar circum-
would have been quick to pro-
test against such inequality, and to re-
the oppressiveness of the laws and
The government.