The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-10

: -ltoy OF lne BOer are the armies thu
> are confined within the race track {
: Pretoria as prisoners: when we reca
: that people of 100000 souls has hel
l at bay a people numbering almost i
millions the figures per thousand of III
4 Boer, # may well be said the haiti
! OF the Boer has been fought and wOr
tApplause) When we recall the de
feats OF so many armies by the Boer
: 1T might well be said the zenith of Eng
: lands reign has been reached.
The history of the battles does no
show the Beers We're as bad as painte
by their enemies. Were they the Iaz
SloVeTns they were called. when the
demonstrated by courage. by the Chris
tan sentiment ana by evidences of tn
most yirile craftsmanship, their civil
lzation and love of the right?
I recall one incident in a battle al
account of which was published a few
days ago, where half q dozen Boer
were upon an Englialman about t.
strike him down, and he cried: I an
the father of q family They desisteC
and carried him to the rear. where ev,
cry attention for his comfort was
given"
Reciting history of the republic, Mr.
Patterson called attention to the treaty
of the London convention, which put
but one restriction on the Transvaal-
that of entering an agreement with nc
foreign government without the con-
sent of England That was the OnIy
right withheld by England, thus recog-
nizing the TIansYaaI as a foreign ma
ton.
GOLD DISCOVERIES.
Coming to the geld discoveries, the
! production Of $50 900, 600 a year in gold
! can we understand why England sud
! denly took exceptions to the alien laws
! OF the IranSVaal?" he asked. rs it
! strange that the --nglish demonstrates,
because the system of taxation has in
creased the cost of mining 81 a ton in
! some instances. (LaughterA Did we
have a popular uprising when a. smell
ter trust was organized ana the cost
Of our mining increased a little over
50 per ton?
There can be no question about the
outcome Of this struggle. That nation
Will never be subjected {applause). The
British may kill every soldier in the
field, but the women will bear children
who will rise up and strive again for
liberty. The blood has determined to
be free. (Applause).
THE woman on England's throne has
seen her arms arrayed against the
Turkish empire, that enemy of Chris
tians; she has seen her arms arrayed
against Ireland - restrict her liberty;
SiiS A4SlS s'-Cal AiCi ctlIllS III every country
almost where other powers have not
subjugated the people, but she has new
er seen her arms in such an unjust,
unholy war as they are engaged in to-
day. (Applause).
Like the honorable governor. 1 have
some praise for England and her states
men, but l do net refer to the present
generation ] recall that grand old
man who stood in the face of a public
c1a,,,n,- fOy &c
after Majuba. hill and said in the cause
of humanity the war should cease;
recall the messages of Paul Kruger to
the queen. promising that all reforms
England was seeking. so far as the
safety of the republic was not jeopar-
died. should be effected, if only force
of arms was not resorted to. i
WHERE THE MONEY WENT.
They told us before the war the
Beers were poor, that Kruger appro- |
priated the revenues to himself: that !
they We're without defense. Kruger !
was not parading his power. but when |
he notified Great Britain that if her |
rush &C arms to the front was not |
stopped he would have to resist, as if |
by magic there sprang up an army |
equipped with the best arms the con-
tinent of Europe and America could /
produce, with soldiers as inVincible as
the American soldiers, That disclosed
where the reverues had been going.
(Applause} There was disclosed an
army Of 10000 men, with the fire and
cf battle in their e-yes,
lot on Transvaal soil, but on British
soil. (ApplauSa.) And though there
nay be some victories for the British,
believe ultimately England with her
our or five to one. will be driven out
# the territory, and England herself
viii intsTcede. for peace. (AppIause1. a
And ultimately we will have instead
If the Transvaal republic, the United
states of Africa, with Paul Kruger as
resident"
When the deafening applause had j
Peter Koehler, secretary, read
he following telegram: !
washington, d. c.. Feb. 4. 1900 |
'eter Koehler, Secretary. City Hall, I
Denver: I join in sympathy. This is a
ase of might against right, monarchy !
gainst republic, the dollar against the /
IAN. JOHN c. BELL
washington. d. c., Feb As. J. {
)onleavy. Chairman, Broadway Thea {
re, Denver, Colo: ! join in protest I
gainst the most unjustifiable war Of {
7oden times. I speak tonight for the \
.oers at mass-meeting at Baltimore. j
JOHN F. SHAFROTH." ( i
ne u En- IiAEO LIE SIlO w l.. :
Senator Oscar Reuter- was given an I
vation that was but dwarf beside I
lie tremendous outpuoring of enthusi-
SIN and mirth that interrupted his C
3eech many times. He said: s
There are no better men or women, Il
one more moral, humane, or devout II
ian good people of England; many Of I
ou here tonight may count them
mong your ancestors, near or remote, |
I'D treasure with pride and tender re- c
ard the stories of theiIs love and care Ii
II you. 1t is not of these l speak to- p
ght. These good people abound in =
7ery nationality; the poor Irishman. I
lie prosecuted Jew, the political and
'onomicaI exile from the monarchies
Europe-yea, the poor Chinaman,
no works from morning until mid G
ght, oft thinks with tears in his eyes q
the noble countrymen from whom he b
rs forever parted. If our heart is il
rye enough to embrace all these, shall b.
e exclude alone the Boer? n
What do we know about him? We Il
,ar that in the last century a num- r;
r of them left their homes in pursuit d
political and religious liberty and in
pendence, and settled in the un- w
aimed and unhospitable wilds of AZ al
"a, a modest, retiring, honest, hard m
1rking, God-fearing lot of poor, but di
althy men and women. No sooner ol
d they made their lands habitable l
d their herds valuable and become al
tached to their homes and firesides bt
an the greed of the specuIator that ti.
ghway robber of modern times,
ached out for the fruit of their tolls. cl
d the curse of the English colonial w
stem fell upon their chosen land oT
e a blight. Feeling that the God of in
tions had not shaped their shoulders til
the yoke, and over-cOnscientous in
cir fear of God, they yielded to the lie ed
the English lawyer and to the threat vC
English arms, and abandoned the ch
Ids they had reclaimed and wander ia