New-York tribune., 1900-05-04
BISHOP HARTZELL ON BOER WAR.
HE sTOUTLY UPHOLDs THE STAND TAKEN
BY THE ENGLIsH-BoER TREAT
MENT OF BLACKS

Chicago May (SpeciaD-Bishop Joseph c. Hart
zell, of South Africa. regarded with much in
terest In the Methodist General Conference on ac-
count of his lecture the Boer war which he de-
livered this evening. He took the side of the Brit
ish. because he believes them to be in the right
after studying the question at first hand for several
years. On his first tour through his district In
Africa in 1897 he predicted there would be war be-
tween England and the South African Republic
and wrote to friends in this country that effect
In the course Of his lecture he said:
Not one-half of the Beers of South Africa are in
arms arms. against England. More than half of the
Natal. and. outside of a few thousand along the
opane Fred eds ss G hffe S colonies adjopng the
aGeoGnt OF race and blood ties with their Dutch
No one can understand the full significance of this
of the BritGn and the Bosr eOnesrnng the native
protectorates republics. colonies and emnires in
.ricn ns VIII come and 60 but the one overshadow
a trea;ment H of the native or black races. However
ags o the be eonnsn Shf s Is
10. 10 be oesugied by these people. and the hun
more and in the future as there is good gov
ernment and there is development of commercial
In the treatment of the black races there has
the ,iS Beer from the very beginning The hrst trek
II Tber hS8 wa was because England abolished slavery.
had its relation to the natives The Boer believes
are intended by ProTnee or sRerH t Hs axer ard
cannot De IN that form, then the relation by
permitted between the Boer and the native no
mater what may be the intelligence character
Al The laws now in force in the Transvaal fully
onG there shall be no equality between white and col
can walk the sidewalk in town or pity cits; 1a thia
includes not only native teachers and preachers
6lack @ or mulatto people who ccme from Cape Col
@ No Black Gank mn man ea fsn no land in
OF any klnd no matter what his intelligence how
could be Legal marriage of any BLACK ssp 1ReTe
A marriage Law was passed requiring fee of sl5
aries and philanthropists are seeking to have it
in the Transvaal: he cannot sue the Government
Or or white ri, man The Transyaal does nothing
BY S. esbTes b snd and 50 forth they pay Of
them is done by English and European and ameri aes
can missionary associations and the testimony of
outside Of the Dutch Reformed church' is that
their work is often 9terfered with and that the
quently brutal toward the natives connected with
after nifty Years Of opportuntS have dops
n1ay p9shng ;ss5 In on work among the
less native M & teacher 1 r. or preacher congregation
Church President Krugers branch WhiSh is nSa
foa fDoppear Church; and claims 70 be the True Re
with Kruger himself represents the extreme
The Dutch Reformed Church in Cane Colony and
IN IN Tta which @ has 9, been under one hundred
Well as example shows dfferent or record n'f They ss
have missions among the blacks and they hava
some most excellent people who are giving their
time and money to this great work although ,hara
is a large conservative sentiment even IN thai
section against them IN their own Church On
the other hand, In Cape Colony. the constitution
allows no difference account OF color in Church
State natives walk where they please i'm strsst
sidewalk. they trade under the same condi-
tions Brton and Boer. all the land
they can buy. have the marriage laws as
others education is encouraged among them
the government gives assistance to any properly
organized native school and spends many thou
sands of pounds every year in helping 10 educate
the blacks. and. as climax the blacks have the
franchise and vote on the same conditions as their
white neighbors AS result. there are many
thousands of natives under English rule who are
not only intelligent and educated but who have
property. and the natives very largely support
their own schools and preachers and Churches
The immediate occasion of the war was the
treatment OF the Outlanders in the TransyaaI The
Iransvaal has been a government administered on
the basis OF preference instead of principle Under
British rule there Is absolute equality privilege
and protection 10 all white men. and under that
rule the Beers have advanced In intelligence and
wealth. There have been many interma rrages
and If il had not been for the organized con-
spracy at Pretoria. determined check the ad-
vance Of risht principle in government as applied
TO all white men irrespective OF language
the Briton and the Boer would have had war
and together they would have risen and prospered
in all respects.
History will condemn this war - having been
begun by the Boers because In Il administration