Evening journal., 1900-06-07
CALAMITY sIRAW.eRAsPER


Calamity organs like the Every
Evening are prone to endeavor to make
a point without regard for the
dictates OF common sense DR..
Reitz, state secretary of the Trans
vaal Republic. wrote TO the Cologne
Gazette that England will need a per-
manent garrison OF $4,000 soldiers in
the Transvaal 10 maintain order after
the Beers have submitted TO the force
at present In the field. and that "rebel-
lion may be expected there for centur-
les" This declaration is seized upon
by the Every Evening as an excuse for
this senseless conclusion: "This Is very
probable. And may not the same be
said with truth about the United States
in the Philippines. after our work Of
'pacification and benevolent assimila-
tion' there shall have been completed
and the new regime established?" DR..
Reitz knows. and the Every Evening
knows, that the conditions which will
exist in the Transvaal after the British
have concluded their fighting will
preclude any possibility of necessity
for the maintenance OF a large armed
fcrcetherepcrmanently 10 preserve orr
der. The Beers. much to their surprise.
have received an unmerciful whipping.
BY this time they know the British
temper They know that British au-
thority has been extended over the
Tansvaal. and that II It Is necessary tol
whip the Beers again to maintain IL, itl
will be done. Even now the Beers are
broken in spirit and eager for peace.
Thousands Of them have left the army
and returned to their farms. accepting
conditions as they exist and ready to
make the best Of them. Before the war
broke out the British had a large ma
jority OF the population of the Trans
vaal Those refugees will return to re-
sumo the duties OF life where they were
interrupted by the beginning OF hos
tiiities and the expulsion which follow
ed In all such cases as this 1t is the
policy OF Great Britain to encouraged
immigration. As soon as tranquility is
restored there will be an influx of
Britons into the Transvaal and the so
cial, business and political complexion
Of the country will undergo a COM
plete transformation. Pretoria will be-
come as much OF an English city as
johannesburg was before the war
English civil law will be administered
by British officials. and back OF and
supporting IL and them will stand the
military of the British empire, not nee
essarily on the ground. but ready to be
sent there should occasion require.
There will sbe bitterness in the heart
OF the hurgher. but he is a man OF
sound sense and sober thought He will
recognize the helplessness Of his posi-
ton and do his best to comply with
the new requirements. The Boer and
Briton viii not assimilate at first, but
in a few years their relations will be
bearable The history of the AfrilSan-
ders OF Cape Colony will repeat itself
in the Beers Of the Transvaal.
In the Philippines the United States
Government is dealing with an entirely
different class OF people. and that diff
ference makes the task OF pacicatior
harder in some respects and easier il
Others. But the United States troops ar,
making rapid headway and in a few
months the comparatively few ACTIVE
malcontents will have been killed o
captured and civil power viii gradual.
supersede military power as it has don
Evenings pretended fear Of a standln
army of $4,000 in the islands and "cen
turtles OF rebellion" will not be real
lied.