The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-29
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When he set out on his enterprise of
driving the British into the sea. and
despoiting them of their South African
possessions, he proclaimed the annexation
Of the conquered country as fast as his
troops occupied IT.
Why did not some of his friends snS-s
cest to him that there was at least
feasibility of failure: that, to use
Ehpmely expression. what was sauce for
the goose might be considered equally
applicable to the sandcr. that he was
establishing, a dangerous precedent ana
that if it came to be the turn of the
British. he would not be able with any
Show of consistency to blame them II
they followed the example he himself
had set.
Kruger deliberately played the indie
pendence of his country and that of his
neishbor, Steyn, against the conquest OF
the British possessions. He had been Tor
years preparing for this object OF his
ambition. and he thought he held III
his hand the trump cards of big guns and
war material.
But this truculent tyrant. this corrupt
snonopo!ist. this beaten gambler, now
pleads the baby act for the retention of
his doubly-lost stake, lost morally.
by his breach of the conventions by
which his independence was restored, and
now by the arbitrament of war. He has
moved heaven and earth to. save MN
from the consequences of his rash folly
His profane appeal to heaven to further
his ambitious designs has signally far
ed, and his appeal to earth in the shape
of the European Powers seems equally
unsuccessful. They patted him on the
back when he was engaged i'll the pleas
ant pastime of twisting the lions tail.
but now he is in the irritated lions
jaw, they decline the inferior role Of
cats-paw to pull his chestnuts out of the
fire.
The curious anomaly of this is
that the friends of the Beers in
shouting the loudcst for the PRINCIPLES
the Beers are fighting against ard the
British are fighting for-viz., equal rights
to all and privileges to none.
A paragraph you clip from the Cnr1s-
tiar Advocate begins thus: Man Tor
Man, Boer beats Briton. Now, by what
mental process does he come to that
conclusion? The British soldier has been
only too anxious to meet the Boer in the
omen. man to man, and within reach
of the bayonet; but. as Tar as nave
seen any accounts. and I watched very
closely the Roer mas been very cafelul
10 eyade that trial. The British soldier
has repeatedly climbed up almost mae
cessib,e places in the face of hail OF
bullets and driven the enemy out Oh MS
trenches. On the other hand When tle
wel-fed Beers have attacked 1he iall-
starved carrisons of I1adyscEith, klmbef-
lev or Mafeaing, they have been beaten
hack with heavy loss, and had TO be
content to go on with their pounding
from q respectful distance; so that III
attack and defence the British has be.t.e'
the Boer He goes on to say that lhe
Eoer lacks the stubborn courage OF me
Confederate soldier, but without any
dis,,a fragment of the Confederate sol
der. the British soldier mas usiiaSeo
In this war, as in every other. as mucn
st,hhorr, courage and as much dash as
any soldier ever did.
A.: an instance Of the double code, /
refer to your correspondent. NJ. j. n,
who digs up from the annals OF the
remote past an incident which. he
seems 10 think, shows the ruculent ma
ture of the British.
HE saws they intended to s,arve out
BOSTON His Boer friends have been dong
their best to actually starve out the
British sarrisons, and quite right 100.
War is war, and is not waged IN klu
gloves. but while we can hardly ma
words to express his indignation at the
bare intention of the British. ne does not
even comment on the action OF the boe[s.
The other day I saw IN a paper 'itas
headline: 'rCronje's heroic defence d
damage to the British cause" Now why
should it any more than the equally
1,aroic defence of Ladysnith. Kimberley
and Mafe!1ins. to the Boer csuse. unless
bv The topsy turvey ethics of the pro.
1,oer it is more heroic in Boer general
to surrender than British general 10
w. r. ATKINSON,
Oldfeld, Va,