The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-18


lish literature stating England's case
against the Boer republics in South
Africa the administration has become
The partisan of England and the enemy
Of the Beers. and is guilty of a most
serious offense. For quite a number of
days the employees Of the folding room
Of the bureau OF education, which is a
| part OF the interior department, have
been busily engaged in sending out
large mass of pamphlets and leaflets,
Issued by the Imperial South African
association, No. 66 Victoria street,
Westminster, s. W."Uondon). The
strictest secrecy was observed about
this work, which is quite natural, as it
Is In violation of law and decency alike.
The strictest secrecy was also enjoined
on all employees engaged therein, who,
1t is needless to say, are all Republic
ans, and when the chief of the bureau,
Prof w. T. Harris. who inaugurated
the work himself, left for Europe a
few days ago, he instructed his priv
ate messenger to carefully nail mp
the huge box, about five feet square,
containing these pamphlets every
night and keep out all intruders.
Nevertheless, as murder will out"
1t happened few days ago that a
former employee of the Office visited
the bureau on business and, as is his
habits on such occasions, picked up
one of the packages prepared for mail
ing and drew out its contents. This
/ frn irA af M 20 af 40
folding room, who bounced upon him,
snatched the papers from his hands,
and said to him: How dare you inter
fore with the work and business of the
government in this manner? 1t Is no
business of yours what the contents of
these pamphlets are, and furthermore
1t is the express order of the commits
sioner (Prof. Harris) that no one shall
be allowed to handle or examine these
pamphlets. Not even the empress
who are at work on them are allowed
to know their contents or examine
them, and l. myself, do not know for
what purpose they are being sent out
In view of these facts, it is a piece OF
gross impertinence for you to deliber-
ately pick up papers which do not con-
Germ you and proceed to read them"
The gentleman tried to explain thai
he was innocent of any intention tC
do wrong and had presumed they were
public documents, but all was in vai1
and he was invited out. Nevertheless
set of the pamphlets were procured
and they were entitled as follows:
list. "The British Case Against this
Boer Republics"
I'd. Letter to Senator Hoar on the
Transvaal War by John Bellows"
8. Beers and Blacks.
4. The treatment of the Cape Beers
by the English Government, and the
Treatment of the English by the Boel
Government.
5. The Witness of the Churches.
6. The Future of South Africa.
ESSENTIALS OF SETTLEMENT.
All these are published by said I'm
perial South African association" Ev.
cry package contained each Of these
publications.
1t transplres that this literature ha;
been sent out to public school teacher;
In the Middle West and other states
considered doubtful politically, ant
this work can have only one purpose
that of creating sympathy amons
those teachers for England and agains
the Boer republics, in order that the
influence of these teachers may be en-
listed to destroy the sympathies o
their neighbors for the Beers, who arr
so heroically struggling for their lib
srty and independence, and thus jus
tify the attitude of our administration
The administration, by thus prosti
tnting the bureau OF education, whicl
more than all others should be fire.
from political intrigue and partisan
service, has committed a serious ,vio
lation of law.
Government employees have perform
ed this work at the expense of the gov
eminent, though it is stated that "som
one else has furnished the stamps t
carry these pamphlets through tn
mails.
But this is not all. The administra
ton, by defending England's actiol
and condemning that OF the Beers, ha
shown that the pretensions to neutral
, ity In this deplorable war were abso
, lutely false and that it has really sym
, nathixed with England from the begin
ming. this also explains why the ad
ministration has permitted England t
, do many things that should have bee
resented, being violations of interna
tional law, and injurious to the caus
Of the Beers, as for instance the SELF
are of articles OF American production
not contraband of war, the purchas
81 war materials here by England, et'
II also confirms the charge that tn
: administration has a secret under
standing with England
These English arguments, used b
The administration, have been contro
!, Ferted by the Beers and others; the
are all based upon the assumption tina
: Ihe English queen is not only the su
p serain, but actually the sovereign {
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