Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-22

How England Will Govern the Trans
vaal Republics.
VIEWS ON FHE POLITICAL FUTURE
Railway Managers Slow to Adopt
American Check System.
LOST AND STOLEN LUGGAGE


Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
LONDON, September H. 1900.
The twelfth month OF the South Afri-
can war has begun, and the British having
formally annexed the two republics are now
considering ways and means for governing
them.
Baden Powell has been appointed COM
mander of the new Transvaal police force,
and this looks like arranging things for the
future
A well-known military man. who has had
intimate acquaintance with South Afri-
ca. in the building up of portion of
which he was closely identified. has given
me his views on the political future Of that
country now that both republics have been
deprived of their independence. II would -
he said. ''dismantle their forts and raze
their arsenals to the ground, and deprive
the Boer farmer of all military weapons,
save those necessary for his f-defense
against the natives and for sporting pur-
poses. The country must be placed for at
least two years under military occupation.
during which period q wen and carefully
chosen staff of civil administrators. prefer
preparing the way for an efficient civil ad-
ministration to replace the military. A CEN
sus of the population should be carefully
prepared to form the basis of an electoral
register All comers-Boer and Outlander-
fulfilling certain conditions to be settled by
a provisional council, to be nominated by
the high commissioners. should be eligible to
vote In short, equal rights for all white
men must be the motto, and a constitution
should be drawn up on the lines Of those
OF the Cape Colony and Natal. granting to
measure of responsible self-government af-
ter two or three years probation. English
OF course, must be the official language
whilst, as In the Cape Colony. Dutch should
mi fa6 in, fha 1ncr lot,
courts. The existing Dutch-Roman laws
should so far as possible be preserved and
only modified In consonance with the de-
mands of morality and civilization An
Independent high court must be estab-
lished. where equal justice to all suitors
should be dispensed. and certain broad
lines should be formulated and agreed upon
between all the colonies to bring about
South African federation. The question of
the natives. which is daily becoming
source of anxiety, must also receive serious
and careful consideration, seeing that the
most vital interests are involved in the
treatment which Is accorded them
=! have no doubt that some such scheme
Will be acted upon.
The Chinese Question.
Things are bit mixed In China. 1t looks
as IL the fierce old dowager empress had
really found out her mistake, for she is
disowning the antf-foreign movement, but
the imperial decree proving her non-com-
plicity comes little too late. A possibility
OF solution of the perplexing problem of
Chinese government is suggested today by
the positive statement of the whereabouts
OF the emperor and the movement of the
yiceroy of Yunnan to rescue him. II it is
possible to comply with the appeal of the
800 Protestant missionaries and set up
kWang-HSu as really emperor instead Of
fgurehead the crucial diff Guilty of having
nobody to treat with will be surmounted
Russia wants to go back. Germany not
only wants but means to go on. France
says openly she will do what Russia does
America wants to leave. If 1t be true that
Prince Ching mas really been intrusted by
the emperor with the task of opening nego-
uations and that the japanese have escort
ed him to Pekin, the outlook is more hope
full, for the willy old Ii Hung Chang is not
mentioned Italy also suggests an inter-
national loan to help China to pay the nee
essary indemnities, which strikes one as be-
ing back-handed sort of business. Moth
ing would suit John Chinaman better than
to pay for his offenses with other peoples
money. but that will not exactly serve the
purpose for which an indemnity Is usually
required. The proposal that Sir Robert
Hart should be one of the negotiators finds
favor In several quarters. and Is one of the
most sensible yet made.
Journalists' Institute Meets.
The fourth estate Is mastering very
strongly I'm London just now and brethren
of the pen. the Notebook and the stylus
from all parts of the kingdom are exchang-
ing greetings in the streets of the big CITY,
The annual conference of the Institute OF
Journalists is being held here and promises
to be very successful. for London always
brings greater number together than any
other city. Last time 1t was held here
seven years ago-there We're about 500
members present. Now there are about
LOCO
h
accepted the offer Of Dean Gregory to pro-
vide special seats for them at the afternoon
service at ST. Pauls Cathedral on Sunday
The canon In residence at the present time
is Canon Scott Holland. who never loses
an opportunity to point moral or adorn
tale, made II appear that consider
ing the part which the preachers at St
Paufs Cross played In the disseminate ton
or news four or five hundred years ago,
mere was a special Appropriateness in the
institute Of Journalists paying an official
visit to the cathedral. On the site of ST
faul cross the news of the day WAS nuh-
llsned long before newspapers were known,
ana IL is an interesting fact to which the
canon did not ailude, that the cathedral
architect In deciding the exact site of st
faui Cross was much assisted by ven
cradle London pressman. At the City Tenn
pie several rows seats were reservad FOR
the members of the conferences -. tho
evening service DR.. Joseph Parker In a
discourse which bristled with epIRram ms die
Chained any sympathy with the craze for
so-called ideal newspapers. The newsnaner
should be. as 1t generally was, a faithful
portrait or the doings Of the day
Inc business meetings are taking Blace
this week. and many vexed questions are
expected to be settled.
Relies of the Iron Duke.
Apsiey House. the residence of the DUKE
or wellington. at Hyde Park Corner. con-
talns relics OF the iron duke and other
Items OF historic interest. which are too
little known. A good deal that is new Tn
most people will be published in the full
descriptive and historical catalogue of the
art and other treasures In the house
which Is being prepared by Evelyn, Duchess
OF wellington. and which is so far adj
vanced that it will be published in a few
weeks Occasionally visitors are allowed
by special request to see over the house
The care with which the place is presery-
ed Is shown by the fact that the visitors
are not allowed to enter the art gallery
with Its highly polished floor, until they
have put on large carpet slippers. On the
ground floor are the medals and orders con-
ferred on the great commander by the
kings of Spain, Portugal Holland and
other monarchS Of the period. and the
china service presented by the King of
Prussia In commemoration Of the battle of
Waterloo. In the same room Is also a
small statue Of the uueap che >