The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-09
Hovns sarrAIs Will WIN.

seattle, ian. .. 1910.
70 the Editor: IKE the wsy N which
you COMMANDED In your sundays ISSUE
% the EngIiph-Boef war. While II y dtf-
ncult TO got pAftissns to look a the sud
ject In calm and unparalleled light. there
are Of course Two sides TO y. q there are
have Altogether neglected some very Inn
pcrtant points, / an sympathiser with
the Beers, A. far AZ their liberty p con-
cerned, simply becsuse ] belong "a .
.iiberty-loving people, and my synpathies
are with England becausa she has shown
herself capable Of governing people IN
any part Of the world with justice and
Of color. The great question in South
Africa n not whether England should
conquer the Beers and ccnfscate their
rights to rule themselves, but i 10
whether the English or Dutch race y TO
rule. This 70 really the key to the whole
situation and unless We look at Il IN That
light all our endeavors to get clear UNI
derstanding Of the subject are futile.
We all know the Intense hatred the
Boer had for the English In early colonial
days, springing mainly from the slavery
question, and this has only been lntensi-
ned in later days by those fools, the
Jameson raiders, and last, but not least.
By Kruger himself in his intense hatred.
,
far AZ prejudices are concerned. and these
have been worked upon by master mind
and exterior conditions which go greatly
against his nature. We educate . people
and they become broader minded, but
love liberty none the less. II England
should annex the Transvaal would any
great calamity befall the Boers7 Would
they be governed or ruled worse than
they are at present? / think not: II Eng
lands way Of ruling in other parts OF the
world may be taken AZ q criterion. OF
course. liberty IL sweet II It IL only In
mud cabin.
II Il well known that conspiracy had
been breeding FOR some time in South At
RIGA. on the part Of the Dutch to proclaim
an Independent state Of England's colonies
and this movement has been greatly inten-
sified Of late through friction between En-
gland and the Transvaal. Kruger and
Lsyds have been the chief instigators and
the Transvaai has been the recruiting
ground for such treason. for treason 1t Is
and nothing more. England when she finds
her authority or sway Jeopardixed has q
perfect right to push her ends and my
sympathies are with her In such q cause.
England through broad spirit Of states
manship may have been able to consolidate
the whole Of the South African colonies
peaccably, but ignorance and prejudice on
spirit on the other have precipitated mat
tiers that are now being settled by blood.
War Il a cruel thing. especially this one,
and Il seems d foolish one also.
don't think, however, that the hatred
Of race Will continue and It WIN easily be
softened II England conquers When
Leyds IL banisaied from Africa and Kruger
dead, two Of the principal acting spirits
will be on the scene. It is q great pity
that all the principal actors In this drama
could not be brought together and made to
fight 1t out alone and thus save all this
shedding Of blood.
In speaking Of the liberty OF the Beers
we should not forget that they ara the
aggressors in this war for It was the
Transvaal forces that crossed into Natal.
Now the general accepted opinion OF d
people fighting for liberty alones Is that
they wait to be attacked on their own soil
and defend It to the last. The Beers by
their action have forfeited all idea OF their
cause being FOR liberty alone. and / for
one have gradually allowed my sympathies
IN that direction to cool down and even
change. ALGERNON MAURICE.