The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-01


Institutions against imperialism: and, above
al and beyond all. they are fighting bat
tie for the rights of man.
There never would have been trouble IL
gold had not been discovered in the land.
The rich find OF gold there Is at the bot
this cruel Angio-African war.
Cecil Rhodes. the most daring and CO.
lossal grabber and manipulation OF the
century. coveted the Beers golden land.
syndicate. He instigated the jameson raid.
and repudiated IL when the Beers made 1t
a miserable failure. He stirred UP dis
sension among the people at Pretoria-he
coDspi-td in South Africa and in Europe to
overthrow the Dutch republic. A1e is the
power behind the British Ministry in this
war. and Chamberlain is now and always
has been his willing tool
This conflict should be called Cecil
Rhodes's war for gold I'm South Africa He
Is responsible for all the woe. all the sor-
row, all the despair. and all the misery
this war has caused. The Beers have made
MIN practically prisoner. He Is shut up
In his diamond mines at Kimberley. He
viii have to eat diamonds i If he is not
capture him and give him an immediate
trial
GRAND OLD PAUL KRUGER
II glory in the spunk of grand old Paul
Kruger He is one of the worlds great
heroes. He knew only too well how dam
gerous was delay and everything that has
occurred since he issued his defiant ulti-
matum TO the British crown has DEM
onstrated his wisdom and his foresight.
He Is a grand old man. one OF the world s
immortals, and will always stand out on
the pages Of history as a friend of man,
lover Of liberty and champion of free
dunn. The ultlmatum he issued to England
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worlds history. Have we forgotten that
Thomas Jefferson issued similar ulti-
matum on the Fourth of July, ING, 10
King George?
Il know the Declaration of independence
Is to-day no more popular with kings and
queens than when IL was written but
am American enough to believe that Ii is
Just as true to-day as il was in ING, when
1t sounded the death knell of the divine
right of kings, and proclaimed to all the
world government based upon the con-
sent of the governed. II is too bad the
Declaration of Independence is not as pop
uiar as IL used to be. 1t seems to be i'm
such favor In Washington that the present
pro-English secretary of state has locked
II I'D in safe, and the anglo-American
ambassador to the court of st. James
makes after-dinner speeches TO tipsy lords
and dukes about the beauties of imperial
ism and the ironclad friendship of Eng
land and America.
There is no doubt a secret under stand
and Downing street. I am opposed to an
angio-American alliance. expressed or i'm
piled. especially when its object is the ad-
vancement of Imperialism the march OF
armies. the downfall of republics. the de-
str1lction of free institutions, the enslave-
ment of man and the perpetuity of the
power of kings.
THE President should have offered the
friendly Offices of this country TO prevent
this cruel war. He should have responded
10 the great and mighty petition for peace
presented 70 him at the beginning. He
should have acted on the findings. the con
clusionS and judgment of The Hague
peace conference. He could have done sc
consistently.
But the friends of free institutions
should not lose hope-we should not de.
spair. even though the White House seems
TO be enveloped in the atmosphere of ar
English fog. 1t is not too late for this
Republic to assert itself in behalf of re-
publican institutions II is not too late
for us TO demand an honorable peace in the
interest of humanity. Christianity and
civilization II the President will not act
Congress can-and Congress should. = have
offered In the House of Representatives q
joint resolution protesting against the war
granting the Beers belIgeTent rights anc
fnstructing the President to bring about
cessation OF hostiiities and an honorable
peace. This ought TO be done, and dons
at once. l promise you / will do all In
my power TO pass that resolution, and pas:
1t VIII, in my opinion, il the President con
rs American patriotism dead? Has the
spirit that animated the people i'm 1776 anC
1872 been forgotten? Is the Declaration o.
independence no longer potent for the up
building of republics and the perpetuity Of
free Institutions? Is our form of govern
ment farce? Do the great names anC
heroic deeds of the revolutionary father.
no longer appeal TO us? Are we dead Il
American feeling and national sentiment
Shall We tear down our monuments
tranple in the dust the Constitution, sent
back TO France the Statue of Liberty ant
turn to the wall the picture of the grea
-emanctpator? If democracy and free in
stitutions find no answer here, then, indeed
are republics thing of the past and tn,
message Of the future an imperialistic CT,
of destruction. of oppression and o
tyranny.
When Mr.. Sulzer, in the course of hi
speech. brought in the name of Chamber
lain. the crowd mingled groans with thei
Kisses. Stamping. waving Boer flags. whist
ling and cheers with occasional remarks, in
terrupted the speech all the way through.