The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-07
SYMPATHY FOR THE BOERS
WEBSTER DAVIS DENoUSCEs THE
POLICY or GREAT BRITAIN.
Are STRUGGLING for Treedom as
Americans Did Against the w.
rapny of king George III.

New York, May e.-iwehster Davis, for
mer assistant secretary OF the interior.
spoke at meeting OF the Academy OF
Music tonight, held under the auspices OF
the New York committee to aid the South
African republics. He said
THE great mass OF our people do SYM
pathize with the Beers. They stand for
liberty. fer civilization. for self-govorn-
ment and for peace. Every effort should
be put forth by them to bring this unholy
war in Sodth Africa to a close. As Amer
leans We are opposed to having our re-
public held up as a menace to foreign
countries whose sympathies go out to tho
struggling Beers. All foreign countries,
since cur war with Spain, regard America
as one of the greatest powers of the
world. Abroad today representatives and
sympatbzers OF the British government
are striving to create the impression that
a secret understanding or alliance exists
between our government and that OF Eng
land. We should be ready TO hear thu
GRIP for help from the struggling people
from the two little South African re-
pubios, for Chamberlain has at
tempted to dominate and dictate in
thoir internal affairs just as George
III interfered in the affairs OF the
collnies Aud were he to conquer The
Beers, there is no doubt in tho world that
they would be compelled to suffer as tho
people of IRELAND have suffered for oentu-
ries. British cruelty is proverbinl and
yet tho British nation poses before the
world as the great civiliscr, whose mis-
sion is to subdue savage tribes and dis
seminate the germs Of civilization among
Thorn. According to their theory, the
Beers are savages and must be civilized
even II the y have 10 shoot civilization
into them with lyddite guns and dumdum
bullets During the battle OF Tugela
river 1000 lyddite shells fell among the
Beers and though az The Hague confer
once dumdum bullets we're condemned by
the representatives OF the civilized world
as ut only for savages. yet | have now In
my possession three exploded dumdum
cartridges that ] picked up on the top o.
Spioukop. in the trenches that had been
occupied Nv Wv ID '','" ''''P''
also tow exploded dumdum puliets tn"l
we're given me By a surgeon as he extri-
c,toA tbo,, fro mthe bodies Of two dead
Beers.
Numerous have been the instances Oh
British cruelty on the batlleAelds Of
eo,,tb Af,ico snch as tho abuse Of the
a., att. 80, .h, p,t
"hlte nag hn" 'ne "''"e 'P''
Cross. And the conduct OF the briish
troops, ESPECIALLY the Lancers, has no
narnllo, IN modern warfare.
"1,ha poerg' love IF llbert,hls as strone
ne tha, ~ our own revolutionary fathers
ana n,othors whose deeds of valor and
snfraring challenged the admiration Of
ne wnrld and made the nano American
tho symbol everywhere for freedom and
eonality of rights.
',Engiand has no right to peddle us
around through Europe as the tall to hor
kite."
"Thaps McKinleyism," shouted a msn
in the audience.
"McKinley's all right" answered MT.
Davis. lie Is patriot, one OF the com
mon people Ike Lincoln, and the effort on
tho part OF sympathizers 10 connect him
with tho British effort to crush liberty