Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-02-14
M.-L1R ON TIE DO1RS.
The Poet Gives Ills Ideas Of
the Present Status of
England

Joaquin Miller is intensely in favor
of the Beers. He said in an interview
with an APPEAL representative yes
terday:
do l sympathize with tho Boers?
No, my congratulations are with the
Beers and my sympathies are with the
English. They are the under dogs in
the fight. and the Beers are on top and
need no sympathy.
1T looks to me that the English
have been aching for a licking ever
since they got one from George Wash
ington. He was the last man who
gave them good licking before Paul
Kruger got at them.
The weapon that settled the Revo-
luton was the squirrel rifle. Tyrrany
started the Revolutionary WI and
God shooting ended it. 1t viii De the
same with the present war. The in
ha bitants of the veldt grow up from
child hood with rifles In tho II hands.
They go out ard meet The lions Of the
desert, and they know when they touch
the trigger that if they don't touch it
! just right that their lives are the for
! felt. 4 lion never misses 6re alter you
do, and it is this SORT of rifle practice
that makes mal i-!nen-not getting up
! in front of target and banging at
something that i. inanimate. Men
! who take their lives in their hands
when they hunt. and who can face
Ions with perfect cooineSs and not a
NOR of the n,sl'et or a faster pulse
beat, can be depeaued on to face men
under all and any circumstances.
The British talk about The colo
steel that they introduce in battle
, What IN thunder do the Beers care fOl
cold steel when they meet it with bot
lead? What does IA man behind a rock
bayonet? Nothing, lie simply kill
him in his tracks and gets ready fo
! the next one. You cannot fight b,
: rule and line ia the country now helC
by the Beers, which typographical,
= is a good deal like Nevada. The tao
- ties Of the military schools all 60 fo
. nothing when You get there. 1t mus
y be South Africa tactics, and the Roer
n understand that sort of warfare to
Y nicely.
Il There was time when the wor
u had but to go ont that England wa
II starting the fire in The W olwitch al
l senal and shudder OF fear went rnun
the globe. Who cares for the poo
: old toothless lion now?
The boosted navy of Britain is nc
much better off than the SPANS
navy, for they still cling to old tn;
ditions, and two-thirus of the guns al
- old muzzle-loading cannon. The arm
7, Of England is all very wcll-excepI
Il a military proposition. l. WIS nagnj
y. icent when it marched in the Queen
'e Jubilee parade, but Spien kop is n
. Picadilly. The navy is grand VIII,
- marsEalled off Spithead and plowit
pa the Channel to awe the captains al
~ the kings who visited London to 5,
sc the show, but if those ships were ev
SO stacked up against ship like The low
N it would not awe any foreign pow
p much, after the Iowa got through.
io "Why the English when they m
the Beers, found their rife cam
~, We're not nearly so good as the wea
ons that the foe WAS using.
al. 1T takes the English half an no
is to get the range of hill, and VIII
they have the range all right the Boo
have simply got off on another hill.
think the powers had better interve
and save the English from further h
ms initiation. The Beers kneel down
the ground just before fight and a
on the favor of the God of battles a
e. then they get up and go into actiC
e You can never conquer nation W
y, put their trust in God and keep tn
rts artillery up-te-date. You search h
MS tory in vain for single example. fire.
of Moses down to date, where a devc
nix and freedom loving people ever W.
ire conquered. | tell YOU my son there
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