Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-11

University, and Various Others Re-
ceive the Stirring Document-Our
Revolutionary Struggle Mentioned.
Various members of the faculty of
the University of Wisconsin have re-
ceiVed copies of an appeal issued by the
Institutional forces Of the Universities
of Leyden, of Utrecht, of Groningenand
Of Amsterdam, of the Free University
of Amsterdam and of the Polytechni-
cum of Delft, on behalf Of the boer re-
publics. 1t is stirring, pathetic docu-
ment. Our American educators are
hailed as colleagues" and this is the
powerful plea that is made:
'"The horrible war which has now for
more than six months been rayaging
south Africa, impoverishing and exter-
minating it's population, devastating it's
farms and threatening to destroy it's
civilization, compel us, professors OF
the universities OF the Netherlands, to
stiles of the United States of America.
We seek your assistance and your sup
port before it is too late, before the
overwhelming forces of an empire, en-
circling the globe and with inexhaust-
ible resources, has crushed the two
Dutch republics
"Our ancestors partly also your and
theirs, once successfully fought at the
cost of much blood and tears against a
similarly overwhelming power for JUS
tice and liberty. Your ancestors have
fought the same enemy that the weak
republics are fighting today. And, sup
ported by the sympathy, yea the ma
terial assistance of our ancestors, they
have succeeded under great difficulties
in establishing their independence, be-
cause they were convinced that ma
ton has the right, as is stated in your
glorious declaration of independence:
To organize it's powers in such form as
to them shall seem most likely to effect
their safety and happiness desiring to
assume among tue powers of the earth
the laws of nature and of natures God
entitle them
In the name of those ancestors. ours
who for 80 years fought Spain for their
independence, yours who after an eight
years struggle shook off England's
yoke Of absolute tyranny, in the name
of justice and liberty, we ask you:
Support the efforts of the ENJOYS of
your two sister republics who are now
in your midst to obtain from England
peace in south Africa with the preser-
walton of their independence.
''The representatives of the United
States of America have also signed the
principles of peace and justice, laid
down at the Hague conference Many
OF your citizens have been amongst
those, who looked forward with glad
anticipation to tue meeting of this con-
ference. Now that the opportunity
presents itself, even pushes itself to the
foreground, let us do whatever we can
for the realization of the beautiful idea
of the emperor of all the Russias in
order to further peace and justice in
the world.
DO not forget, that the national ex-
istence is at stake of a nation, belong
ing to the race which once afforded as.
sistance and hospitality to the founders
of your national existence; of the race
which once assisted in establishing al
so your independence at the cost OF
valuable lives and possessions: OF the
race which has been the first to recog-
nize the flag of your free union. d.
not forget that in this war two of the
most valuable possessions of mankind
are at stake, justice and liberty, with
out which no worthy national existence
is possible.
Therefore we invoke with conf
dence your assistance and your support
for the men of peace who have re-
paired to you. Assist in enlightening
your people and your government and
perhaps also the people and the gov
eminent Of Great Britain and show
them the way of justice, the only way
worthy of free nation In so doing
you will remain faithful to the device
of our common ancestors, device
which in their own language, having
once more become a battle cry, re-
sounds, this time over the blood-stained
fields of south Africa
'For liberty and for justice!"