The sun., 1900-05-14
DOERS PLAYING LAST CARD
England Thinks That the Trans
yaal Will Now Soon
Yield.
EXPECTS WAR To END In JUNE
The South African Republics Will
Then Become Crown Lands.
News of Affairs in Eng
Iand---A Hit Made at
America.
EXPECTS WAR To END IN JUNE

London, Msy 13.-The Beers seem to
be on the eve of playing their last cara,
and according to many keen observers IN
England it is being played, not III South
Africa, but in the United States through
the medium of the Boer delegates VINO
sailed for New York from ROTTERDAM last
week. As the bunk of British opinion does
not contemplate for a moment that MI.
Fischer and his companions will achieve
success. il is only natural that serious
thought is now chiefly devoted to prog
nosticating the date when the war i'll the
u Trnnsyanl will be ended. Most estimates
concur in agreeing that hostilities VIII
have ceased by June, when President
I<ruppr IcnrnS that the last country mp
healed ta-nmrly, the United States
win afford no help and that he has no IL
ternatiyc in the face of the overwhelming
force now victoriously sweeping into his
territory Int 10 sue fdr peace.
niust Become a Crown Colony.
Mhat CsreHt Briiaili'S answer 70 that
reaucst will lc was Enthusiastically defined
by5NIr. .Iosepl Chamherlain, the secrelil-
ry OF state far the colonies. at Birning-
ham. when he declared that the Bocr rc-
X uublics must become Il crown culohN
Whose initial stage Of organization Will ne
contrord by il military administration.
BY agreeing to these terms lfesldeht
Kruger must, Of course, give up all tol'
which he has heen fighting. But, on the
hther hand. now that terms have been
Ruascmphntically ennnciatcd, they must
~ either hc granted on England will stand
gdefeated. The latter alternative, hoWeN.
er, does NOT enter England's category ol
Possibilities. Her people are tlrlnlS con
/ vinccd that Lord Roberts VIII steadilS
advance. perhaps with delays ana losses
Of dare dcyl units. and maybe without
infiicting crushing deteat ultii ne ocS"
pies the Transvaal. :,
His forward progress. they believe Wi
only hc stopped when president Kruger
laoi.pi,y of the failure of l'iSchcrs mis-
sion. asks for peace. That this VIII com
sooucr than previously expected IS III
trend of popular opinion today. \ Ion
sierc Of Pretoria has become rennt
contingency Sharp fights 1T Nroonstau
and on the Naal river, series 81 f''
guard actions, with constantly retteath
forces. n organized enve!opment OF
hostile country. and then hy June. or pc
harS earlier, peace and occupation. ~.
Il thp average forecast Of the struggle
South Africa. Maybe il is altogether Z
optimistic. hut tie present successes
the British afi4lS and the evidence OF iie
well defined plans and excellent orgAlllz
tion form much excuse for OPTIMISM
CbnmbprInin's strange fnsinuati0
@ Mr.. (lamhcrluin. III the course ni |
Brtn:nshala speech, made y curious
sinua;inn. lie had heCn struck he Sill
by the flood Of literature poured out Il
only III the United Kingdom hni III I
limited States ".Sll that printing.
said. costs money. Where does |
money come from; Are there amy caplt
lists on the side of the Beers! Are IN.
any secret boards we have not Set
tplorcdy" This spirit Of countefchai
was evident in every sentence OF one
4talthe most vigorous speeches ever maue
the colonial secretary. ,o
E3 In comparison with what 20o,0oo b
ish troops have been doing i'll South a
ca during the week the events in Englt
M itself are perhaps unimportant. YET u
teem with human interest and inter
M importapce First and foremost Is
auestion of Australian federation. ~
gates from this great colony are &C;
lcssly speaking pleasant words to Lon
audiences through the luxurious medl
# of public dinners and luncheons, to
% nothing of cupious press interviews.
w meanwhile are lighting toiuillal ~
94 tary Chamberlain tooth ana nam ~
&f endpavor TO maintain Australia Oh
tion ia having the English privy col
as il final court of appeal for local GA
G& NJ cnmnrouiiSp has yet been reac
and Mr.. Chamberlain will shortly Ill
ducc tho subject Of federation Ill
house of commons. advocating that
hill lG passed as forwarded to Anstl
&tgSNith the exception Of an nlhendll
granting the privy council the pc
mentioned a1nve. Presumably the
M mons viii follow the government
W What Australia will do remains t'
8G.iN secn. The obligation Suhoplnating
MNM highest colonial courts To the rilNN {
Fs@ oil. ur.lrl which Canada now labors.
,yrn,E IN, ! IA ,ah,,mn of federatin
a hit ut America.
/# The SAU...ty iteview, ntcrpr
Lord SaliShury'S recent geneiailsh
gnrtling hatred toward England All,
M NECESSITY Of arming the country as
cially upplicahlc To the United States
M curcS:
M ..puring the Cuban war there WI
.Iorga number of people in this col
who sympathized with Spain. but
m kept their feelings strictly 70 thems'
Not y discor,iant note was heard il
MOSS and the British government
vented a combination OF European
ers that would have thrown the A
can government on its back. How
m the United States repay us! we
treated to all kinds of intrigues ove
Alaska boundary and the Nicaragu
nal and now at least half the Amt
nress and nation loudly proclaim
sympathy with the Beers and ~
ranizing receptions for their dele
We shall have to defend our empir
must do it, as Losd Salisbury says,
our right arm"
This is inter .ating comment. but
4har rraics2ats Tie l-st IL ass'ssiS