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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20
determination and Arnistice

determination and Armistice
Dispatches from Taku state tAat
the ambassadors in Pekin are nego
tiatingInaen .nizations to be deman-
ded Of China for the bloody events
developed in that country and also
an armistice for making commercial
treaties to be desided on,
Severe Penalty
The nations interested have agreed
to insist on the guilty parties being
severely punished without indul
gence of any kind.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20
BON

A causa de los nuevos impusstos
que sobre este liquido 80 han estable
cido, los procios han tenidc que expe
rlmentar alza. Oontizamos q 60 con
tavos gallon prueba 27o
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20

Sc les ha eoncedilo la disp pansa de paren.
tesco qua soicltaron para contraer matrimo,
uio a les veciuos de AguadiIla, Benjamin
Badllo BeIo Obdulla Radillo Arroyo.
Ha Ilegado esta ciudad ell ca pitan de in
genieros del tj6rcito. norteamericano Mr..
Fiag'er, a3oI0panado de ST. Stllora esposa,
quien, SeS1n tIjilIos oportnnamente los
iectoreS, vlene ocupar el puesto que dejo
vacante el de Igual categorla Mr. Judson.
Ha fallecido en- ell Dorado, una AVIAN.
zada edad, el Plesbftero senior Montaner.
-. e. 2.
Procedente de Habana y escalas inter
medias ha fOndeaGO en- este puerto en- la
manAna de hoy ell yapor cubano 'Julia.7
Sc encuentrAn vacaltes en- Laj jas las es-
cuelas rurales de los barros "Plata" y
"Sabana.y y Ia graduada de la po.
blaci6n Sc anuucian 4 eyncurso por el
t6rmino De dez das.
El senor Juez municipal de San Francis.
co cita al acuSa0o por ell de.ito de estafa
Vicente Scarpato, para que Sc presente IN
aquel .)uzgado 0 Ell la carceI de eSta ciudad
las resultas de dich) sulnario.
som breros de
Panama
U~scoS @mp0rtqdofes en- Ia iSla
uERNAlA \ CO., TetLan II, J La LUZ
ELEOTR1OA, San Francisco 35. 3
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20
INSCRIPClON De Ell ECTOnES
De LOS ESTAD0s UNID0S

Ha terminado en- esta ciudad la
inscription para las pr6ximas cleo
clones presidenciales.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20
ENTRADAS DE OABOTAJB

De Erecibo gol "Petra" con la carga
siguiente: n Lomba y co &C aids cor
tes para q A la 6rden 100 SIS aIloz.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20
ABOGADO
q a R q ! = " = = = .
SANTA INES -21
3O-s HUMACAO

Han embarcado en- Ponce con destiGo q
la Peninsula, en- ell vapor espanol "ISlA de
Panay,0 don Juan GleG sehora.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20

E. j. Sugo, Pedro A. Rioart, Julio Pou,
los hermanos Gomez, Francisco Pfats, Ra-
rnirez Bena, otros del comercio de Santo
Domingo, para donde Sc embarcan esta
tarde. habiendo sido obsequiados con uu
al,nuerzo por el senior Consul General de
dicha r apdllica don Juan Henrquez en
So reSilencia
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20
MERCADO De NUEVA YORK
Nueva York, Octubre 20

Nueva York, Octubre 20
Hanna de Trigo "Tum> r:
badora". ............ $50
Az6car centrifugado. 90. S 413 16
Azl1car mascabado -. .firme escasea
Oambios sobre Londres. .... $4.61 90
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20
SR C()MPRlN 5,ao' ssrio fs5 hasisiops D's''s
dico hispanO-americano.

VW EWWETU KI JyIHUo uSE L'1O0Is.
Nn UUllI al ait mario Enciclope
dico hispano-americano.
AL Presidente del Tribunal de Distrito de
Humacao Sc lie ha communicate que ell Gn
bierno por Decreto de fecha Is ha diSpuaSto
que la causa seguida contra el senor BATHS
TIM que sc encuentra pendente en- aque
Tribunal y en- la cual Sc lie ha peIldo la pc
ma de meses da de arreSto y muIta,
sea comprendda en- ell Decreto de indulso
de 1899.
Los Sres. Giet y Arce, de Pouce, nos
participant haber quedado disueIta la SOcie
dad mercantil que giraba en- aquela plaza
con dicha raz6n social, de cuyo active Y pa
sivo Sc hace cargo la cOnsttuida baio Ia IA
z6n social de "Sucesores de GiIet Arce, s
en- o., de la que son s0;0s gest0res don
Agustin Arce Romero don Adolfc Arce
Rodriguez, comanditario don Juan Giiet
y Amor5s.
Sc encuentran vacantes las plaZas DE-
Secretaries de los ayuntamieutoS de AguaS
buenas Juana DiaG, Sc auuncia la pro
vision a fin de que los aspirantts presenter
Eus Soliciiudes.
Ha sido informada por el Fiscal Genera
y enviada al Gobernador Civil la petici6r
de indulto solieitada por Isidco DueIo, d.
la pena que lie impuso ell Tribunal de Poll
cia de Anasco, pOr portar IN ouChilO sir
IA correspondence licencla.
En- ell vapor cubano ''JuIia" ban liegadc
procedentes de Habana esaalas los s6lore
siguientes Francisco MARITIME PIedla, Gre
gorlo Vargas, Antona Il VIllaIta, IgnaciC
Rosales, Jose Diaz, Jose Alzola, Jose A
Cadet, Felix Guillame, Juan NJ. Cuadrado
Ulpiano Maltes, Carmen Gomez, Est6oar
Vergara, Carmen Tizol, Exbridou Bartolo
Jacobo Bartolo, Ramon Castillo y Antonio
Z. Perez.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20

"a DECLARACIONES de Aduana he
chas segGn las nuevas Tarlfas, . pesos ell
100 Ga el B0etic 4,,,ercantil. ID.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20

Se mantienen regulares las sxisten.
clas de este artfculo y los precios sstkn
en- constnte ductuaci6n, por las i'm
portaclones que SO registrar de oEas
prOcedencias.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20
administration, commerce has de-
veloped to surprising extent.
The Chinese Conflict.

The government at Washington
has accepted all OF China's PROPOSE,
ton as regard tho negotiations for
peace.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20
sALIDAS DE OABOTAJH

Para Fajardo bal "Dos Hermanos"
con la carga siguiente: Comp Conner
cial Eg6zcue y Palau 40 SIS arroz IS
SIS harina SIS cebollas l b[ tocino 2 d
gas 3 d jab6n s d pasta 2 d chocolate
Is jamones 2 bis limonada 3 It's mante
quilla 1 81 cafe bala y resma papel
| 90 garbanzos 1l3 bacalao l q yelas
sebo Ia PIP vino l pqte limas y cuer
das / d sal de higueras l lata bolaS
Scrs de Abarca 2 planchas hero Fer
nandez GauIan y co 4 dcns escobas 2
gins vinagre 81 ans l lta piment6n A
SIS a!roz s SIS galbanzos 1 q jab6n M
Lomba y co 3 bis harina BaquerO y
Gandara / d salchichones 5 SIS cebo
las 5 aids y l bala papel lib bacalao
10 q gas 1 O jab6n l d alcaparras s @
pasta 2 d cigarrillos 3 d puntas Paris
,25 SIS harina l. 81 jamones l d aceite
'aImendras Herelo Ortega y CO 19
bits chocolate y otros s Melon y co l
d tejidos A Lynn 6 hijos de Perez
Molis 3 d papel Mendizabal y co l fdo
tejid0s j MatienzO 3 bits ferreteria y
otros Mendez Y co 5 d mercancias
Scrs de L Villamil % SIS cafe 6Io ba
calao Santisteban Chavarrl y co / fdo
tejdos } Pesu'o y Olivia 2 d cigarri
1los A Suarez 2 d sombreros Arrivf
Hmns l d teiidos nm bits muebles
Scrs DC Vicente y CO @ y PA PIP vino
l d frutas l O calamares Ochoa y
Hmno 3 SIS azdcar 2 d aceite 6 d ia
Don 2 @ pasas d velas l bI cerveza
d higos 8 SIS harlna l d ciearrillos 10
SIS arr6z Ou@tara R6s y co 5 d. calza
do r Torres s bis limonada Mullen
hoff y Korber l d hlo coser Ortega y
co a PIP vino Scrs de Perez Hmns 5
bis papas 5 bis harina 81 habchuelas
2 6 cigarrillos 4 SIS azdcar.
DEsoAOHADOs
Para Fajard> y Vieques bal "Pa
quito.
Para Arroyo Ponce gol "Coraz6n
de Maria"
Para Humacao y Naguabo bal "Ala
Blanca
G..
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20
Sc VEND

Una hernosa cocina economical propia
para hotel otro estatlecimiento de su
fndole.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20
AZUCAR
Sin operaciones:
OAFB

Llegan al mercado para su erlagena-
clon regulares partidas de este grano..
y los preclos son nominales en- relaei6s
con la calidad del artfculo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20

T. THACHTER ha comprado la Herrerf;
dec G. Walin en- la Marina, donde 81
ofrece para la construction y reparaci6n d.
toda clase de carriages. Especialidad Ell
harraduras para cabalos. 3O-2S
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20
Nihilist Prisoners

This has given rise to the arrest
of 20 Nihilists. in whose possession
were found important documents
Containing the name of the propo-
sed assassin of the Emperor of Rus.
sia, and the manner in which the te-
rrible drama was to be carried into
effect.
Inscription Of Voters
in the United States.
The Inscription of votes in the
approaching presidential elections
has been concluded in this city.
Five Hundred and Forty Thousand
According to the estimate made
by the Board of Incri ptions, the
lists comprise five hundred and
forty thousand voters.
In Favor Of the Republican
Proclamation of Merchants
The New York merchants have
published a proclamation which has
been tavorably received by public
opinion, announcing in eloquent
terms that during the Republican
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20

AL Fiscal del Tribunal de Distrito de
San Juan Sc lie ha pedido uu informe del
estado actual de la causa que Sc sigue con
ira Jose Castro Garcia, por desfaleo dc fon
dos pdblicOs, y Sc lie recomienda la mayor
aetiyldad en- este proceso.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20

A los doctores den Tomas Royira v
Miguel Hernandez, de AguadtlIa, Sc le han
devuelfo suS lnstanclas c0n los documentos
acompanados para que sc Slryan forlnuar
por separado sus respectivas cuentas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20

Los -NUEVOS ARANOELES lTarlf.
Dingleyl. Sc hallan de venta Ell sl "Bole
tin Mercantil" al precio de ) l.5U ei eielu
plar. En Ponce Seran yendidos por don Il
Sanchez Gallano y en- Mayaglez por Ios
senores E. Franco Ca u
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20

Por ell supuesto delito de hurto de VI
portamonedas, que coltenia un peso clio
cueuta centavos. la individual Adela Gi
menez, ha sido detenido Oaudelario Ramos
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20

E vaDor correo espanol ''Isla de Panay"
conduca para este puerto los pas jeroS 81
gnientes Harry j. 3Aiten Felipe Valen
cia CASTILLO, Gustavo Escalante Gonzalez,
Caridad Santana p, Gregorio Santana,
Juan G Ros, N. II. Burt, Francisco Gae
narza Fuertes, Ignacio Gonzalez Alyarado
81 pasaj eros de tranSito.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20

T. THACHTER, Herrero, anteriormente EN-
pleaHo del QuartermaSter shop, ofrece sus
al pnblico en la Marina, en- frente
del Club de Regatas. 3O-2e
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20

A disposici6n del Juzgado de San Fran
cisco Ia slto detenI,lo Ell el dep6Sito mum
o'Pal el indlVtduo Jose Ruiz (a) Terrible
ppr ell SupGesto delito de estafa Juan
Sierra.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20

Han llegad2 esta ciulad, procedeut4
de los Estados Uniios como haze peat
del Gobernador Civil, Mr.. A f. Hubt,s
su sonora eSposa, la sonora C1as o. Fosie
y la senorita She'd
La senora Hobbs es hija del Gobernadol
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20

Don Francisco Gomila que, seg1n Sc
nos lnforma, sall6 aver de eSta ciudad para
Caguas en- asuntos de So profession, la s.to
agredido alevosamen.e por un descoa, cido
en- aquella localilad.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20
DIES oACHADOS

OPERACIoNEs DE BUoUBs EN PUERTO
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20
som brerOS de

U@acoS en5p0rt1dOfeS en- ID 2SlG
IERAAlA \ CO., Tettan II, y La LUZ
ELEOTR1OA, San Francisco 35. 3s,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20
Inscription of Voters

The Inscription of votes in the
approaching presidential elections
has been concluded in this CITY.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-20

OpERAo1oNHa SoBRH Bn MUn1Lg
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-04
The Gael OF the Island.

Laughter and tears, ordinary hopes
and pleasures, and even JOY itself, and
bright gaiety and the swift spontane-
GUS imaginations of susceptible ma
tures-all this. of course, is to be
found with the island Gael. as with his
fellows elsewhere. But every here and
there are some who have in their
minds the inheritance from the dim
past Of their race, and are oppressed
as no other people are oppressed by
the gloom of strife between spiritual
emotion and material facts. 1t is the
brains of dreamers such as these
which clear the mental life of COM
munity; and it is these brains are
the mysterious looms which weave
the tragic and sorrowful tapestries of
Celtic thought 1t were madness to
suppose that life in the island con-
sists of nothing but sadness or melan-
choly. 1t is not so, nor need not be so,
for the Gael is the creature of shadow
and shine. But whatever the people
are the brain of the Gael hears music
sadder than any music there is, and
has for its cloudy sky a gloom that
shall not co. for the end is near, and
on the westernmost shores of these re-
mote isles the voice of Celtic sorrow
may be heard crying, cha till, cha
till. cha till, mi tuille." or will re-
turn. will return, | will return no
more. Fiona Macleod.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-04
SETTLED FOR THE DRESS.
No Claim Was Made by the Farmer for
His Wifes Broken Limbs.

No Claim Was Made by the Farmer for
His wife's Broken Limbs.
From the Detroit Free Press: Just
settled the strangest claim for dam
ages that ever had," laughed the rail-
road claim agent. Il was called down
the road the other day to look up an
accident that we had. We had run
into an old farmers wife, breaking
both of her legs and an arm and using
her up generally. | received orders
from the general manager to go post
haste to the point of the accident and
settle for it on the best terms | could
get. Just before | left the manager
handed me letter and said with a
smile that | had better look into that,
too, while | was about it, as it would
not take me out of my way. When |
was settled for the journey | took the
letter out of my pocket and looked it
over. 1t was claim for five yards of
calico, with the threat that if we didn't
settle for it Immediately suit would be
commenced to compel us to. The claim
was very vague, no reason being given
why we should pay for five yards of
calico, and l resolved to look the mat
ter up to satisfy my own curiosity II
nothing else. However the other case
was more serious, so looked that up
first, and as | entered the house the
old man, whose wife had been nearly
killed, said grimly: so you're here ter
settle that thar claim fer damages?
Wul, it is mighty lucky that We have
come, fer wuz goin' ter start suit agin
We right way. My wife hadn't worn
that thar dress more'n twice an it wuz
jes' ez god ez new Like flash 1t
dawned upon me that the two claims
were identical. | managed to settle
with the old man without falling dead,
and when / left he shook hands with
me cordially and said that he guessed
all this talk about robber railroads was
mostly newspaper gas for political
effect"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-04

noon a terrible thing occurred. He
came home so thoroughly played out
that he staggered and reeled all over
my room and finally lay down and
kicked and moaned. | sent out at once
for veterinary surgeon, and said /
thought my dog had fit. The doc
tor came, but when he say the dog he
began to laugh. 'How's this?' | said.
How can you laugh VIXEN my dog is
so sick?' oh, dear. not was the star
Ting reply between peals, he isn't
sick. | thought this would happen.
The dogs drunk Then | found out
that my dog had got into the habit
of going into the hotel bar with his
chance acquaintance and had made
himself so friendly as sometimes to
be admitted behind the bar. Here
he had first begun to play with the
drippings from the beer taps, but at
last to lap them until he had acquired
a taste. When the bartender discov-
cred this he, in a spirit of fun. INDUCED
that taste. Then he told the custom
ers, and they also left dregs in their
glasses for the fun of seeing the dog
drink them, and at last get intoxicated
and thus he would stagger home. The
veterinarian was a frequenter of the
hotel bar. and had been an interested
and participating observer of the
whole thing"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-04
Providentiai.

We often read in the papers ac-
counts of men and women who take
pills and powders in the dark, and
never read the labels on medicine bot
ties. The special providence which so.
frequently watches over them, inter-
yened in still more wonderful way
in behalf of certain recent travellers in
South Africa. and more particularly
in behalf of their native friends. Upon
returning to camp, writes one of them,
we found that John, the driver, had
purchased load of pumpkins, which
the native men and women from the
Mazoe valley had brought to the
wagon to barter. At first | was
pleased, but when I found that John
had traded away about twenty pounds
of preservative, consisting Of alum
and arsenic, which he had mistaken
for salt, | was filed with dismay. We
knew not the villages whence the ma
tives had come, nor could we explain
the mistake, being ignorant of the
language; and before my scared men
tai vision rose piles of dead Mashonas,
pestilence, and war on whites, pro-
vided there remained enough live
Mashonas to make it. Hence it was
that before daylight the next morn
ing we left for the fort. We made no
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-04

pigmies. Some vagrant memory was
grand old man." and was told that
he was Theodore TiIton, and that he
never permitted himself to be pre-
sented to strangers, unless knowing
who he was, they themselves requested
presentation. Doing homage to the
spirit which prompted such course.
asked that we might be introduced,
and then followed such an hour of
pleasant "reminiscences as will not
soon be forgotten. From the beau
son, where we first met, we wandered
through many lands and many scenes.
| had known him first when he was
like a giant tree of the forest, in the
pride and pomp OF its full new growth.
| saw him again, like the same giant
tree, which, having withstood the war
ring and the buffeting of the elements,
stood covered with hoary moss, still
straight and strong, above the petty
things of life, but-alone. Today he
is the center of circle of loving
friends, who amidst brilliancy OF in
tellect and height of social position
still feel that his presence gives them
honor. His face shows the impress
of such agony as few souls have bat
tied with and have lived, but it also
shows the courage of the yanquisher
of himself. So today Theodore Tilton
stands, ever lonely. ever aloof, but
to the last with naughty head un-
bent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-04
Forgotten Tunnel In Landau

The story of the forgotten tunnel
between st. Northumberland and
Euston reads like a chapter of Jules
Verne. Although it was only laid
forty-two years ago, it has passed out
Of mind as completely as the bored
out elm trees that once carried Lon
don's water supply underground And
it is no small affair, either; it is four
feet high and four and half feet
wild : e~d pretty deep down, too, for
it dips from Newgate street down be-
low harrington street. George Threl-
fall, the discoverer of this ancient
way, has crawled through its length
and he reports that it is quite perfect
and disable, and he suggests that IL
could be employed for the conveyance
of parcels by electric traction, since
it failed in its original purpose of n
pneumatic tube. The idea is a good
one, and it would serve the London
and Northwestern railway admirably.
one would think, as a feeder for its
parcel traffic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-04

1t Las been rumored that the Trans
wal government is about to issue let
tiers of marque permitting sympathiz-
ers or Adventures in foreign nations
to fit out ships as privateers to prey on
English commerce.
This rumor has awakened renewed
interest in that picturesque parsonage.
the privateer himself. though it is not
generally understood in just what re-
lation he now stands to the rest of the
world during a war in which he Is
playing his subsidiary but none the
less interesting part.
Privateers, as the term is applied to
ships, are described as armed vessels,
owned, equipped and differed by one
or more private persons, but sailing
under a special commission called
letter of marque. This letter of marque
is given by a belligerent state or ma
ton, and it empowers the person or
persons to whom it is granted to ct
tack and seize at sea vessels or other
property of its enemy
Nearly all the civilized nations OF
the world, it is true, abolished priva-
teering many years ago. The Ameri-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-04
lincoln and the Hair Restorer.

Lincoln's jokes were not always Tree
from the practical" flavor, but wnen
this element was introduced 1t was
made to serve useful purpose. =
good example of seryiceaDie jest
used to be described by the late Judge
Carter, a member of congress from
Ohio before the war, and an intimate
friend of President Lincoln. 1t seems
that certain Quaker philanthropist'
exceedingly kind and excessively paiu'
was constantly calling at the wnlte
house in behalf of somebody or other'
and consumed a great deal OF time
which Lincoln could i'll spare. Inc
presidents temper was sorely trleu'
but he always treated his guest Win
great courtesy. On one occasion, how
ever, the philanthropist's visit seemed
interminable. Important delegations
were waiting, but nothing could move
the good man from his seat. Suddenly
Mr.. Lincoln rose, walked over to
wardrobe in a corner Of the cabinet
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-04
KIMBERLEY.
low u Came Into Great n~,,a,...
Possession.

io" " Came Into Great n~,,a,,.
Possession.
Mr. Froude was an apostle If axna =
ion o. England, yet in lecture which
. delivered in Edinburgh in ism
avs the New York Post, he told soma
cry unpleasant truths about the wav
ne English had wronged the Dutch IN
'outh Africa. In particular did he
Late upon the manner in which KIM
1eriey, with its diamond mines he
came q British possession. The rea-
solilng was. in brief, mo state Int
england could be allowed to nossess
me finest diamond mine in the world ),
Great Britain had abandoned the
yrange river territory because it was
thought useless. BY the treaty of ALI
wal, signed with the Dutch in 1859
England pledged herself to interfere
no further north of the Orange river.
sui the INK was scarcely dry on this
document when the Kimberley mines
were discovered, and that altered tho
case entirely. The diamonds stirred
the consciences of the English authori-
ties They found that the Kimberley
region really belonged to Grioua
chief, not at all to the Dutch; SO they
proceeded to take it away from the
free state In order to hand it care
iuiiy BACK TO its rightful owner. the
lawless native chief. But. unfortu-
nateiy, he could not be found when
the time came, and, therefore, Eng
land was compelled to annex the dia-
mond fields, handing over $3.50 900 to
the Orange Free State as "compensa
ton. 1t was, said Mr.. Froude. zone
OF the most scandalous acts recorded
in our history. In modern European
history no treaty has ever been broken
with more deliberate shamelessness
than the treaty of Ailwal was broken
by us when we annexed the diamond
fields" Yet Mr.. Froude acquitted the
English authorities of doing what they
consciously knew to be wrong" The
explanation is that when English
men wish that a particular course
shall be right, they are perfectly con-
WINGED that it is right"