New-York tribune., 1900-05-30
THE PASSING THRONG.

Surely the position that OF your public
men are taking is rather absurd" said r C. Car
ton. OF London. yesterday. at the
AN ENGLISH Waldorf-Astorfa, when speaking Of
MAN ON the Boer war. "and they betray
THE WAR. not only a biassed mind when they
speak Of the Beers but also
conspicuous lack Of knowledge OF international
law and history. both and more remote
and the magnificent fight they have put up. We
grant that (and who should be more ready TO say
so than the Englsh). and pass over the accusation
concerning overwhelming odds. although the su-
Tnent in the beginning of the struggle NAV possi-
ply account for some of their first successes
accuse your President of being false his trust in
fering in behalf Of the Roer The Prasissrt some
time ago formally rendered his services to the
ces were eos T hen aad he4 aPd al fGe fa he
could do in the matter ended. and to accuse him OF
false faith is simply TO show gross ignorance or
wilful misunderstanding 1t should be borne in
that no mater what f5ev NAV Pink Sr how tbey
may argue in behalf OF the Transvaal Government
the first blow was struck by the Boer- British ter
Titory was invaded by the Boer. British soldiers
the defence Of their government, and for months
the war was fought on territory belonging TO Eng
affair has changed and Boer soil IN its turn, been
PsaeeG Inv @ ~ n t bae{ II Is mater 5 1I qayS 9gy slng
was first pressed by the foot Of Tommy Atkins.
F. Crosbie Roles. Editor of The Times OF Cey
lon.' published in Colombo. said yesterday: The
report that the bones of Buddha
THE BONES are be sent from Siam 10 japan.
OF BUDDHA. there TO be received with elaborate
tormaIity as discoursed upon in
last Sundays Tribune Illustrated Supplement. is
in all probability based upon the fact that last
some Buddhist relics were discovered in Bengal
Inc Inolah government oUerec tnese ss LIISliuS
dhst monarch-and he is distributing them Impair
country preparations have been and are being made
for their suitable reception"
aIItn hat hum aeSh F= Hafr 70
said George J. Carroll Of San Francisco. yester-
day. at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
THE FATE God forefend that I should ever
OF THE suffer from leprosy. II can be in
LEPER a man for years and give out
ward manifestation. Even after he
:s cognzant OF it, it is long before his outward con-
ditiOn will be such TO betray him to the author
tiles have been a number Of times to the Ha-
you sight going there from this country is the
grim barren and forbiddng coast of Molakai where
the leper colony is situated Think of the anguish
Of any one on discovering that he is leperi such
the disease will render the taste OF life bitter 10
evtabie fate has Claimed him for It's own. and
that nothing that IS known TO human science
can by so much as hairs 6Feadth alter his pre-
eeeTined sn6 aw5u4 end 10 Mq,okaI ne must be
waits until the truth can no longer be suppressed
go to endure the last years of his living death
and when the longed for death finally comes, it Is
the soil Of Molokal that will claim his wasted and
disease racked body"
Il told that, fearful though 1t is TO look on,
| its victims do suffer I trust il is Molokai
from ships deck looks its direful
| LIFE IN THE part-it is rugged. bare of vegeta-
| SOUTH SEA ton and surprisingly lonely; and
| ISLANDS. as II to draw the sharper contrast,
Oahu. the island which Homo
lulu Is situated. is Of the garden spots OF the
earth 1t is rich in soil, luxuriant in vegetation
and its people Of happy and careless disposi-
! ton and instinct with life. The climate there Is
/ balmy and wonderful and once you fall within
! the thraldom OF the South Sea life OF which the
| Sandwich Islands mark the northernmost limits
| you know why Robert Louis Stevenson loved il
/ and why so many men have given up promising
careers TO idle through their lives among the South
/ Sea Islands. All in ALL the South is TO me
/ the most complete and ideal place this planet
and l never dare pay IL any but limited visits for
| fear that I may remain for the rest OF my days.
/ I have never turned my face toward it save with
/ Joy or my back upon it except with sorrow"