Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02


The stream of time is strewn with the
wrecks OF many republics. Some of
them arose in splendor that made the
world look amazed and astonished, but
finally yielding to the influences of the
natural enemy of all the republics they
halted on their march and went down
into oblivion and now they live only in
song. The antiquarian digs and delves
amid the ruins of their historic capitols
to find some relics for the pastime and
instruction of succeeding genera tons
And as we to-day watch the progress of
events, and note the strange and unholy
influence eSerted over our own republic
by the greatest enemy of republics in all
the world, may we not be afraid? and
may we not be anxious about the future?
By this enemy I mean England, and the
English aristocracy. They have no use
for republics now, and never had in all
the past centuries.
The only excuse to-day that the British
government has for sending 100000 sol
diers to South Africa is to crush the life
out of the poor little republic, and to rob
and murder a mere handful of brave men
and women and helpless children who
dare to fight for liberty, justice and in
dependence. Yet, Notwithstanding all
this, certain leaders of the republican
party, citizens of the greatest republic
in the world, cringe anu fawn before this
selfish, greedy, English bully, and like
SerVile ours lick his boots despatched
that two sister republics might live on
to bless mankind.
1 do not believe that the great mass of
republicans who have hitherto supported
that party which was founded upon the
principles of civil and religious freedom,
at this time fully indorse the attitude
of their leaders upon the great questions
that mean SO much to their countrys
future and so much to the welfare and
happiness of their children.
But ask the leaders of the republican
party why they bend the knee to AFRO
gant, naughty John Bull and their reply
is that he was so friendly to US in our
recent war with Spain. The facts are
that the British government knew full
well that the Spanish army and navy
were no match for our own navy and
army. And they wanted to be on the
winning side.
ming to crush the South African repub-
lie and steal their diamond gold fields,
and without the friendship of this re-
public, the British government knew too
well that it could not carry out its hell
ish schemes.
At Cape Town a short time ago I met
Sir Edward Chichester, who commanded
the British war ship Immortalite at Ma
Mia at the time Dewey sent the Spanish
fleet to the bottom of Manila bay, and
asked him, what did you do for at
the battle of Manila?'' He answered.
mot damned thing, but to keep alb
solutely neutral When he said that I
could not keep from thinking that if
our government had manifested absolute
neutrality between the contestants in
South Africa the war there would now be
oyer, for certainly some foreign power
would long ago have interviewed in be-
F441f of the heroic defenders of the re-
public.
It is singular how it was possible for
the hollow pretensiOn of friendship on
the part of the British government to-
ord Of
people so easily. That friendship was not
sincere. For did not the Englishmen in
Cape Colony, many of them sons of the
| nobility. gather together in clubs and
public places and drink Scotch whisky
end soda, their favorite beverage, to the
success of the Spanish arms at the time
war was declared between the United
States and Spain? But soon they
heard of the battles OF Manila and San
| tiago, they then forthwith drank to the
health of the United States. And did
not our consul general at Cape Town
give a dinner to the American residents
| of that city on the Fourth of July before
our war with Spain, and to that dinner
| the great British empire builder the man
who has boosted that the republics of
South Africa shall be erased from the
map, and the British flag shall wave from
Cairo to the Cape, Cecil ]. Rhodes, was
| invited.
But that noble lord of creation, he
whose heart is harder than a diamond
| stolen from the BO6r, Gld not so n2ucn as
| acknowledge that invitation on the part
| of the representative of this great repub-
| lie. But after our victory over the Span
iards was known then this same empire
| builder and republic hater FASTENED to tell
| the American consul what great coun-
| try he represented.
The truth of the matter was that he
knew the British programme in the
Orange Free State and the Transvaal
could never be carried out if the same
Am me
| navy that shook the Spanish throne to its
very foundation should speak to their
commander in chief and say that the re-
pubIics of South Africa must not be de-
stroyed, but they must live on and on,
and in them liberty, equality, justice and
| fair play shall ard must have an eternal
abiding place. But some one asked:
| ''Shall we make war in behalf of the
| two South African republics? ?" I answer
no. that would be unnecessary. L you'd
| have been sufficient long ago had cur gov
eminent made known to the wor.d tAnt
the British boast of q secret under
standing between our government anH
the British government to the effect tsl8:
our government would stand by the Brit
| ish government in case of interver tiCn il
behalf of the Beers by any of the srrs2.t
] foreign powers was a wicked. nns lie ioiza
lie. But this was not done. On tie coz
| trary we have remained idle and G1iat-
while Joseph Chamberlain Of Englanc ms
made the statement frequently in ps@blir
/ addresses that there was an understood
| ing between his government and oIf3
And the British officials and the agenfs
| of the British press in Europe and Africa
| have frequently made the same bo;t$t-
| and have held our country up as tae'
mace to foreign powers. These facts, y
| gether with the fact that many 81 ip
| loads Of mules, horses and food stu:fs
have been sold from this country TO
| the British army. while the seizure d
| one snip load of food stuffs consigned &c
| the Boer army by the British war vessels
was suffered and endured without scarce
| Iy nurmer on the part of our govern
/ ment-
| And when we remember that the British
| rress contained a glowing account OF