Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-01-25
Australian CritlClSsS
Br,tain'S War Policy

San Francisco, Jan. 13.-According
to j. +. Archibald, editor and proprie-
tor of the Sydney Bulletin, who is at
present guest at the Occidental Ho-
tel, there is a growing feeling in Aus
tralia that the British colonies are
making a serious mistake in aiding
England to wage war against the
Transvaal. 1T was a grave error for
Australia to send out troops to South
Africa" he said yesterday, ut amounts
to an abandonment of our indepen-
dence. We have of our volition placed
ourselves in the distastteful position
of being subject to the beck and call
of England when that nation wants
men to fight her wars Of conquest. and
1t is very bad precedent to establish.
1t Is not that we are anti-British, but
that we are pro-Australian. The time
must come when Australia will govern
itself. All this talk of the unity Of
the Englishspeaking people sounds
well, but 1t is fictitious sentiment.
You in America speak English, but you
think American.
"Australia's participation in the
Boer war amounts to public Gala
nifty. BY accepting the doctrine laid
down by our politicians we have CIV
en- up our independence. One of our
most serious troubles is that Austria
liza is still dominated by politicians of
English birth or strong English affili-
atoms, who, instead of seeking re-
wards at the hands of their own people,
look across the waters for recognition
and titles. These politicians rushed
Us into this thing and 1t has caused
much intense feeling. To be entirely
candid, might say that a majority o.
the people of Australia are willing to
stand by England to the end, right or
wrong, but there is a growing senti-
ment that we should not help to fight
England's battles, since we have no
voice in the making of them. If we
are to join In England's wars we
should certainly have some word in the
making of them.
Il consider the war with the Trans
vaal monstrous, unjustiflable and en-
tirely unprovoked. None of the rough
handed men / know who have been
in the Transvaal have anything to say
against Dom Paul's Government. It
happened that they did not intend to
settle there and did not care about the
franchises. The whole affair Is to be
sincerely regretted. Joseph Chamber
lain is Judas who has betrayed all
parties and interests with which he
has been identified. He betrayed the
Radicals, he betrayed Gladstone, and
now he has betrayed his country for
the benefit Of the people with whom he
was in communication at the time of
the Jameson raid. If England loses In
this war with the Beers the result will
effect a severe loss of British prestige
abroad and will have a deleterious eff.
rect on the expansion OF the empire.
And England deserves to lose the fight
because of its manifest unjustness. II
is the same battle that was fought by
William Tell against the enemies OF
his Countrywide same war the Ameri
cans fought in their War of Indepen-
dence."
Achibald says that the rapidity with
which the Australian regiments were
recruited for South Africa Is due to the
natural spirit Of adventure inherent in
the young men OF the country. MANY
Of them think the Transvaal will be
a nice place to settle in after the wal"
he said. I'm afraid many Of them will
settle there before the close of the
war"