The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-23
PRAISE FOR THE BoERs.
Representative Suffers Lecture at
the First Presby terfan Church.

( Representative Suffers Lecture at
the First Presbyterian Church.
Hon. William Sulzer Of New York lee
tured last night before fair-sized au-
4 dience at the First Presbyterian Church.
/ He delivered a stirring pro- Boer address,
! in which ne Landed the virtue. justice. and
I logical strength Of the stand taken by the
/ South African Republics
/ Mr.. Sulzer said that the history Of the
/ people Of South Africa is the most inter
esting of any people that ever lived In
1886 before the discovery Of America.
Bartholomew Diaz. a Spaniard endeavoring
to find an all-water route to India. set
tied with a small band in what is now
Cape Colony. Other Spaniards followed.
and these were followed by Dutch immi-
grants from the Netherlands, who estab-
lished a lOurishing colony which contin-
ued prosperous until it was eeded by the
Netherlands Government to Great Britain
in 1914
Then said Mr.. Sulzer England tried
to assimilate these Dutch Professionals. She
interfered with their affairs. their Ian
guage, tried them in courts where only
English was allowed to be spoken. and
refused to consider petitions unless writ
ten in English. This high handed course
resulted in the hanging Of six Beers at
Slaughter's Mex the disgrace Of which
has never been wiped out and never
will be
THE Beers then decided to separate.
One party migrated TO DelagOa Bay. where
its members persisted Of the fever; another
crossed the Orange River into Natal. to
perish at the hands Of the natives. The
remnant left in Cape Colony settled Just
north OF the Orange River where they
established a pure democracy
England. Mr. Sulzer declared, DID not
let them live unmolested, but sent English
officers to ineite the natives 20 Instruction.
which was formally put down. In 1888 the
Beers migrated northWaTd estab. tshlng
the Orange Free State and the South At
rican Republic. The British Government
continued its aggressl0ns. the speaker
said. until 1852 when a treaty was rat
fled in which Great Britain recognized the
independence of the two Repub les in all
matters pertaining to their internal gov
ernment. Their foreign affairs were to Re
regulated by a high joint commission OF
England and South Africa. Until the dis
covery of diamonds at Kimberley. in
Orange Free State territory, the two couu-
tries were unmolested.
Then. said Mr.. Sulzer. England want
ed the territory around the mines and
upon a manufactured pretext seized IT,
The discovery Of gold at Johannesburg
brought forth the proclamation of 1871 by
the High Joint Commission Of England and
South Africa. anneXing the two Republics.
The battle Of Majuba Hill in 1881 resulted,
in which the British were defeated. Eng
land then recognized BOer independence,
and in the convention OF Pretoria retained
only the right to regulate their foreign af-
fairs"
History" said Mr. Sulzer. will show
that England never waged a more untusti-
fable war She has more than 200. 600 men
against 20 Geo. The last stand Of Cr0Bje
Mr. Sulzer praised in the highest terms.
and the President CT the South African r.
pubiics was termed the Grand Old Paul
Kruger" He urged substantial sympathy
for the Beers by the United States.