The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-07

New York, May 6.-Webster Davis.
former assistant secretary OF the interior,
spoke at a meeting at the Academy Of
Music tonight held under the auspices Of
the New York committee to aid the South
African republics. He said IN part.
The great masses of our people do
sympathize with the Beers. They stand
for liberty. for civilization, for self gov
eminent and for peace. Every effort
should be put forth by them TO bring this
unholy war in South Africa to a close. We
cannot as American freemen. whose ar
cesters rlsked their lives for freedom and
independence. w ehlOid our synDathieS
from the farmers OF the TransvSai
+Chamberlatn has attempted to dOnin-
ate and dIctaAe If their internal affairs,
just as Gorge IL interfered in the affairs
Of tie colonies. Indeed, England has
trOGden truth underfOot and trampled
honor and GOO faith Ia the dust. And
were he 10 coqqLSr the Beers there is no
doubt in the weird that they would be
compelled TO suffer as the peopla of Ire
land have suffered for centuries. British
cruelty il proverbial,
Daring the battle Of the Tugela river
200 lyddiIe shells fell among the Beers,
and though at The Hague convention dun
dunn bullets We're condemned by repre-
sentatiVes of the civilized world as fit
only for saVages, Yet i have now in pos
session three UneXplOded dum-dums that /
picked up On TOP of SpiCu kOp in the
trenches that had been occupied by the
4
picded dum-dum bullets that were given
me by a surgeon as he extracted them
from the bodies Of two dead Beers.
Instances of British Cruelty.
Numerous have been the instances of
British cruelty in the battiehelds of South
Africa, such as the abuse of the white flag
and the firing upon the RED Cross. And
the conduct Of The British troops, espec-
tally the lancers, has no parallel in mod
ern warfare.
England has no right to peddle US
around through Europe as the tail Of her
kite continued Mr.. Davis.
That's McKinleyism." shouted man
in the audience.
''McKinley's all right" answered Mr..
Davis. He IS a patriot, one of the com
mon people like Lincoln. and the effort
on the part of the British sympathiZeFs
TO connect him with the British effort
to crush liberty, to kill the two young re-
Dublics, and 10 rob and murder their
handful OF brave martyrs, is 2 crime and
must be resented by every american pat
riot. Mckinley is all right but there are
men about him who ought 10 be got rid of
as quickly as possible.
II wish 10 God 100000 Americans would
arm themselves and " h an American
feet go to the help of the Beers. If that
is not possible then we can tell the world
thai we do not sympathize with Great
Britain but we DO sympathiZC with the
Beers.
Rhodes a Scoundrel.
There is not a graRder man living than
Paul Kruger, and Cecil Rhodes is the
damnedest scoundrel unhung.
Should the British by overwhelming
numbers succeed in cOnquering the Beers
in the present struggle. il will avail moth
ing. Future generations win take up the
burden where their stricken fathers laid
1t down and the outcome is certain"
MOutagu White also spoke. He said
that he felt sure that Mr.. Davis efforts in
behalf of the Beers will be far reaching
in the future, and that the press Of che
country is being controlled in the interests
of the British. He said that even religion
is being used to malign the cause of the
people of South Africa.
Resolutions were adopted rendering
thanks TO those senators and representa-
tives who have introduced resolutions in
congress expressing sympathy with the
South African republics; and calling upon
the president in the interests OF humanity
and civilization to invite the great powers
of Europe TO join In a concerted demand
upon Great Britain TO stop the war.