The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-31

watching the treatment those who sur
render receive, unmOved alike by loyal
passions or impractical sentiment.
The British Government must estab-
lish a uniform system of treating the
unfortunate, misguided people, and II
plead for a system in which mercy al
ready treads close upon the heels of
justice. The British have by no means
a monopoly of right in this quarrel
Their African record does not entitle
them to judge harshly, and whatever
the right and wrong the only goal
should be a happy, contented South
Africa.
An Interesting Trial.
NEW YORK, March pa dispatch
to the Herald from Brussels says:
\ criminal case which will attract
the greatest interest in England and in
all countries where the struggle be-
] tween Great Britain and the Beers is
| exciting attention will be heard on
June 18th before the Brussels Tribunal
| CorTectiOnnel.
1t is a trial which will put to the
test the accusation of corruption
| brought by the British Government
against the BOer officials in general
| The parties concerned are the we'll
known financiers, the Barons Open
helm of the firm Of Oppenheim Freres;
Louis and Henry Warrant, Belgian
] barristers; NJ. BracOnier, a wealthy
Belgian capitalist. and another Belgian,
NJ Terwange, all of whom were assO-
ciated some years ago as lessees OF
| the Trdnsvaal Railway, which was to
connect Komati Port with Selati.
They had for this purpose formed a
company styled the Companagie
| Franco Beige de Chemin de Ter du
NOrd de la Republique Sud Africaine,
Having its seat at Brussels.
They are to be tried on the charge
brought against them by DR.. Leyds, on
behalf of the Transvaal Government,
of having concocted false accounts or
been accessories thereto.
The Transvaal Government, when
granting the concession to the rail-
way, undertook to guarantee the inter-
est on all the shares or debentures is
sued 'by the company, provided the
amount issued did not exceed G9,6OO
per English mile of railroad Now the
lTransvaal Government complains that
: by producing false accounts the COM
Ipany claimed from them an amount OF
! interest largely in excess of the capital
I subscribed or required, as the cost OF
laying the railway was much under the
z limit of E9,600 per mile.
According to my information the
. Coupany's directors, who are being
% prosecuted on this charge, admit tha
D the cost was not G9,600, but allege tina
they were compelled to make the charg
higher in order to conceal the brides
a which they had to pay President Krue
lie Ga nd of
c members of the Pretoria VOlksraad
y including some of the generals now en-
e gagged in the war.
! They state that some of these bride
+ took the shape Of costly and fashion
u able carriages or other presents.
: Mafeking Not Relieved.
LONDON, March %, 2:15 p. m.-Co
. Piumer apparently has retired to CroC
n odile Pools and Mafeking seems farthe
L off than ever from relief. This new
= was contained in a dispatch from Blu
u lawayo, dated Monday, March 10, an
published in the second edition of tn
le Times. These advices add that tn
/ base hospital has been brought bac
to Gaberones, though the correspond
y ent further says 1t is thought the oil
I lecL OF the BOeT ueulOuSIIdllOH
Z March 10 and March 10 was to cove
the removal of the siege guns frol
- Mafeking.
e General French's activity in the o.
ie ahge Free State may we'll be preGm
nary to a forward movement by LoI
~ Roberts with the main army. A di
i patch from Bloemfontein dated Thur
% day. March %, says: President Kru
u ger is reported to have issued a pro
" lamation declaring that Great Britai
IL Is in dire stress and that the Russian
have occupied London.
A Springfontein telegram publisht
in the second edition of the Times say
'h The apparent submissive attitude
ne the Free Staters should be acceptt
3: with caution. The large proportion
Of obsolete, inferior weapons being tur
no ed in by them to the British is CIVIL
al the impression that large stores
a modern Mausers are being concealed
hv The Outlook's special corresponds
os at Cape Town says: Feeling is ru
n ming strong against the leniency wi
va which rebels of Cape Colony and Nat
of are being treated by the British a
thorities."
Fighting Now On.