The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-30
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No one however critical of Drital
saia,mnnship before the South Afri
can war. British geueraiship i8rnl
the war. and the unusual symp 0m'
Of hysteria among the British publ,
which have followed the disasters In
tho field. can hope fof the civilization
and progress of South Africa without
wishing that British arms may be suc-
oossfu there. The Advertiser has made
this point more than once, but that
does not inhibit the indulgence IN such
comment as the more moderate Lon
don journals themselves are making
upon the follies and weaknesses of the
campaign We note by n local organ
Of British sentiment that paragraph
In yesterdays Advertiser is regarded
by at least one Britisher as an insult
to Her Majesty's subjects which it
was far from being. The worst insult
10 them would be to quote with APP
prevail the scurrile jests which appear
in the radical British journals 1t L.
not a Honolulu, but London paper
which says that the British are re-
treating in splendid order and the en-
envy following in great confusion. Aft
er that and thousand English para
graphs like it, surely the observation
is not out OF order in a Honolulu paper
fdat fasting and prayer in the face of
disasters that must be met by sword
and shell is scarcely British charde-
teristic. Since the time of the fierce
beaf-eaters who overran Europe, or
~ers overrun in it, Englishmen have
nor been prone TO turn from deieat
10 saokcloth, bur have taken fresh
grip ana out of tie nettle Danger
pIuckeG the flower Safety.
That Is what we expect them TO do
in this instance and will applaud them
for doing and this notwithstanding the
fact that England has never given
Americans much reason to love her
One time at a foreign peace confer
ence. ex-Secretary of State John w.
Foster accorded the writer n press in
terview in which he said: When !
think of the way England treated Us
p In colonial times. in the Revolution,
previous to and during the war of 1872,
in the boundary dispute and in the
Civil War, feel an unmistakable pref
udice against her; but when l consid-
er that wherever her flag waves justice
is administered, revenues honestly col
iected and civilization advanced, | say
of England, God bless her" These are
the views, we believe, of most rational
Americans, and while they are such
AZ not to repress criticisms of British
failures and shams, they are of sort
TO encourage our kinsmen beyond the
Atlantic in the pursuit of policies
which work for the betterment of hui
niAnity and the world,
Such Is the policy of reclamation in
south Africa The Beers, splendid
lighting men that they area quality
they share with the Dervishes-are yet
as much in the way of the unity and
civilization of South Africa as We're
the Dutchmen of New Amsterdam of
the unity and civilization of North
America. They are dull, fierce bipeds,
standing in the path. The best inter-
ests of the region of the Cape per-
haps OF the Dark Continent itself, re-
quire that their distinctive political
institutions be wiped out and they,
themselves. amalgamated with the
Angi0-Saxon race. A mighty people
pie fit TO grapple with the sternest
work of pioneering and of the noblest
problems of craftsmanship and to build
in some bright future the United States
Of South Africa Looking toward
such a consummation what American
is there who cannot hope that it may
be speedily realized and this prospect
i've of any private prejudice he may
bear towards Great Britain as power.
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PROSPECTS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
A good idea of what the British have