Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-09
CH|CAGO'S PROTEST
Entered Against Continuation
of South African War,
Mass Meeting Addressed by W.
bourke Cochran and Others.
.
Sentiment Of Meeting viii Be Brouoht 10
Presidents Attention.

Chicago, Dee. s.-A program or BRO.
tests against British methods in the
I South African war was carried out be
] l"re an immense audience in the Audi
\ loriuin Theatre here, tonight. The
meeting was held under the auspices
/ Of the Chicago branch Of the American
! Transvaal League.
Following an eloquent address by ".
IouFke tockraE and earnest speeches
ny others, resolutions, for the appoint
ineht Of Il committee 10 bring the spnti-
ments Of the meeting before the Presi-
dent were adopted. Although an ad-
MISSION was charged. the funds being
intended to aid the Beers ana especi-
ally their women ana children. stand
! ins room was at premium and many
We're unable To gain admttance
MI Cochran. the orator Of the even
ing. was greeted with 4 tumultuous ap-
plause. He said in part:
however men may differ about the
INVASION Of the South African repub
hcs all are agreed that the restoration
ot peace is in the highest degree desir-
able. There are but two WAYS in which
the war can be tcrminated-either thu
Boers must surrender. or the English
government must abandon the attempt
70 snbdue them. ii is quite generally
assumed that the resistance of tho
boeFS cannot he successful and if this
Pc true they would not be justified in
cohiihulnS a struggle which involved.
lFcitlc&S loss Of life and waste Of prom
ertE, even though the losses inflicted
on thelr enemy We're 10 fold greater
than Wnat they suffered themselves for
ploods aed which is useless is always
lhdefenslble. But is it true that the
resistance of the Beers is hopeIessp
since the fall OF Pretoria. il certainly
mas not been fluitlcss. AZ their resist-
ance has not been fruitless. neither ie
their struggle for independence hone
less On the contrary. if their resist
2nce be prolonged for a few months
The abandonment OF the struggle ~
Subdue them by Great Britain is inevi-
table. Tie capacity of the Roers ~
maintain the struggle is placed beyond
a doubt by the barbarity of the meth
ods employed TO subdue them. The
English government cannot avoid sum
porting the women and children made
homeless by the destruction Of III.
farms.
provoke bitterness. or to increase the
crop OF reSentments already too large
throughout the world Much as Ne
might desire the Incorporation of
canada in the Union. unless 1t could
bc accomplished by the consent of the
people on both sides of the frontier. we
10 not wish it. but il may be we'll 10
point out that there was much less
jus;iiiable ground for the assault upon
the South African republics BY Great
britain than there would have. been
10" the forcible annexation Of Canada
by this country.
Disaster to the English people lies
not III The defeat Of this enterprise but
IN its success. If the South African
republics We're subdued and the last
l;o"r disarmed. the men and women
nov confined in captivity must be re-
tholity over these people, rcscntful.
dissatisfied. accustomed to bearing
arms, would require the maintenance
Of 4 huge army and such an army
could not b" maintained without es-
JablishinG compulsory military service
III Great Britain.
Providence has 50 ordered events
that the President of the United
states can compose this bitter quarrel.
one word spoken 10 the English am
baSsddcr or in the hearing of the Eng
ish nation would restore peace, estab-
ism justice. secure liberty to these
)ur2h"rs. promote enormously the
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