The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-30
APPEAL 10 THE GOVERNOR "A ROMANTIC STORY, THIS
BOERS ASK HELP OF HAWAII IN
GETTING PEACE.
Petition Signatures to Appeal the OBJ
ject of Which is to Influence British
Opinion

OplDlOnt
Governor Dole has received an APP
peal from the BOer League of New
York for assistance in influencing Brit
ish opinion against a continuance of
the struggle i'm South Africa. The Gov
ernor being an appointee of the ad-
ministration at Washington and, in a
measure or to that extent, a part
thereof, has deemed it impossible to
offer any assistance or encouragement
and has so written the committee The
letter sent out together with blank
petition for signatures, is as follows:
We are convinced that a very large
number of people in this country, if
they only knew how, would gladly help
the Beers in their struggle for free
dom, Heretofore, the question with
most of us has been,-What can we do
TO help them?
II has been suggested to us recently,
ana we heartily approve the suggestion
that we can best help the Beers by in
uu-uCmg british pubic opinion in faV-
our of justice and peace in South Afri-
ca. 1t Is evident that so vast are the
resources of the British Empire in
comparison with those of the South
African Republics, that unless the his
tory of our own War of Independence
soon repeats itself in this case, to the
I
British people concluded that there was
neither gam nor glory in it's continu-
anCe the Republics might, in the
ouuise OF time, become temporarily eN-
hausted. The sooner, then, that the
British people can be brought to the
point which they reached in their war
with us the better it will be for them,
for South Africa, and for the whole
world.
With this end in view, it becomes
of the utmost Importance to evoke such
an expression of popular feeling in the
United States that the people of Great
Britain, Ireland, and the British Colo
MES will be made to realize at last that
the large majority of Americans look
with extreme disfaVCr upon the con-
tinued slaughter and threatened eXter-
milatiOn of the citizens of the South
African Republic and Orange Free
State.
The British people have been deceiv-
ed in regard to public sentiment here.
They have been led to believe that they
have the moral support of America in
their dealings with the Beers, and Mr.
Chgmberlaiu's claim that some sort of
an alliance had been entered into by
him with this COuntry-a claim imme-
diately rejected by the Administration
here-Was made in order to foster this
erroneous belief. The majority of the
English newspapers are so bitterly
anti-Boer that they do not publish
news that might open the eyes of their
readers on this subject; they know
that the man in the street" upon
whose support Mr.. Chamberlain de-
ponds, feels that in Europe he stands
among enemies, and is, therefore, not
only anxious to cOnciliate and to pre-
serve the good opinion of the Ameri-
cans, but would he shocked to learn
that the action of his government had
already alienated, and threatens to
ALLEVIATE still further, much of the
friendly feeling for Great Britain
which at one time existed in this coun-
try.
We purpose to administer that shock
so far as possible by crystalliZing the
pro- Boer sympathy of the majority of
Americans and by taking steps to bring
the result-in the form of brief pro-
test-to the notice of the British peo-
pie. This, in our opinion, viii do more
than anything else could do at this
time to shake the blind confidence of
many Englishmen in the righteousness
of their cause.
A number of prominent residents of
New York have already signed the
Protest referred to, inserted separately
herewith.
AS soon as a sufficient number of
signatures to it has been obtained, we
intend to insert the protest as an adj
Vertisement in the leading British
newspapers, and to leave it standing as
long as our funds permit, with state
ment beneath giving the number who
have signed it and such names from
among them as are likely to be known
in England.
For this purpose money is needed,
first, for the collection of signatures.
secondly, for the insertion of the pro-
test as an advertisement in the British
press. We feel confident that all other
sympathizers, will cooperate with us
in this undertaking; but we appeal
particularly to the general public, who
may not have had an opportunity here
tofOre to show in a practical way their
admiration for the gallant struggle OF
the South African burghers or for the
great principles fer which the burghers
fight.
We guarantee that every member of
our organization shall continue to give
his services to the cause, gratis, and
that all money subscribed viii be
spent exclusively for the purposes
named above.
Cheques and money orders should be
made payable to the Treasurer, Mr.. e.
Reeve Merritt, at Z East Fifty-third
Street New York City.
CSigned)-W. Loring Andrews, Theo-
dore NJ. Barta, VIM. G. Davies, Frede-
rio ]. de Peyster, H. H. de Vos, Howard
c. HiTegas, Edward Lauterbach, E.
Reeve Merritt, John V. l.. Pruyn,
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer,, Executive
Committee of the Transvaal League of
the Eastern States.
CHINESE CITIZENSHIP.
WASHINGTON, January l9.-Attor-