The Sunday globe., 1901-08-04

wise, Of this affair.
Reynolds proceeds to quote numerous
letters from wounded soldiers and Of
ficers I'm that fight at Nlakfontein, not
one of whom charges the Beers with
inhumanity or violation of the rules of
war. On the contrary, they one and
all. bear testimony to the heroism and
kindness Of the Beers to both the Brit
ish wounded and prisoners
One soldier says:
THE Beers behaved like men, never
shooting when they could take prison
ers. and they charged with great dash
and bravery. They are very cool un-
der fire. and they even asked me how
/ was going on, and apologized because
they had to take our rifles and ammu-
niton.'
Reynolds then gives the other side
of the picture. thus.
And now for another view, again
from soldiers at the front Private
G. Chadwick, Sd Grenadier Guards,
writing from Modder Camp, also said,
| The Beers cry for mercy when they
/ know they have no chance of shooting
you down but we take no notice Of the
crying and stick the bayonet through
| them
Private G. Washington. 2d Cold.
streams, said of the four battles fought
| by Lord Methuon. In the last two
| fights we used the bayonet freely, as
/ we advanced and the Beers appealed
/ for mercy i'm vain.
Private w, S. Tarrant writing from
/ Estcourt to his parents at Swindon
said: When the Beers are caught, they
| beg for mercy, but they have not been
getting much from us of late, only
| from the officers
Driver +. Clark of the 6jth Howit.
zer Battery, writing on March -, 1900
to his brother at Bristol, said i know
/ our troops won't have any mercy on
them Cthe Boers). 1t is only the Of
| ficers that stop the men from killing
them right out. I have seen a few put
out of their misery
"A letter has just been received i'm
Liverpool, dated Naaufpoort Mex, June
3D., from Sergeant Fisher, of the Goth
lSusseX) Company of Imperial YeO-
manry, and an eN-constable in the Liv-
erpool police force. They came up be-
hind the smoke and we had a terrible
fight. We got mixed up with them
and could hardly tell them from our
own men, because they were dressed
i'm khaki My horse fell
among some rocks and, of course, 1 got
behind some / had scarcely got there
when a Boer galloped up and shouted,
Hands up' l put my Carbine on the
rocks, but I had my revolver by me
He came up to me laughing and said
Now you give me your belt and am
munition.' He came nearer and / shot
him dead in the stomach with my re-
yolver. l took his Mauser, which l am
going to bring home
Corporal Wynne Jones a. S. c., a
reservist, previously employed at the
Staiues LinOleum Factory, writing
from Petersburg, April 10th, says in
the Staines and Egham News: we en-
tered Petersburg on Easter Monday
morning without opposition, but short
ly after two officers of the Australians
were killed and one man wounded by
young Boer, who was Immediately
rushed on and he succumbed to the
tune of half a dozen bullet wounds and
just a few prods of the bayonet to help
him out Of pain
Reynolds concludes a lengthy de-
duCtory review, in which it shows that
the Beers have practically won the
contest for their homes and independ-
ence, and concludes as follows:
such, then, is the character of this
war. Founded on deliberate lies, it has
been carried on by a most lamentable
series Of atrocities The homes of the
people have been burnt; their wives
and children imprisoned in murder
camps the heroic Boer peasants, fight
ing glOriously for their independence,
transported beyond the seas. And all
for the greed of gold and the knavery
Of the mOneymOngeTs Of the stock
markets Meanwhile all home reform
is being neglected The pauper houses
are full; trade is falling off; education
is being put back; the land is falling
into decay through criminal mOnOp-
oily; taxes are increased. a permanent
burden has been added to our usual
expenditure; the infamous war debt
has been increased by many millions;
conscriptiOn is at hand; the hatred and
contempt of the world for English
methods has grown; Ireland is in a
state Of ferment; India is ravaged with
famine. Such is Tory government;
such is government by the rich, the
capitalists, the landlords, the priv
ileged classes"
And to precisely this condition is the
republic Of the United States coming
under the rule Of the trust and the plu-
tOcrat fostered and encouraged by the
Mckinley Administration, the ally and
support of the Tory government Of
England i'm its unholy war on the
Dutch republics Of South Africa.