The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-06-13

fame that lonI est shall endure. Tis noble !
thu. 10 save q state But nobler yet 10 make
|, pure For all whoss swords were braveiy
crossed There In no true cnuse ,hst was lost.
Defea, uni,es With victory 10 win for each Q
grander aim: Our fsiherlsnd redeemed from
blame Our pas, Of raddsr, preudsr fame Our
future just and free.
Why civilized nations In this day and age
should ss,ile their differences with the
swovd is an uosolved problem. In every 9th
or conceivable candiiien mankind has pro-
gressed. hut We still cling to the methods Of
the heaihsn for the settlement Of inter ma
,ional disputes IL the questions are Of sum.
cisnt momeIt.
Recently the CIsr Of Russia insuesrsted .
movement for the settlement Of disputes oth>
erwiss than by war aud caused peace con.
ference TO he held In which aii the principal
nations Of the earth. except Mrs. Nation.
were represented with view to adopting
some method or treaty under which war
would be relsgnied 10 the rear with othe.
relics Of barbatism, but aside FROM the liber-
81 interchange Of bouquets the conference
WAS barren Of direct results aud VAS follow.
ed slmost Immediately by the slaughter Of
few thousand chinsmen and the loo,ing Of
the chness empire. In the distribution Of
the spois there Was "a much wraneling that
The great pacificsior. the Clar, aud John
Bull are ON the verge Of locking horns
for the possession Of Manchuria. Du,
thanks TO = progressive age the impiemsnis
Of war have been greatly improved and With
modern guns and equiqsee war is oonsidt r.
90 dangerous ., ort likely to result 10 death
to many Of the spor'smsu. be,iiss being We.
~ expensive "A England aud Uncle Sam eau
attest Under the present conditions thers
Is not much likelihood Of q war between
two powerful nn'iens II they IRE sny,hiug
like equally matched.
| believe that uins OF essry ten American
citizens are In sympathy with the little B.er
Republic who nave held out 80 vnlieuily and
50 long conisnding fer right. justice aud lib
eriy. struggling for the s~ms principles aud
rights which our fsrsfaihsrs 90 ssllantly do.
Tended In 1919
They are an intelligent and enlightened
liberty loving AMI chrisiisn people aud ID,
whole world Admires their tactics aud sbili,
hy displayed ,u their bitter struggle viii
Old England,
In this struggle for Independence abou
one third Of the troopers are msrs children
boys from ~ to Is years Of age. Tn
schools In Pretoria. Johannesburg On,
Bioemfsn,rin furnished many. Near y eve
~ family has given up i,s last horn "a vel
ns i,s first. The British opponents are con
stantly amazed nj the youth Of thsir advsr
sariss, A British officer relates TO son,
correspondents that they we're eut late on
night looking ahsr tho wounded when the
came across an old white bearded Boer. n
WAS lying behiod q bit Of rock supportiu
himself on his elbows. when they 4,
near him he mo,ionsd to the officer ,ha,
wanted to speak. The officer bent over hiI
and the old iusn ssked that he 20 and fu
his son, = boy Of thirteen. whs had bee
fighting by his side when bs fell. Wei
| said tho officer. I did o. he asked me on
: under . heap Of wounded ! found the po,
. lad. stone dead. I'm not chicken hearts
, and I've seen Bit Of fighting but I had
turn away when The old Bosr saw his h
, aud fesbly husgsd his body 10 him a.
rDosued over Il. Uu,il that very noms
! hsd never realised how horrible war
. ] nsvsr wanted 10 see smother gen hr,
4 when I looked around agsin the old bo
! was dead clasping the cold hand Of his Dc.
. boy.
To display reeklessness 10 account,
by The Beers not onlv nonsensical bl
cuipablc. They roundly ceudcmu bra,
cry Of that sort. Capt. Vonlossberg. Il
German Americas who performed di
:, tinguished service for tho free state q
tinery with Dsw"t aud Della Raw VI
osse on the point Of being shot when !
u insisted On their retaining an expose
. position he had selected. The midd
agsa aud older Beers cas seldom be Pc
susded 10 occupy positiea not prstsc
:. ed by rocks ~ trees.
Not so with the younger Beers WI
take sll sorts Of chances. Just uor,h ,
. Biosmfsutein 1 read Of the Australia