Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-22

posed the disgraceful lies circulated by
the mean and vulgar gang Of hood
lums. who support the policy Of muir
der and robbery in South Africa as to
the escape i'm the night of President
Steyn i'm his shirt-sleeves and Of the
seizure Of correspondence belonging TO
the Dutch republics These impudent
falsehoods bore on the face Of them
the stamp of forgery and no one but
fool would have believe them. Lord
Kitchener himself has furnished evil
dence that, as i'm Ireland, the British
government of rich men are employing
periurers and forgers to do in an un-
derhand way that which they are un-
able to accomplish by force Of arms
In the forged correspondence referred
to, State Secretary Reitz was made TO
say that the Boer supplies were eX-
hausted. Yet, in a telegram the other
dav Kitchenet speaks Of the mex
haustible supplies of the Beers. How
honest men are filled with loathing at
the disreputable crew who are running
the State on the principles Of society
of pickpockets.
The war kept up by lies because our
government of rich men look upon the
English people as fools who will swal-
low anything. has been emphasized
during the week with fresh British
defeats. more surrenders Of our troops,
and many trains derailed all of which
has been communicated TO the public
in the brlefest possible manner, Lord
Kitchener being in an agony Of despair
lest the horrible truth should be
known. Meanwhile i'm Cape Colony
constitutional government has been
suspended: the Beers are doing what
they Ike there; British arms are pow
erless. Such is the humiliation which
the incompetent braggart Chamberlain
has brought uDon the nation.
"The coarse fibre Of a government
composed Of land monopolists with a
coating of veneer upon them, calling
themselves gentlemen and of men
with the brutal instincts of the turn
coat Chamberlain Is shown afresh In
the IMPRISONMENT of Mr.. Merriman,
lately minister Of the Cape govern
ment. the leader of the majority OF the
people in Cape Colony, and few
weeks ago i'm this country as peace
delegate from the colony. This cow
ardIv piece of revenge and funk is
worthy of the individuals who have
gone to war i'm South Africa for fran
cbise which they deny to the people OF
ENGLAND. 6O00.O0O Of whom-grown
and capable citizens-they have dis
franchised.
"The English class governments
have never scrupled about their meth
ods Unable to subdue the Irish, they
ATTEMPTED to exterminate them, as they
are attempting to-day to eXterminate
the inhabitants of the Transvaal Re
public and the Orange Free State. Only
a few months ago in the Transyaal
they employed a detestable agent-pro-
yocateur to entrap a poor young FELLOW
named Cordua into a bogus plot 10
seize that eminent failure, Lord Rob
prts. Now one Sergeant Sheridan, OF
the Irish soldier.police has been dis
missed the service because at last his
crimes in sending innocent men to
prison could no longer be concealed.
There are scores of Irshmen In prison
today for political offences, convictions
having been obtained on the same kind
of evidence as that of the scoundrel,
Sheridan. No one ought to believe
single word of the cOncoctions put for
ward by this convicted government IN
the shape Of seized documents in the
republics, plots. and the other infa-
nous tricks of these bahled miscreants.
Where are the sneaking Mafickers
who hOwled like wild beasts when the
soldiers went to fight in South Africa
for the stock exchange? Thousands Of
soldiers have arrived home in penni-
less condition But the war Hooligans,
lay and clerical, have had no reception
for them either in money or applause.
One of these heroes a clerk named
Richards Of the mature age Of 81, was
charged the other day at the North
London police court, with begging and
wearing a uniform of the British army
in a way likely to bring contempt upon
that uniform The fellow belonged to
Marshalls Horse, and in reply to the
magistrate he said he wore the uni
form because he had no other So now
the rule is that the high-road to lag
gary is to become a soldier Intending
recruits; Tommy in the field, make a
note Of what they will do for you.
This comes Of the poor lighting for the
rich. We can not say that they do
not deserve their fate.
"The Amsterdam Algemeen Handel
blad the other day contained an article
by one of the editors of the former
Volkstem, once a wellknown Transvaal
daily, discussing the effects Of Lord
Iutchener's proclamation on the Beers
who are still with the commanders.
He Is fully convinced that this prOcla-
nation will not make one BOer lay
down his arms The conclusion of the
article runs thus.
England has spent its force in It's
proclamations, as is the case with the
force Of it's arms AS long ago as June,
1900 Lord Roberts issued a proclama-
tion declaring that all the burghers Of
the Orange Free State, annexed since
May "a, 1900, who had not surrendered
after June rs, would be considered
rebels and were TO be subjected to cor
pOral punishment and the loss Of prop
erty. De Wet and Fourie received the