The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-17

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'-The Settlement After the War in South
Africa" hv NJ J. Farrelly, advocate OF
the Supreme Court at Cape Colony, has
the interest which is TO be found in any
hook written about veXed question by a
man who is on the ground. The author
came to South Africa nearly four years
ago. with the intention Of studying its
problems. and he now presents TO the
world the results of his observation He
claims to have collected his material from
all available sources. and says in his pre-
face:
In pursuance Of my original design,
collected their views on the eNpiOlta-
ton of minerals from directors of De
Beers i'm Kimberley. as well as from
Socialists in Pretoria, from Johannes
burg miionaires and from workmen
in the gold mines. on land tenure
have conveTsed with Bner command
ants holding cattle runs of twelve thou-
sand acres as Wei as with the BIZ
woner, living uS an overload iano
with a less certain than the most pre-
carious Of feUdal tenures- have en-
Quired into the prospects OF missionary
enterprise. visiting the chief missions
OF all the churches in BasutOland Ohe
greatest Of the armed Kafiir reservesl,
and have compared, later on, the
methods of ciVfizing the kaffir adopt
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in Morija with those followed at the
monastery Of the German Trappists in
Natal ! have noted the doubts as to
native adaptability to Christianity pre-
scented TO me by white trader and KAT
FIR chief. On the mOmentOuS problem
for the European race of the right way
10 deal with the Kafflr-the Origo ma
lorum between British and Dutch
kaffir reserve or Kaffir dispersion-the
land for the black or for the white
and generally the relation of the kaffiT
TO the dominant race in the towns and
on the veldt on the farm and in the
mine. ! have asceTtained the theories
of European mine owners, Of BOer
stock farmers. OF British agriculturists.
OF missionaries who champion the KAT
fir almost TO the verge Of claiming for
him social and political equality. as
well as of home-bOrn and Colonial
British, who approve of the hafflr's eN-
clusion from the foot-path In johann
nesburg. As far as possible / have
cOntrasted with these theories what he
Zulu and the BaSuto. the Swat and
the Matabele. have to say 10 one on
those matters, and on the incompre-
hensible ways Of Boer and Briton and
white men in general. although the
task Of penetrating into the recesses Of
the Kaffir mind. / am assured by life
long observers. is one which no Euro
pean can ever feel even hopeful of hay
Ing achieved. on the utility of permit
ting or encOura ging Indian innuigra-
ton. ] have been favored with views so
widely divergent As. in RhOdeSia those
Of the Chamber Of Commerce of BuIu-
wayo and in Durham. those OF the As
sociation Of Indians tM0hammedan and
HindOOD Of Natal
The author. as may be inferred from
this paragraph Of introduction. endeavors
90 show not only what has happened, bat
the reasons why it happened and the
ways in which trouble might have been
and may be ayerted- One Of the inter
esting chapters is the second, in which
the necessity Of hnaIity in the settlement
Of the South African problem is consid-
cred. II contains some remarkably frank
statements ON The subject, and at the
very beginning there is recognition of
the fact. more and more generally real
lied by The leading thinkers of the British
Empire, that the stability Of that Empire
depends absolutely for fits permanence
upon the righteousness and justice with
which 1t is governed. The author says:
The integrity of the British Empire.
it is trIism 10 say, rests on its
moral as much as or even more than
on its material foundation. 1t may be
thought unnecessar y-but il is MOTTO
recall 4 truth falling in the category
OF those SO well known that people
think they may be safely neglected.
It's moral EOLL1irtAtOh N'iLLlf5 III lLS
prestige: its material foundation in the
extent Of its territory. in its strength
IN armamcuts. in its numbers Of men
trained To arms. IN its possession o.
gold IN the dimensions Of its trade.
Prestige Is a word not in very good
Tepute IN England. a foreign v ord not
perfectly acclimatiZed. NeNertheie S.
ii deserves naturalization. for. dispas-
sionately considered il represents the
reputation OF the Empire and OF its
governing classes within as well as
without its own borders for primarily,
military power in men and munitions
OF war. in valor and tactical skill, but
quite as much for sanity. for inteili-
gence. for q sense Of justice IN admin
istration and for gratitude 10 its pub
lie servants. MacaUlay points out most
truly how the chief foundation IN In
dia Of the permanence Of British rule
IS due 10 the conviction In the mind
Of every Indian, OF kaJput OF Sikh,
Of Gurkha. OF Bengal Of the absolute
reliance which they can place on the
plighted British word. Every sworder
Of John Company knew that his daily
ration Of rice would be paid 10 him
as his veterans pension as safely as
the salary of the viceroy, al
though the veteran warrior were
living helpless in the most for
gotten Of remote villages. whereas,
Notwithstanding the promise Of NOUN
tains of gold from the native ruler,
the certain fate Of the veteran warrior
no longer III 20 WELD his weapon was
10 be thrown out on the roadside TO
furnish q meal 10 the vultures IN the
word prestige must be included
reputation for qualities such as this,
the Empire gratitude and its sense
OF justice
The present war in South Africa
and ali the preceding race strife be-
tween British and Dutch is artribut-
able 10 the fact that the reputation OF
the imperial Government not alone
with the Dutch but with the British
.
with the Indian immigrant, has been
precisely the reverse Of its reputation
in India No firmness. no consistency;
alternately neErophilist and anti-kaf-
FIR; alternately expansiunist and Man
chester school. Nothing more fixed
than the certainty Of imperial change,
unless. indeed. ii were the cruelty Of
imperial gratitude
IN the work Of a writer who takes thes
radical views and so frankly eXpressa
them, one may expect 20 find interesting
things. and one does. Moreover. thi
chapter is worth the reading Of an,
Ame rican FOR reasons Of a patriotic ant
political nature. The principle holds jus
as Well IN the Philippines as in SOut
Africa. that prestige must be a mora
prestige.
The author is just 20 the Boor withou
being partial. and without falling to rec
pguize the fact that when sman natio
with sixrcenth-century views attempts L
stop niueteeHth-century civilization iron
advancing, with "a large nation behind It
IL is most likely 10 come 10 grief. Hi
picture of President Kruger is an interest
Ink one. JIG Says in part:
The President is q Lowland Hol-
lander of tho seventeenth century ia
mind, whatever may bo one side his
High German descent. stubborn,
brave. stOical be cut Of his own