The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-09
VIGOROUS PROTEST
AGAINST BOER WAR
Monster Mass Meeting in Chicago Urges President
Roosevelt to Act
British Methods in Concentration Camps Denounced by Cochran
and Schurz

J ~ the DUuLA ALlACaL EHuuDfIEE were
! subdued and the last Boer disarmed.
/ the men and women now confined i'm
/ captivity must be returned to the sol.
To maintain authority over these. PEG
/ pie, resentful, dissatisfied. accustomed
/ TO bearing arms, would require the
/ maintenance of a huge army. and such
an army could not be maintained
/ without establishing compulsory mill
! taTy service in Great Britain The es-
I laoAshment OF compulsory military
! service IN England would be the ruin
or the British constitution. The name
/ or England might remain to dfstin-
\ guish political division of the eartb's
I surface. but not to describe a country
/ or constitutional freedom
| The conquest of the TransvaaI
while 1t might be dangerous to the
/ Durghers. would be fatal TO England
/ Inc people who have the greatest in
/ IeTest OF all IN the defeat of English
/ arms are the people of England. They
! can De saved from this peril Civiiiza-
| ton can be delivered from this cloud
which darkens its horizon If the con-
| science of the English people be awsIz-
| ehed- To do this, the most effective
4 means IS to show them that the peo-
/ PIE of this country do not svmpafbiza
| with the scheme of CONQUEST which
| the English government has UNDER
/ taken.
Roosevelt Could End Strife.
Providence has SO ordered events
/ that the president Of the United States
/ can conclude this bitter quarrel 1t is
an extraordinary opportunity offered to
/ an extraordinary man. 1t would not
/ be necessary to draw the sword. to
make any threat of armed interven-
! ton, or to take an unfriendly attitude.
/ One word spoken To the English am
| bassadOr or in the hearing of the Eng
| ilsh nation would restore peace. estab-
! fish justice, secure liberty to these
! burghers, promote enormously the
/ prosperity of the human race, and
] bring unreasonable glory TO TIE
/ American nation.
"WiIl that word be spoken? Never
/ IN history have such momentous re-
/ suits hung on the lips Of a human
/ being. VIII Theodore Roosevelt inn
/ prove this opportunity for himself. his
/ country and the whole human race?"
Letter From Carl schurz.
A letter from Carl schurz was
/ read, in which he said. Il am one Of
/ those who heartily rejoice at the subsi-
! aence IN this country Of the old and
Z A4ADAC vi less uL4LEe1>Illl4lE EEefuQlCe
1 against England. I witness with sim
/ cere satisfaction the disappearance
/ from our popular OratOry of the cheap
] trick Of twisting the British lions
/ tail and hail with delight the
| growth of a real friendship between
] the two nations.
/ But Englishmen should not indulge
/ in any decisions about this. Deep in
4 their hearts the great masses Of the
! American people cherish a profound
/ sympathy for the Beers in their strug-
/ giles and sufferings. What they con-
! demned was done by the Britisha in
/ South Africa. And if there is any
! thing apt to revive the old anti-British
! feeling in this republic. it is the terri
/ bic spectacle presented by the Boer
/ war"
The following resolutions were
( adopted:
Resolved. That we, as American cit
/ liens, believe that the wanton destruc-
/ ton of property of non-combatants by
/ English military authorities in South
I Africa (WithOut precedent in modern
/ times save by English officers in the
| war Of the American revolution is
I source of needless suffering to the peU-
/ pie of the South African republics and
without advantage TO the operations OF
/ the English army, and the slaughter
/ of helpless and innocent caused by
English prison pens are causeless
/ outrage on the humanity of the civil
/ IZed world which amply justify con-
/ Centratsd remOnstrance by American
and European states. and believing
that the rights and obligations Of com
mon humanity are not determined by
! geographical or political limitations,
! and regarding the treaty Of 1872 as
made to be observed by England as
we'll as by America. do most sOlemnly
demonstrate and protest against the
acts of the English government.
Petitions to President.
Resolved, That we. and each of US,
/ do hereby pledge ourselves TO use our
| utmost powers to make this. our pro-
| test known to our several represent
atives in the American congress, and
! to cause copy of these resolutions to
be brought to the attention of the pres
/ ident of the United States. with our
| most respectful but urgent petition
/ that the treaty of Washington Of My
S, 1871, be strictly enforced and that
the use Of American ports and waters
be henceforth denied to vessels oper-
ating under British charter for the
augmentation Of supplies Of war: and
| that the president Of the United States
Z will employ every possible means TO
/ bring to an end the horrors Of cOncen-
tratiOn camps and warfare which by
its unexampled ferOcity and enormous
cost of life and treasure has astounded
the civilized world.
Resolved, That the chairman be au-
thorized to appoint a committee of
citizens of Chicago to call the atten-
tion of the president to these resolu-
lions and TO inform him of the senti-
ment of the citizens of Chicago and
that such committee shall have power
to add to its number citizens of other
portions of the United States
/ A resolution was also adopted com
mending Governor Yates of Illinois for
issuing a proclamation calling for as
sistance for the occupants Of COncen-
trati0n camps in South Africa
/ The meeting closed with remarkable
| demoustra ton. Following Che speech
/ making the great audience roared its APP
| prevail of the BOer cause, the cheering
| being long continued, and then contrlbu-
! tious were asked for the relief of the
/ stricken women and children I'm the
South African camps. Something over
I $500 was raised.
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