Washington sentinel., 1901-02-02

subject OF dispute between Creat Rritsi1
and France.
ord Kitchener as a DipIomatIst.
! H'Rch,stey Guardian, ian 5.
Several facts not faced before are
lacedin the speech which, as We are told.
Lord Kitchener made on December n
70 body of Beers NOT then in arms
against us. He gave his word that If
they choose to surrender no harm should
! befall any Beers who had sworn an oath
| OF neutrality and then taker the field
| against us. That Is one fact faced-tbe
! fact that It is useless to make men take
oaths which YOU have no means Of
enabling them to keep. II an invader
marched through part OF England and
made every Enghshman he found on the
way swear, on pain o being shipped out
OF the country, not to fight in its defence,
we should find good many oatLs can
celied when British general next came
that way and put it to these sworn
neutral5 that men cannot swear them.
Queen /. does not seem much to ash
that in our official calculations in South
africa. on whose accuracy thousands of
English lives depend, note should be
taken OF the fact that Beers are of flesh
and boo like us, and that If 1t is certain
that in given case we should do this
or that, II is likely that the Beers sim
iIarly placed wall DO Just the same tSs61mas
But the fact was quite ignored
was imagined that Beers wheuG
us to neutrality and then left BY
called TO arms, and forced to
they did not come when called, y
heads OF their army, would always kee
the oath. To have it recognized evl4
now that in one point at any rate human
nature is equally human nature on bo,h
sides Of the Equator--a proposition lorg
secuted as a pro Boer" fallacy-is full
OF hops, Tor the future.
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The Color Zine In Outh frlca.
Outlook
The colored man promises to become
one Of the principal diff ulties in the
settlement Of South Africa. 1t is ad-
mItted on all hands that color as a test
oicitlzenship is impossible. AS between
full black and full white there never can
be any agre-me as to equality, not
withstandIng charitable theories OF
common humanity. Intermarriage be.
tween the races produces different
shades Of color, and it would be a very
fantastic society which should seek to
regulate its citizenship on any scheme
OF degrees. Fhe example Of the United
States shows that technical citizenship
under the law by no means signifies
equal ire 7tment and consideration in
social relations. Black blood or any
admIyture Of it, IS despised there in
spite Of law and theory. When one of
the chief objects is admittedly to- con-
ciIiate the Boer element, whose con.
tempt for the natives Is overwhelming
and invncible, it will be seen how
difficult is the problem OF doing Justice
to the black man. The Constitution Of
| c pe Colony has never excluded from
the franchise a colored man with the
necessary qualifications Mr. Rhodes
has declared Tor equal rights for every
civilized man south OF the Zambezi,"
and Mr., Theophilus Schreiner wisely
ASKS the press of this country to aid in
establishing tn" sole test of civilization,
and not color for political rights. 1t is
to be feared that civilization" is very
difficult of strict defnit on; but it is
abuudantly evident that a property
! qualification will fairly we'll sort out such
colored men as are entitled by their
intelligence to civil and political rights,
and their hue-"the FURNISHED livery OF
the sun"--shou'd not be an impediment
to their advancement still further in the
scale Of human progress.
The Pope aud the Duke Of Norfolk,
The Duke OF Norfolk, IN the course OF
a Jubilee address to the Pope which has
aroused much comment Ia England,
said: We pray and we trust that 1.-The
centur, ] NAV witness the restoration Of