Arizona republican., 1901-09-25
On South Africa Will Be Paid
 By England lfAt All
Some Interesting Facts of the Situa- tion There - Americas Promising Trade Future In That Much Fought-0ver Country.

AIrlCa, where ne resigned nlS post as consul general. Talking about South Africa he said
 Taking the imports from the United States for South Africa, s2OOs6. .12s. it is shown that South Africa takes more of our products than does the Arger- tine Republic. Brazil. all the other South American states. the Chinese empire. East Indias. Russia, Denmark. Spain. Sweden. Norway. Austria. Tut key, all the West Indies. mot including Cuba. all the Central American states and are only exceeded by the United Kingdom, Germany. Netherlands. France. Belgium, Italy. Mexico, Japan and British Australia. British Aus tralia consists of several colonies.
 My greatest regret is that I couli not remain and assist in presenting the righteous claims of worthy Americans, many having lost their all. and who must look to the present government (Great Britain) for remuneration, The most prominent of all these claims ts that Of F.. F. Brown. an American min ing engineer This involves about 1,20J mining claims on the Wintfontein farm. near Johannesburg. and is of great value Under the law of the South Al riean republic. the usual proclamation was issued, that after a certain date this farm would be open for the peg ging out of claims. MT. Brown ap- peared at the proper office ready to pay his license and peg out the claims. President Kruger issued an order 10 the government official not to read the proclamation, which Is usual before the licenses can be paid. and the official refused to issue the licenses, but Mir. Brown. nevertheless, begged his claims.
 ..Afterward the Volksraad OegislI- ture) passed a resolution withdrawing. CT rather postponing. all action, and afterward the volksraad passed a reso- lution by which the mining claims should be disposed of by lottery As I this was contrary to the law of the land-the constitution Tn fact-Mr. Brown sued for declaration of title. His case was strong-so strong that Presi- dent Kruger told the chief justice of the supreme court, an official eppointe5 for life. that if he decided in Browns favor he would dismiss him. The su . preme judge did decided in Brown g favor. the whole bench concurring. and President Kruger dismissed the chief justice and the rest of the bench re- sigred This instance was one of the principal points used by the British government. to show that President Kruger was unfair to aliens.
 While the Judgment was granted to Mir. Brown. no decision was reached as to the damages that would natur- ally accrue Mir Brown does not care for damages but he wants the claims to which he is entitled and which were granted him by the supreme court, or high court of the South African repub- lic-a court of last resort What would our people think if a simple resolution
 T--~ ~t-lT. -HnrN f1 be considered the law of the land. par ticulariy when such resolution was di- rectly opposed to the constitution os the country? The proclamation Tor the opening of the claims. which 1t was necessary to issue under the law. could rot be suspended by the state presi- dent but could only be withdrawn or suspended by a second proclamation which had been duly issued and pub lished in proper time. as also provided by law. According to the gold law oi 1894 when piece of ground was open as a public digging. it could only be c.osed in specified and legal way, and tf.at by the legislature-that Is to say by the will of the legislature in the | form of law and not by mere resolu- tion. This was only one of the severn cases where the president and the ex- i ecutive of the South Af;ican republic 1 took it upon themselves to Ignore th' constitution.
 l "The consular service of the United
 States is an honorable service-a ser
 vice shall ever look back to with prid' as having been a member of, and it:
 work Is shown In large measure hN
 the immense exports of this country t
 foreign lands. In fact there is not ;
 foreign commercial paper but speaks il
 eulogistic terms of the work of Amer
 ican consuls abroad. and In a comDara
 tive way condemns the work of thei
 own consuls. I have a scrap bool
 filled with clippings from foreign pa
 pers, urging their governments to cop!
 the methods of the consular service the United States. The foreign consul are appointed for no specific time. an in their old age. after long service fo
 their country, they are pensioned.
 question whether this Is a wise meas
 ure. as 1t perhaps tends to lukewarrn
 ness and laxity. I do believe In tn
 appointment of consuls for at least si
 years for the reason that it takes :,
 least half that period to become a
 fait in the routine work of the offics
 and they should not be humiliated b
 the ever recurring question, Why doe
 your government pay its consuls sue
 small salaries, and why do you send Il ! new men every Aour Seais' "Aeer :"
 have become acquainted and learned {
 appreciate them?"
 "Yes. manufacturers did offer me th ! sum of s4.0O0 per annum, or in othe words, it was really offered to the goN , ernment to be added to my salary, pro vided I could be retained. but such Q" 5 ceptance would have been strictl , against the law, and the offer had to h 7 declined. These manufacturers did nc 7 wish me to advocate their goods (
 work for their interests in any WI other than. representing. as I did, nc : only one or two. but all the manufac
 turers ard producers of my country