The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-06-06

Murray county Demo-Pops have
been badly fooled before on their
legislative calculations.
Gazette.
The war in South Africa is at an
end. The British government has
received dispatch from Gen. Lord
Kitchener announcing that docu-
ment embracing the terms of peace
was signed on Saturday night by
the Boer representatives land by
Lord Miner and himself. The
details of the agreement how that
the Bristish government has been
generous to it's valorous foes in order
to win them to a faithful adherence
to the spirit as well as the letter of
the compact, and thus give a glow
of promise to the future of King
Edwar1s's new domains on the
occasion of his cermonious coro-
nation.
The concessions made to the
Beers include compensation for
farm property destroyed, and finan-
cial aid in the work of rebuilding
farm houses and adequately stocking
the farms; permission to retain
private arms, for use in personal
defense; leniency for the Cape
rebels; pardon for the leaders ban
ished by proclamation; the return
of the burghers who are now in de-
tention camps in Bermuda and on
the islands of st. Helena; tho teach
ing of the Dutch language in the
schools if demanded by parents, and
it's use in the courts when necessary;
the abandonment of military .occu-
patton as soon as possible and the
substitution of self-government;
and an assurance that. no tax will
be levied in the Transvaal to meet
the costs of the war. The amount
to be given to aid the Beers farmers
is fixed at 100000. 1t was an act
of wisdom on the part of the victors
to grant everything consistent with
the future government Of the late
Boer territory on the basis of equal
rights, as magnianimity will 60
long way toward pacifying the
burghers, who have been made rest
less by nearly three years of warfare,
and therefore more difficult to
govern. With such treatment the
majority of the Beers will soon
realize that there is more freedom
as colonists under the broad British
constitutional government than
there was under their own oligarchi-
cal institutions. When that stage
of pacifcation is reached, the British
government will have in it's old
enemies an element of strength that
will tighten it's hold in South Africa.
Conservative Englishmen have all
a long admired the courageous fight
ing of the Beers for what it promis
ed in the interest of the Empire
after victory had been achieved;
and these conservatives having had
proper dergee Of influence, the
terms of peace were made easy far
the Beers.
The cost of the war has been
heavy on both sides, but of course
for heavier to Great Britain than for
the Beers. The latter were fighting
on their own ground, while Great
Britain had to ship all of her men,
horses, artillery, munitions and
supplies over thousands of miles of
sea and through long reaches Of
hostile territory. The London Stat
ist recently estimated from the
budget made up by Sir Michea]
Hicks-Bearch that the total cost
of the war, direct and indirect, was
$3.50, 100000 or in round numbers
!, 1850, OO0,O 600. It is roughly estimat-
ed that IS, 900 British soldiers gave
up their lives during the struggle.
The losses of the Beers cannot be
estimated at the present time, but
they were heavy for the number of
men engaged.-Milwaukee Evening
Wisconsin.
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