Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-16
CASE OF THE Beers
Serious Problem Confronting
the British Nation.
C0LONIsTs GOING OUT
EFFORT TO INFUSE ENGLISH
BLOOD IN AFRICA.
Innovation Proposed for the Celebra-
ton of Lord Mayors Day
London Gossip.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

| Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
| LONDON, October l. 1892.
| The British are slowly solving the prop
lem which presents itself to them IN South
| Africa 1t is rather amusing to see now
| fully a week after the Boer appeal mas peen
| issued, that the London newspapers which
| treated the appeal with solemn contempt
| are now discovering that, after all, there Is
| some sort of a Boer case. The South Afri-
| can problem Is one of recolonization. The
| land must be repopulated. and it does not
| do very much good or go very far to put
| few thousand Beers relief works at
about dollar day. Even in the palmiest
| Boer days the land was very sparsely set
| tied towns were few and far between, and
| each farmer had very large sections to Gull
| tivate, which were cultivated indifferently
! The Boer appeal may have been ill-advised
| and rather rudey constructed, put sun at
| the bottom the Beers are right The three
| million pounds offered by the British gov
| eminent, while 1t Is probably all that can
| be expected from this country, and Is a
generous measure in itself, cannot from the
| very facts of the situation cover the neces-
sary relief. That must come from recoi-
| oniZation and fresh immigration.
| The Beers cannot expect any substantial
| relief either from the continent Of Europe
| or from America, and they will probably
| very soon realize tndl EIlS Is II ue- Inc
| first move in the right direction was start
| ed yesterday, when two long trains !e1t
| Waterloo station for Southampton. Iney
| were crowded with well-clothed men, Wo-
| men and children, who were to embark on
| the Walmer Castle for South Africa. These
| emigrants. who seemed to be the most
| cheerful that ever departed from England,
are intending settlers in South AFRICA, ana
| they represent the great tide of emigration
which has begun to set in for that country.
| Little Heard of This Fact.
| Not much is heard about this aspect Of
I the case from South Africa, because the
special correspondents are too busy send
| ing off kilograms to frighten Mr.. Chamber
| lain into the belief that no taxes ought to-
be imposed on what is probably the richest
country in the world to pay for the costly
| war-a war which will improve the condl-
| ton of everybody, including the mlllioi,-
| aire mine owners. According to private ao-
vices, however, all South Africa is gong
ahead by leaps and bounds, despite these
| suspicious kilograms.
| Mr.. Arnold White. who is an ardent I'M
| perialist. an ex-M. z. ana WeIl-knoWn
| writer In this country, and who knows
| South Africa well, is fighting one aspect OF
| the Boer cause very actively, and While ne
does not uphold the Boer generals appeal,
| he advises that concilatory counsels pre-
| vail and that the Beers be regarded as 1el-
low subjects. He says: Tine main question
| alike for the British people and the Boer
| generals to determine Is not whether there
| shall be a Boer national spirit That exists;
| It will never die. But is 1t to be the ma
| tional spirit that exists in Scotland. or is 1t
| to be the national spirit that anlmates an
| irreconcilable Roman Catholic priesthood
| in Ireland?' Mr. White. who has had sew
| eral interviews with the Boer generals. be-
| lieves that General Botha will be given
| seat in the legislative council of the Trans
| vaal. He thinks it quite possible that Cen
| eraI Botha may be South African prime
| minister before many years are past, as
! loyal to the British empire as Sir Wlfred
| Laurier, the Canadian premier.
| Lord Mayors Day.
| We are only a month away from Lord
| Mayors day, when a new city magistrate
will make his grotesque way through Lon
| don streets to the delight of the cockney.
| Sir Marcus Samuel will be the new lord
| mayor and he is the third member of the
Jewish faith who has held that post in
| the past twelve years. whereby 1t will prob
| ably become evident that there a good
| many Jews in the ancient city of London.
| Sir Marcus is the head of a huge fancy
business, of which the staple Is japanese
| curios but his principal achievement was
| the adoption of the tank specially con-
| trived for carrying petroleum, and he is now
| the principal Of the Shell Transport Com
| pany which. with fleet of about forty
| vessels, does a big business with the east.
| He Is also at the head of an active move
| ment in this country for the use of OIL as
| fuel. He is the richest member of the
| London corporation and he is over million
| aire in pounds He is a strict Jew, who is
| not ashamed of his religion AS he Is an
alderman for the ward in which Petticoat
| lane is situated he has decided upon the
| startling innovation of taking his process
sion on the day of his installation through
| this famous street.
Familiar Street to Americans.
| Petticoat lane is we'll known to Americans,
| as nearly all of our countrymen when they
| come to London go to see this street on a
| Sunday morning, having previously left all
| their valuables even their handkerchief. at
| home at their hotels. Sometimes Summing
expeditions are taken through this street
| by detectives Petticoat lane Is not Its
| original title. 1t was long ago known as
| Hog lane, and there, In the time of James
| I, the Spanish ambassador had his resi-
| dence.
Still earlier, according to early writer's, 1t
| was bordered ION both sides with fair
| hedgerows and elm trees. with bridge and
easy styles to pass over into the pleasant
fields" No one who has seen 1t today. espe-
| cially in the full tide of its Sunday market
| would picture 1t a desirable retreat AL
| most every conceivable kind Of provisions
and merchandise-pork products excepted
| are to be found on its street stalls or with
in its hutlike little shops. It Is perhaps un-
necessary to say that 1t is Jewish quarter.
and six hundred years ago 1t was inha ed
| Dy people OF the same nation. In 1879 no
| fewer than 267 Jews were hanged and
quartered. being accused of clipping COIN, -
and of these 100 came from this famous
lane. In his early days before he became a
great hnancier. the late Barney Barnato
sold trousers and other articles Of clothing
here every Sunday morning auctioning
them on to crowds of excited purchasers,
while few doors away in the same street
| MS sister, Polly Barnato retailed fried fish
From this to the Park Lane mansion was
a tremendous step.
Advent of Bicycles and Motor Cars.
Bicycles and motor cars threaten to ruin
the green lanes of old England" 1 re-
member only short time ago there was a.
rural road in Surrey running out from Croy-
don. Though only twelve miles from Char
ing Cross. one could imagine himself to be
hundred miles from London. Last Satur-
day that rural road was rendered as hide
GUS as Cheapside by continuous procession
NJ m Ar Co.