Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-17

guage in courts of law 1T necessary
and the teaching OF Dutch in the pub
tic schools where parents OF the chill
dren desire It," cannot be accurately
described as placing Dutch upon an
equality with English in the annexed
territories. For IL is to be assumed
that some reasonable proof OF 'neces.
sity" will be required in the law courts
and that every public school child will
be taught in English. Such a conces-
sion to the Beers is not unreasonable
and can hardly lead to perpetuation
of lingual differences, so long as the
| Imperial authority or loyal colonial
administration bears rule. A single
generation of actual British DONNA.
ton would eliminate every necessity"
| for the use Of the Iaal in the law
courts and the prospect OF the permd'
nent retention in the school curricu'
lum OF a language which has no classi-
cal, literary or commercial value Is
fortunately slight. We take II that
English will unquestionably be the
recognized official language, that II
will be the only language permissible
in Parliament when government Is
Instituted and that a practical knowl'
edge of II will be required of all who
seek any State employment. Were
this not so the colonial public would
certainly feel dubious as to the out
look for that complete amalgamation
of Briton and Boer which alone can Sc.
cure from future discord the new pro-
vinces of the Orange and the Naal.
That 1t will be so is inseparable from
the triumph OF the colonial party
which finds In Mr.. Chamberlain and
Lord Miner such able leaders and eX-
ponents.
If we may thus regard the language
question as satisfactorily settled, the
colonial opinion of the peace Is one OF
unanimous approval. Any mental res
ervation that might have existed when
the generosity of the terms of surren
] der granted to the Beers first became
known has vanished before the manli
: ness with which our stubborn foes arc
reported to have accepted defeat. II
was not conducive to friendly feeling
to think that hopeless war was being
: needlessly and unreasonably prolong
! ed, to feel that lives were being flune
I away because the commandos refused
! to accept the inevitable. New Zealand
: has Ielt acutely the situation. There
Q are few families here which have moi
= sent kinsmen to the front. There are
: none who have not had either relatives
or close friends fighting in South Afri
r ca. For our contingents represented
( the flower of our young men, were thu
picked of a great multitude of volun
teers who came from every class ant
from every walk of life. They wen
eagerly. We sent them gladly. w,
2 would have doubled, trabled, quadrrl
= pied their number rather than hav,
seen the flag waver for a single in
stant. But as the death roll lengthen
y ed, as battle and skirmlsh, fever an,
It accident, filled our homes with mourn
t ing, we should have been more thar
s human had we not condemned thos
e who seemed responsible for this blln
G and meaningless slaughter. We wer
n not race OF savages that men shoul
l. prefer death or capture to honorabl
b submission to British authority. w
Il were not a race of slaves that me
e. should fight ruthlessly, when hope @
e independence was over, against tai
e ing their place as new partners" 4
a. lnnr great and free empire. New zei