Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-09-26
UNITED STATES IN AFRICA.
As n Result of the Boer War, There
Will Probably De Such n
Union Soon.


There are two republics less in the
world than there were in 1899. This is
one of the results of the war which has
just been brought to a close. An elab-
crate scheme of federation, in which
the people of the subverted govern
ments will have local self-rule at an
early day and be in n league with the
rest of the British possessions in their
quarter of the world, is to be estab-
lished. This is another outcome of
the same conflict, and one which was
not expected by many persons at the
outset. Some of the Boer fighting
chiefs who have laid down their arms
have been to London on a mission con-
nected with the settlement of the
terms of surrender. They were enter
tanned by representatives of the Brit
ish government, and there can be no
doubt that the visit will be pleasant
episode in their lives. AS one of the
results of the present rapproachment
between British and Beers the Afrikan-
der-Bond, which is n sort of league
between all the Dutch residents of Af-
rica, is to be dissolved, says the ST..
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The agencies which are certain to
make the rehabilitation of the two
ex-republics speedy and pleasant are
actively in operation. A large portion
of the population of both of them will
be British, Americans, Germans and
other non-Boers. Necessarily these
persons will get the same sort of treat
ment as the Beers, and they are vitally
interested in having the disabilities of
the latter removed at the earliest pos
sible day. The crown colony status
would be even more objectionable ia
the Americans and Englishmen resid-
ing - the two Dutch states than they
would be to the natives themselves,
and they have strong incentive for
making the transition to full self-gov-
ernment as short as possible. Already
some of these persons are presenting
this side of the question in the lead
| ing London newspapers. This is a
side which will appeal with force to
| the British ministry. The ministry has
a special reason to want to win the
favor of the Beers, and the way to dc
this, as it we'll knows, is to make theil
political conditions as agreeable to
| them as possible, and to do this at the
earliest practicable moment.
Thus all the conditions point to the
creation of a sort of United States
of Africa among the different British
colonies which are contiguous. Eng
lands possessions in the whole CONT
nent of Africa, counting Egypt, which
nominally belongs to Turkey, but
which has been administered for many
years by England and which she viii
never give up, aggregate about 5000,
900 miles in area, or about the same n:
that of the United States, exclusive o.
Alaska and the islands acquired il
1898. About half of this area is il
Gus. The purpose evidently is to es
tablish union between all these con
tiguous states on the Canadian anC
Australian plan, in which each will b.
practically independent in local affair
and have a voice in matters pertainin:
to the whole federation. This will b
a sort of United States of South Al
rica, closely following the American
model, which has great vogue among
British and British colonial Statesmen
at the present time. american idea
are making their triumphant wa,
around the world. There will be re
grets for the overthrow of the two lii
tie republics, but their people are aC
cepting the situation with courage an
intelligence, and the new regime whic
will soon set in will eventually Civ
them almost as much liberty as the
had under the former condition, an
at the same time give them a contao
with the world which will MATERIAL
advance their social and industrii
status.
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