Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-22


Der must increase. Tho cabinet Il IN dan
ger OF having IL said that II found the
Transvaai British and left II Boer.
one vote, one value.
The petition to the king for the inclusion
Of the principle Of one vote one value IN
the new constitution has already been
signed by far tho greater percentage of
registered voters within the municipality
Of johannesburg. The success Of the move
ment induced General Botha to seize the
opportunity OF a public meeting TO warn
his Boer audience against signing the pc
tition. He added that some Beers had
been inveigled into signing on the under
standing that the petition was against Chi
csc labor. This latter charge Is being In
vestigated-
The attitude of South Africa as q
whole towards the motion Of censure on
Lord Miner has been summed I'd IN the
words of the Transvaal Leader, "indign-
ton and disgust" The Beers in the new
colonies regard Il with the same feelings
Of Indifference with which a Chinese
viceroy. after getting rid of some of the
criminal element in his province as labor
for the Transvaal mines, may be expected
to receive the apologies of the British
government for the fact that a few
Throughout the subcontinent the British
press has seized the occasion to pay a
whole-hearted tribute to Lord Miner. The
newspapers see in the motion a natural
corollory Of the action Of the liberals at
the elections, but they are careful not to
confuse the entire party with the section
represented by the mover. which, II Is
realized must now always be with Il, No
one expects adequate public recognition
Of Lord Miners work in South Africa
during his own lifetime, but the out
rageous nature of the attack has helped
to concentrate public thought upon the
greatness of the services of Lord Miner.
That the British community at large has
not attempted to enter the lists on Lord
Miners behalf is said to be due to con-
tempt for the tactics OF his antagonists.
New Alliance Suggested.
As a consequence of the stoppage Of
Chinese emigration and the trouble among
the miners on the Rand an alliance is
threatened between the worlmen and the
Boer organization Het Volk. Mr.. Wood,
general secretary of the Transvaal Min
ers' association, is out in an interview
complaining of the hopeless division
among the British in the Transvaal He
first accuses certain individuals of trying
to get some officials of the association
dismissed from their employment as
miners on pretense that they persuaded
other miners not to sign the equal rights
petition Mr. Wood. denying that the Off
cials have taken this course, continues:
Surely the hand of tyranny and coer-
cion is commencing early in ths political
arena. If this is to be the game, the
sooner that we come to terms with Het
Volk the better, so that we may put a
spoke in the wheel of the magnates who
are so anxious to have political power
in this country. Are they not content
with the freezing out going on at present
in connection with the miners without at
lacking individuals in connection with our
association? 1 should advise those con-
cerned to consider that they are having
their chance now to keep in harmony
with the workmen. If they refuse. WELL
our chance comes later, when we will
not forget"