The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-07-01
South .
Africa
DAVID RUSSELL TELLS THE COM
MERCIAL CLUB ABOUT HIS
ADOPTED HOME LAND.


The Commercial Club was well tilleit
this afternoon with the members and
their friends to hear David Russell the
Moody Of South Africa" Seated at
the presidents table were Mr.. Russell
II. p. Wood, w W. Hall, f. c. Ather-
ton and r. II. Trent in the order nam
ed. Among those present were l.. A.
Thurston, c. NJ. Cooke, J. A. McCand-
less, Captain Penhallow, Arthur Wall
r. A. Jordan, Captain Lydecker, c.
Crane, NJ p Robinson, p c. Jones, c.
Eallin, W. T. Lucas, Postmaster J. c.
Pratt, Ed Towse, J. w Jones, E. o.
White, President Grifiths, j. P. Cooke,
A. L. c. Atkinson, Judge Weaver, M.
Campbell, F. w. Macfarlane, Robert
Anderson, Marshal Hendry, G. p. Cas-
tie, W. A. Love, George Robertson, G.
f. Childs, J. A. Rath, w. w. Hall, Rev.
Hanna, r. w. Shingle, Edward Pollitz
and others
President Smith introduced the
speaker who spoke as follows
Mr.. President and Gentlemen: l
want to thank you all for your kind
ness in asking me here today, and l
will endeavor to tell you briefly some
thing about South Africa
From the time that l arrived in
New York last March up to the present
time have been very much interested
in everything that have seen in your
country and in Canada ! cams to
see and l have seen the United States
and Canada very thoroughly, and [ am
now able to say that came, saw and
| have been conquered.
THE best thirty years in my life
have been spent in South Africa, and
[ hope to be able to spend many more
years doing my chosen work, before
the Master calls me home. l arrived
in South Africa in 1876 and from that
time up to a few years ago l have
seen the history of the country written
in blood. From the first war in 1879 up
to the Boer-Engllsh war I have seen
many small wars, but l think am
safe in saying that there will never
be another war between races with
white blood in their veins AS every
one knows the Dutch and English con-
troll nearly everything IN South Africa
and they as a rule get along well to-
gether. When 1 was in Washington I
saw President Roosevelt, who every
one knows has Dutch blood in his veins
which he is very proud Of, and he ask
ed me how the two races mixed. told
him, which is the truth, that they have
a wholesome respect for each other. |
also told him that a son of mine was
shortly to be married to a young lady
who was of pure Dutch ancestry, and
he told me to congratulate him, as
the Dutch women were all right and
that the young lady would make him
good wife
AS far as the white men are con-
cerned they get along equally well
together, but there is still that terri
bic burning race question which will
probably go on forever between the
whites and the blacks
in Natal the backs outnumber the
white people ten to one while 100000
| Hindoo Indians as we call them are
used for the work on the plantations.
OF all the colonies in South Africa
Cape Colony is the wealthiest as far
as their exports are concerned, as the
| famous De Beers diamond mine at
| Kimberley has an output of 900 per
day for every day in the year. With
| such a good business one would ina
CINE that commercial conditions would
be good, but it is just the contrary.
You have suffered financial depres-
sion on the mainland which has pre-
vented us from having an outlet for
our diamonds, but as things are look,
ing brighter in the states we hope
that business will soon pick up IN
South Africa.
In the Transyaal with our great golC
mines with an output of $10,000,000 {
month one would think that we shoulC
not have any business depression, bu
the last three years we have had yer!
hard times, though everyone looks TO
better conditions in the next year.
Natal, my favorite colony in SoutI
Africa, has one city, Durham, whicI
is very much like your own city, al
though we have greater extremes II
weather 1t is not at all uncommon
to have the temperature 40 degrees Il
the shade, and during the Bumme