New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-18
,uthor Amazed by Visit to
UeQion After all Absence
of a Generation.
CONAN INTRlGUES
KNOWN FOR Is YEARS
,.,.rvation TO This Effect Sent
q Joseph Chamberlain
Two Decades Ago.
n, sH II. RIDER HAGGARD.

ts,ssn. Oct. The heart of South
IN. soer and Briton, is with Eng
AN tie va. Here and there you
= End an trtividual who cherishes
p,.y and hosgie memories, Of which
care has beyA an example in Mr..
s.,.r's letter TIC other day, so effectu-
IN answered by General Botha. But
80, instances. I believe. are so rare
an really they are the exceptions
,.;.b seem to prove the rule. Of
,,,-ss it goes without saying that
,-,,v person Of English descent is
earthly with the mother country, and
do not suppose it would be an over
...imste to add that quite so per cent
.fas Dutch are Of the same way of
anhng
Sill. there is a party among the
S,-.b African Dutch that sees no
.....s,y for the invasion of German
,,r,Ixest Africa. This party over
.,,l. the fact that the Germans have
s- long been preparing to invade
a,.; also that if by any chance Ger
-,-r should conquer in this war South
NE. would be one Of the first coun-
.rs that they would seize.
i Speaking Of this l talk of what /
,,i,s,and. since for the last two ana
M wears il has been my duty 10
,syt round the British Empire upon
a. .rice of his majesty. In addition
% Sort Africa. ! have visited lndla,
ss,.rsla. New Zealand. Merchandising
I'd Canada. have recently travelled
av-ghout South Africa as member
Ne Dominion's Royal Commission.
tvas nv FIRST visit there after the
"a Of whole generation, and can
IN ay that everywhere | have found
Z, most intense loyalty and devotion
q Ne old mother land. The empire IS
us and indivisible; together II VIII
-ltt Or together it VIII fall.
Recent Labor Troubles Forgotten.
South Africa is united; it has for
ritsl It's recent labor troubles. an
va absolutely all such things are
.si history. blown away and destro yed
B this great wind of war. South
lira. down to its lowest Hottentot,
"a believe. but one object, to help
hgIsnd 10 win in this vast battle d
at nations Why. even the natives, as
100 nav have noticed, are sending SUP
,Hp'ions from their scanty hordeS
nd praying TO be allowed "to thtow a
',E stones for the King Did not
',stsma say as much the other day ?
j. the old days. Of course, there
'Ue very strained relations between
is English and Beers. which had their
bots in foolish and inconsistent acts
ariei out by the home government,
;1srally 10 forward party ends.
red not 90 into them because they
lis 100 long.
Ten came the BOer war, which, as
l's know. proved a much bigger enter
ne than the home government had
rhepated il cost Britain 10000
rs and s8OO,OOO,OOO Of English money
fore the Beers were finally subdued'
y about half a score of years have
a by since peace was declal ed.
'Ahin two or three years OF that
ate the British government made up
T. nind to very bold step and one
il'h was viewed with grave doubts
many people namely. TO give full
I'goyemment to the Transvaal and
e Orange River Colonies.
AstOnished at Results.
Wien | travelled through South
nta the other day this new constl-
-'h had been working for a few
.R'' and ! can only say that was