The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-11-06

Whatever annoyance MaritZ may cause
the Colonial Government, but in the
precedent and the exaggerated rumors
OF 1t are likely to spread to other sec
tons Of the Empire where there is
perhaps more real disaffection. 1t re-
Quires no strain upon the imagination
to picture the straits Great Britain
would be in should her MOhammedan
subjects rise. 1t has been Germany's
hope to see them rise. and there can
be no question but that once tidings
reached them of England's inability to
control one of her colonies, the fever
OF insurrection would spread. History
furnishes many an example of heter-
ogeneous empires gone to pieces in
just that manner"
The Post dwells upon the contag-
ious quality Of such disaffection and
asserts that "the nerves of the En-
pire will be set aQuiver - May not
the Egyptian Nationalists think to see
their opportunity in England's crisis
Despite all that Indian princes and
rajas shave said may not the Young
India movement show it's head men
acingly" And the Post is sure that
sober Englishmen are gravely con
sidering the possibilities.
Englands chance of avoiding all
serious difficulty, others point out, lies
in the confidensce which it has al
ready won in South Africa, and the
fact that the Beers OF the Union lave
grown to believe that Britain means
to respect their nationality. Bothas
own words were: "Tho many here in
the past have been hostile to the Eng
fish flag, they would today ten times
rather be under the British than the
German flag"-definitel indicating
the tremendous change in the Beers
attitude in the last few years. "This
change has come about explains the
New York Times, as a result of an act
of craftsmanship not often equaled in
breadth Of spirit and in courage
by the South Africa act of 1909,
the colonies of the Cape of Good Hope,
Natal, the Transvaal, and the Orange
River were united in a legislative un-
ion as the Union of South Africa. The
popular body of the legislature, the
House of Assembly, is elected by the
whole people on broad franchise.
and from the start the Dutch Boer
members, known as the Nationalist
and led by General Botha, have out
numbered all other political factions
combined. The English and Dutch
languages are both official and are
both used in the schools. The Gov
ernor-General is appointed by the king
but the English turned over the popu-
lar control of the Union to the Dutch,
whom they had been fighting eight
years before. Now we see the result.
These Dutchmen would ten times
rather be under British than the Ger
man flag 1t is splendid triumph
for the bold and broad craftsmanship
OF the British Empire"
Writing in German paper, the
Hamburg Fremdenblatt, a Prof Paul
Gamassa, who has spent ten years in
the Transvaal, discusses quite frankly
the situation in South Africa and en-
phasizes the fact that the Beers are
"clinging to the idea OF realizing their
race and national ideals under the.
British flag" In addition, he sees no
"call of the blood" between the Boer
and German. In his opinion, the Boer
still recalls Germany's failure to an
swer that call and give him expected
help during the Boer War. The Ger
man professor foresaw no revolution
at the time that he wrote, September
rs, but rather an open conflict between
the Beers and the Germans.
Such opinions as this indicate that
England's fears over the revolt may
be exaggerated 1t has been stated
that German Southwest Africa has not
the men nor the Wealth to aid the
Maritz faction against the Union, un-
less vast number Of the Union Beers
so over to the German standard. There
is in addition, another consideration
that may weigh heavily with the SYM
pathizers of Maritz, and that is the ac-
ton of Portugal in siding definitely
with England. And the New York
World reminds us that Sin that quar-
ter of the world the little Republic
has power by no means to be des-
pissed. Literary Digest.
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