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Africa to protect their homes against the
asgressions Of the strongest empire OF the
world seeking to get possession OF their
gold and diamond mines appealed to me
strongly. Cecil Rhoder and Doctor Jamie
son represented the ordinary type OF ad.
venturers, always to he found on the out.
skirts of civilization, ready TO run the risk
Of hanging in order to take the chance OF
selling what does not belong to them In
my opinion no man who has been minister
to foreign court especially to England
which is our natural rival and in time OF
stress has always been our foe, ought to
he permitted to bc Secretary OF state Of
tho United States. John Hay, who is gen
orally much lauded for diplomacy and
whom should like to approve, because Of
his literary attainmcnts and because he
wrote TO me some kindly letters and spoke
pleasantly OF me in his life of Lincoln,
should never have helu that responsible
position. The mcanest thing in American
annals is the fact that aided the
British empire to crush n little republic
by sending our mules and supplies. one
Of the greatest mistakes We have ever
made was in throwing our sympathics and
moral support to Japan in her war with
Russia, The latter country had been our
friend in the War OF 1912, during the Re.
hellion and when she sold us Alaska. The
merest tyro ought to have been able To
see that, with our ownership Of tho Philip.
pines and our Pacific Coast struggle with
Japan is in the future nevitahle. Roth of
these blunders were due to the fact that
John Hay used his potent influence in be.
half of England. Some years ago it
my fortune ia sec AZ bookbindcr's the
letters and invitations with which he was
coddled by the King and nobility of Lon.
don and which he having bound in
crushed evant for his posterity TO admire.
Very fcw men are strong enough to resist
such Establishments. ! wrote three letters
upon the Boer War for the New York Sun,
They were reproduced by w. T. Stead in
London and elsewhere in England. in Aus
traia, and were translated into German,
Dutch and the other European languages.
They are too long for insertion here, but
the following which published at the
time, is in the same spirit.
The South African War
"It is all very simple. The tale needs
but few words for the telling. The British
made up their minds to steal the Trans
vaal, with it's wealth of gold. guarded only
by herdsmen. The event shows that they
were strong enough to stca the Transvaal
and they have stolen the Transvaal. Joan
of Arc was burned in the marketpIace OF
Rouen. and she is dead. Th,re are some
lessons to be learned from the struggle
That for the British is that, when they go
maraudlng after a puny prey, they should
graso it. not with hundreds under jamie
son, but with hundreds of thousands under
Roberts. The lesson for ourselves is one
of ineffable meanncss. Never before. since
July 4, 1915, did this nation sit by with
arms folded and mouth closed and see a
great empire strangle little republic. en-.
couragng on the sly the empire-the same
empire which took advantage Of our stress
and made money by sailing under false
Colors to drive our commerce off the seas.
The glory of the war is all with the Beers,
who have lost everything, but saved their
manhood. The lesson for the world is one
of hope. There is still people in il with
pluck enough to resist sordid wrong re.
gardless Of consequence. 1t is we'll to know
that the highest examples of patriotism
in the past are equaled in the present and
may appea' "s''" al 'ne iu'u'e, i"e poS
VINO Nileo i'osS aite' 'ne uri''s VI 'he
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anu "'''Ne''e'' Vt """''e anu "''i"'''
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