Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-11-17

1 " E#a l press seem to think that this prov
| \~ erb is true now as it was 1000
~ years ago and that the new thing"
I'D of these latter days is new man"
in international craftsmanship
~ Jan Christian SHUTS, minister of
defense of the Union of South At
rica OF course, the phrase 'new man" has
special meaning they apply it to "Slim Jamie"
SHUTS, for he has been growing wOrld-fgure for
several years. BY new man" they mean new
leader" For Dom Paul Krueger's fighting general
of twenty years ago is being discussed pretty
much all over the world as a possible leader of
that British empire which Smuts himself
thus outlines:
"The old prewar British empire is gone, in the
sense Of colonies or subordinate nations clustering
around one master nation. The British empire
is developing into a real league of nations, a
group of partner peoples"
Shuts is looked upon by many says Sir Philip
Gibbs the noted British correspondent, in the
Springfield Republican, as "the new leader Eng
land has been waiting for and the proper success
sor to Lloyd George Says Sir Philip:
why not make SHUTS our next prime minister?
Boer, educated at Cambridge and against US in
South Africa is hardly adapted to be prime minis
ter of England, but stranger things have happened
in England" Sir Philip calls SHUTS man who
never looks back for regret or vengeance but al
ways forward with free and courageous vision"
and concludes with this statement: 'There
in England today III nigh places as well as
low who say he is the man we are looking for"
The Evening World of New York argues at
length that the British empire must be trans
formed into association of nations and de-
cares SHUTS to be the logical head of the
and greater empire The Christian Science Moni-
tor of Boston says he has always served high
ideals and served them ''in way which has ever
inspired a strange confidence that he not
closing his eyes to mistakes, where mistakes We're
made, and that his devotion was inspired by a
much larger concept of things than that involved
in the generally accepted meaning of the word
patriotism"
In short practically the entire press of the
United States has been throwing bouquets to this
Boer farmers boy of the weld The concensus of
opinion seems to be that he must be given place
among the worlds greatest living statesmen and
front rank among the leaders of the British
empire
Most people know vaguely that this same Brit
sh empire is so vast that the sun never sets on
it's flag In fact it is so vast that to catalogue
its possessions is difficult. There is hint of it's
extent in the title of the British sovereign
George of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, and of the British DOminons
Beyond the Seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor
of India" These "Dominons Beyond the Seas"
extend to every continent and consist of selfgov-
erning domniOns, crown colonies and protector
ates and other dependencies
AS everyone knows the United Kingdom con-
sists Of England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland and
tile channel islands, III Europe there are Gibral-
tar. Malta, Cyprus, etc. India Burma Ceyon and
a score of other possessions lie in Asia. In Africa
its flag waves over more than 100000 square
miles including Egypt and the South African Un-
ION III Australasia are Australia Tasmania Pa
pua, New Zealand and Pacific islands. On the
Western Hemisphere its vast holdings include
Canada, New Foundland and Labrador British
Guinea and various West Indian islands. Alto
gether the British empire contains about 12OO0-
600 square miles and 450000,O0O people
So the British empire Is strongly suggestive of
a league Of nations. Moreover, the World war
produced noteworthy effect. There were those
who predicted that the British empire would 90
TO pieces under the strain of that titanic conflict
On the contrary, England's needs brought out won.
derful proof of loyalty from her colonies The
ties were made stronger. Yet in the end the net
result was that the British empire came out OF
the World war rather, SHUTS puts it, "a group
of partner peoples than subordinate nations
clustering around master nation"
Whatever may be the future of SHUTS, his past
is interesting. He was born little more than
fifty years ago in the Transvaal farm in the
western province in the Karroo country. His
Boer father and grandfather farmers. He
got his early education i'll the Transvaa and then