The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-11-04

- SAAAA SAtdA eIioAS hiliiAstS VA
9A defense Of the Union of South AT
IIteaA OF course. the phrase new man. has a
special meaning as they apply 1t to "Slim Jamie"
SHUTS. for he has been a growing world-tigure for
several years. BY new man. they mean new
leader" For Dom Paul Krueger's fighting general
ct twenty years ago is being discussed pretty
mech all over the world as a possible leader Of
THAT new British empire which SHUTS himself
thus outlines
The old prewar British empire is gone, In the
! oense OF colonies or subordinate nations clustering
aSOund one master nation. The British empire
T. developing into a real league of nations, a
gT0up Of partner peoples"
Smuts 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
acr to Lloyd George. Says Sir Philip:
why not make SHUTS our next prime minister?
q Boer, educated ut Cambridge and against us In
South Africa, Is hardly adapted to be prime minis
Ter Of England, but stranger things have happened
a England" Sir Philip calls SHUTS " a man who
never looks back for regret or vengeance, but al
Way9 forward with free and courageous vision"
and concludes with this statement: There are
men n England today In high places as well as
~ 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
4Drmed Into an association Of nations and de-
EClnre6 SHUTS to be the logical head OF the new
md greater empire. The Christian Science Moni-
ter Cf Boston says he has always served high
ideals and served them "in a way which has ever
tmSpired q strange confidence that he was not
closing his eyes to mistakes. where mistakes were
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
patriOtfsin."
~ short, practically the entire press OF the
United States has been throwing bouquets to this
BOer farmers boy Of the weld. The concensus OF
optnt0n seems to be that he must be given a place
samOle the worlds greatest living statesmen and
= fFont rank among the leaders Of the British
Most people know vaguely that this same Brit
M empire = % vast that the sun never sets on
I'M NJ III fact. It n 20 vast that to catalogue
IN pOssessi0nA II difficult. There Is a hint OF Its
&xfent II the title Of the British sovereign:
ss0eosSe Y ~ the United Kingdom Of Great
SHfitaln and ireland, and Of the British Dominions
Ueyond ~ Seaa Defender Of the Faith, Emperor
ot n6kes~STT These 'Dominions Beyond the Seas"
exfen1 ~ eyery continent and consist Of ~self-gov-
erntng Dominican. crown colonies and protector.
elee md otber dependencies.
~ everynlle knows. the United Kingdom con-
1l6ke a Iniagiand and Wales. Scotland, Ireland and
flpe chatnel Islands. In Europe there are Gibral-
IN. lIajta, Cypfus, etc. India. Burma. Ceylon and
h scOre ~ Cther possessions lie In Asin. In Africa
I'M ~ vAyes over more than 100000 square
nille6. fncludlng Egypt and the South African I'm
M Austr6lAaia IN Australia, Tasmania. Pa
ria. New Zealand and Pacific islands. On the
Wesfekn Hemisphere It's vast holdings include
e knada New Foundland and Labrador. British,
QuiRes mn sarfpgs West Indian islands. Alto
Gffkbes the Hxlklsh empire contains about 1900
100 ssQ1afS ajl4nllfe1 ana An, 600 GOO people.
NopRtte Hfft6hi elnptre n strongly suggestive OF
81 len&&es ~ iation4 Mareover, the World w,lr
DoNdH0&6 y n0tewofthys effect There were those
&Apf3dlgfed Tint fhe British empire would 20
In a9FFaef x,s sfrain q tiat fittnie conaict.