Marble Hill press., 1921-11-03

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step utlfh must nov iake Hs' lH Is W.
tsferr the piu - God
- The fg,ur. Is DART tnis~f "a, 80 It'll not
s,,- az courage nor hovs anf trust N dci We
-. shaH roastnc~ ne thai this unparalleled 'a'r''
&c whish ths Afrt~sn rstioa has lsii uf~sn 'he
sl,af - frcciom -ill - IN vain. u has h~sn -h
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south N'ries i's re.ulis -" ies'e N ''''' han'.
rerhsr. ri, iI. ~til 90 led oar hsti"o thr"uEh
defeat ihrrufh ataserBea,. 80 and s,Sn 'h'0nsh
a., ysfle, - th~ saaa"- - a~aih 6" 'hs E'"ry q
. nsl,l~r rsiur~ o. ths ught q . trtghiet day
Srsat. prevailed AID ~. -hrishtss eaJ- o.n<
auIeky Death hsd removed Cell Rho=s~. feS
quarter ~ rvntur, tho dcrainatins rsrrnnsiity %
TIE imper,al slds IN Suih kfr'rsn T~iiics the man
'rpoTsty culpsbis- In the famous -Jsmssoa raid
The dtartcsi king = 10 isft ~ ~ill pF.cieaHr his
~hoie fortune q s>aonoa 10 the public scr1ice
within ts~ yesrs after the ssT unssf 'hs issi
~r,hlp 81 Ro,hs ard snuts The b-r nation s'oss
oui - the ~r~~e - the R.sr repshlic. In 1910
CaT~ ColchJ Sa'sL orange Fr~s state snt re
Tran-sal becsms the rnIaa os soaih A'ftcS shh
the c,a.eut ana sppru,al - tho British govern
r,.n, I; cuatslns .71ao sausr. uiIie- AMI o"n
go people - practically seH governing ne
ton n IA. q liberal crnsti,stIea and 9 paria
nsa, aud ;hs Bo-r, are In the Hst-r'iy nsA
the English and putoh language. ars ofrdat
smut, VAS ,,iu engaged the tAsl u holding
together ths%s cuht~d~rs,et cslonios ~hsn ths
world ~.t called him again lnte tho hsld THIS
time ~ Nent In &c tho bead - an army and 'oos
German East Afrtcs frun the Germans
Tn. ncccs.l,ie. q ths British empire then
csllea SHUTS to Eagisnd Tor oeansel The var
wun SHUTS took majur place At tho r<aer cu0'
ference through sheer mofAl force ard intellect
II. had much 60 do NTH forming the League =
Nations lie b~lp~i conuruc, the treaty and Re
signed It. hot he nied memorandum - protest
and explanations as 70 terms forced into II agsias
hl. viii That prutss,. his admirers say. marks
him as . prophet as ~ell 80 statesman
smuts has bccn called an able conprOtniscr
an -opportuus, In politics" and "all things TO
all men" and his nickname In bis o~n country
among the cld;lme ,rrttcra s "Slin Jsnnle :
"slim- meaning tricky, slirk eSas'~.
The career Of smu,s howcrcr seems 10 sup
mart the view os his admirers that IN matters pt
prtnrtple he has al~Rys stood s1radfast as h<si
rock His admirers put It this ~Ay. lie has a
~ay ot overlooking unrsssR,iEl details Whlch
smaller men stumble over" Thcy assert that te
is an aaround man II nrm ~ill determined
character. great experience and hard common
sense They also speak ~ith admiration foF his
tact, TITS this tact that earned tof him the slim
.f tho old tune Beers lie hHs an easy tacr which
makes for amnbility aud xmooths disagree
able situations Also he IL jusi about the best
whist player In South Africa and tho Old Ro~rs
thought he very wicked because he played
cards
In the old Bner household. such as Snuts came
from says Mr. Hi,i. the corrr. pot Is always bctl.
ing with Q cup Of coffee aud a piece of plltoas
tdried mea.l the Beer can nsht ~ trek all day
long SHUTS only bad habit. n Il eau he called
n bad habit, II addiction to coffee lie neither
drints liquor Of any kind nor smokes and he eats
spsring,y
lie IL essentially an out. OF -dcors man and his
body IL wiry and ranxy. He has the stride ~ q
man familiar with long marches and the natural
swing VI one who Il at hnme In the saddle He
speaks with vigor and sometimes with emotion
The Boer In not q drmonsirative or emotional
person. and SHUTS has much Of the racial reserve
At times he In an inspired orator, and something
Of his place In the world is due to h,s eloquent
tongue He seems 10 lack the tricks of the spell
binders trade. He Is forcesui. convincing and
persuasive
There Ii q strong religious trend In the charar
ter Of General Smuts lie comes Of a strain Of
men who went into battle with spp,ica,ions 10
God upon their lips, q stock that held In r,dicule
and contempt the goddess ways Of other people