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

went to Cambridge for a university education In
law. Back again in South Africa, he p~racticed
law and politics. Then he became Paul k~rueger's
secretary Of state. Probably his state letters to
London had more than a little to do with bringing
on the Boer-British war of 1S99-19O2. Into that
hard-fought little conflict he went as a private.
II was about this time that Sir Alfred Miner
and SHUTS had their famous encounter, which Is
thus described by Stephen Bonsal in the New York
Times:
".Milner is reported to have pleaded with his
young and promising antagonist much in these
words:
"'Stop. look where you are going, SHUTS. You
are digging your political grave without knowing
1t. l think. England will never forgive or forget
this-and you a Cambridge man-one Of our
Own
"'Yesi I thought l was almost an Englishman.
too SHUTS Is said to have answered. But the
Jameson raid proved to me that l wasn't. I'm GO
ing with Dom Paul Kruger, not because I'm q
Dutchman or a South-African, but because he Is
right and ] want to be right. Perhaps some day
England will see who were her real friends and
who were her real foes. but in the meantime l
shall do my duty as / see it-very clearly"
How interesting the meeting between these two
men as colleagues on the British delegation to the
Paris peace conference!
That war lasted four years. The British enlist
ments totaled 100000 and those of the Beers 1OO.-
600. The British casualties were $4,000 and those
W the bOeTS 4UUU, with 4O,WU prisoners. The
main cause Of the war was the discomfort Of the
"Outlanders." The terms Of peace were that the
B.ers gave allegiance to Great Britain and were
granted full amnesty and the return Of their
property.
SHUTS emerged from the war a general. II he
had considerable share in bringing ON the war. he
probably had more to do with bringing about
peace. For he was one Of the Boer peace commits
sioners who met General Kitchener and Lord MIL
ner. incidentally, Shuts safe-conduct pass bore
the signature, ID. Haig. Colonel" Yes; this Is
the same Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, with
whom Gen. Jan Christian SHUTS stood shoulder
to shoulder against the Germans. or the part
played by SHUTS in bringing about peace In 1902
Edwin C. Hill writes In the New York Herald:
1T was as one OF the Boer peace commissioners
who met General Kitchener and Sir Alfred Miner
that SHUTS rose to the rank Of a statesman. The
commissioners had been unable to agree and the
Beers returned to their convention Of national dele
gates to obtain new Instructions about surrender
Ing Internationally. For days the convention was
at loggerheads. The delegates refused to legis-
late the republics out Of existence. At length
SHUTS gained q hearing. He told them the truth
about the situation. He said that II was impossi-
BILE 70 6ght longer. that they could expect no help
from Europe and America, and that further resist
ance meant useless bloodshed.
= Brethren ~ declared, In what Is regarded
ausons SouthrAficans ~ one Of the most eloquent
and ~certainly one u the most momentous speeches
stand 1apt O. the bitter end. Let rs be men and
saekn0wjsfss that that snl has now come and that
ik T. neke bitfer Than ever We thought y could be-
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