The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-11-04

ueienSe Oh the Union OF south Al
riea OF course. the phrase new man. has
special meaning they apply it to "Sim Jannle'
Smuts. for he has been growing world-tgure for
several years. BY new man. they new
leader Eor Com Paul Kruegers fighting general
OF twenty years ago is being discussed pretty
much all over the world possible leader of
that British empire which SHUTS himself
thus outlines:
'The old prewar British empire is gone. In the
sense OF colonies subordinate nations clustering
around one master nation The British empire
Is developing into reat league of nations, a
group of partner peoples
Smnts is looked upon by many. says Sir Philip
Gibbs. the noted British correspondent. in the
Springfield Republican. "the leader Eng
land has been waiting for and the proper success
sor to Lloyd George Says Sir Philip:
why not make Smuts next prime minister?
Roer. educated at Cambridge and against us in
South Africa. Is hardly adapted to be prime minis
ter Of England but stranger things have happened
ia England" Sir Philip calls Smuts a man who
never looks back for regret vengeance, but al
ways forward with free and courageous vision"
and concludes with this statement: "There
fneh In England today In high places well as
low who say he is the man looking for"
The Evening World of New York argues at
= length that the British empire must be trans
formed into an association of nations and de.
ctares 'SInuts to be the logical head Of the new
and greater empire. The Christian Science Afonl-
tor of Boston. says he has always served high
ideals and served them sin way which has ever
Inspired strange confidence that he was not
caosug his eyes to mistakes where mistakes were
made. and that his devotion inspired by
muci, larger concept OF things than that involved
In the generally accepted meaning of the word
patriotis'n," Y
In short practically the entire press of the
= United States has been throwing bouquets to this
fsder farmers boy OF the weld. The concensus of
opinion seeTns to be that he must be given place
among the worlds greatest living STATESMEN and
= w--frrrt rank among the: leaders of the British
4 eaaRlre., t@ xssss = - =
4 sAtost people. know vaguely that this same Brit
glsh empire Is vast that the never sets on
Ms flag. In fact~cit is SO vast that to catalogue
4. Its. possessions Is difficult. There is hint of its
extent In the. title OF the British sovereign:
) George v of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and ireland, and of the British DomInions
beyond the Seas, Defender OF the Fafth Emperor
Nf .lHdia" These 'Dominons Beyond the Seas
sektersa every continent and consist of self-roy
ssewing, domnieHts. crown colonies and protector.
stes ands ss4hersadependenees
So As-cveryone knows, the. United Kingdom con-
sists of iuglanf and wales Scotland Ireland and
the channela islands. In Europe there are Gibral-
tar. Malta. Cyprus, etc. India Burma, Ceylon and
II score Of other possessions life in Asia In Africa
TITS tiag waves over more than o.OO0OOO sduare
titles, Including Egypt and the South African I'm
41iE m Australasia are Australia, Tasmania Pa
tytIS New Zealand and Pacific islands On the
western Hemisphere sts vast holdings include
fanad,., New Foundland and Labrador. British
Guinea and various West Indian islands Alto
gether the British empire contains about 1000
600 square miles and 450,OO0O0O people. Y
Sc the British empire is stf6hgly Suggestive Of
a Tesgue Of nations Moreover, the World war
protiucet IA noteworthy effect There were those
who predicted that the British empire would GO
to pieces the strain of that titanicrcOnict,
on ahe contrary Engand's needs brought out Won
,,erful proof .of loyalty from her colonies. The
ties were made stronger. Yet in the epd the net
result was that the British empire came out of
the world war rather as SHUTS puts it, IA grodp
or partner peoples. than '"subordfate nations
clustering AROUND one master nation.'s --Hs
:,ybateyer may be-the future of Srnuts. his>past
,s -.uteresting. He wis. born little more. than
nftreyears sngo the Iiansvaal, on farm In the
..wes<err a4,rovtnce In the Karroo country. His
Roer father and grandfather were farmers. He
got his early education in the Transvaai and then