The Dolores star., 1921-11-04


ric,L OF course. the phrase new man has
special meaning rs they apply it to "Slim Jamie"
SuIutS. for he has been growing worldigure for
several years. BY new man" they mean "new
leader" For Dom Paul kruegers fighting general
Of twenty years ago is being discussed pretty
much ull the world n possible leader of
that new British empire which SHUTS himself
thus outlines:
The old prewar British empire is gone. in the
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
smuts is looked upon by many, says Sir Philip
Gibbs the noted British correspondent, in the
Springfield Republican "the leader Eng
tand has been waiting for" and the proper success
sor to Lloyd George. Says Sir Philip:
why not make SHUTS next prime minister?
Boer, educated mt Cambridge and against us In
South Africu, Is hardly adapted to be prime minis
ter of England, but stranger things have happened
In England Sir Philip calls SHUTS who
neser looks back for regret vengeance. but al
ways forward with free and courageous VISION"
and concludes with this statement: "There
men In England today In high places well
low who say he is the man 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-
clares SHUTS to be the logical head of the new
and greater empire. The Christian Science Moni
tor of Boston says he has always served high
inspired u strange confidence that he was not
closing his eyes to mistakes where mistakes were
made. and that his devotion Inspired by
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 a 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
ish empire is vast that the sun never sets on
Its flag. In fact, IL is so vast that to catalogue
its possessions is difficult. There Is hint of its
extent in the title of the British sovereign.
George of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominlons
Beyond the Seas, Defender of the Faith Emperor
Of India" These "Dominions Beyond the Seas"
extend to every continent and consist of self-pov
ernng domnons crown colonies and protector.
ates and other dependencies.
As everyone knows, the United Kingdom con-
sists of England and Wales. Scotland Ireland and
the channel islands. In Europe there are Gibral.
tar. Malta. Cyprus. etc. India, Burma, Ceylon and
of other possessions lie In Asia In Africa
Its flag waves over more than 100000 SQUARE
miles. including Egypt and the South African In
ion. In Australasia are Australia, Tasmania Pa.
pua. New Zealand and Pacific islands On tbe
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 12OOO.
900 square miles and 45OOOOOOO people
SO the British empire is strongly suggestive of
a lengue of nations Moreover the World war
produced noteworthy effect. There were those
who predicted that the British empire would 20
70 pieces under the strain of that titanic conflict
On the contrary. Englands needs brought out won.
derfuI proof Of loyalty from her colonies The
ties were made stronger. Yet In the end the net
result that the British empire came out Of
the World rather. Smuts puts It, "a group
Of partner peoples" than Subordinate nations
clustering around master nation"
Whatever may be the future Of Smuts his past
ia Interesting. He born little more than
Atty years ago in the Transvaal a farm In the
western province In the Karroo country. His
Boer father and grandfather farmers. he
got his early education In the Transvaal and then