Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-08-10
SHUTS, THE "NEW MANI OUT OF
AFRICA
(From the Literary Digest

| ly review (NeW York;, about tina
new man" in international statesman
ship. Even stranger than a castle
carrying elephant. we are told, is thi
| farmers son from the weld" who ha.
become one OF the chief supporters o
| his old enemy, the ancient and might,
British Empire. More than that, re
ports Sir Philip Gibbs, the noted Brit
ish correspondent, to the Springfield
Republican" SHUTS is looked upon b,
many as "the new leader England ha!
been waiting for" proper successor
for Lloyd George. "Why not make
SHUTS our next Prime Minister?'' de-
mands Sir Philip. "A Boer, Educated
at Cambridge and in arms against III
In South Africa, is hardly adapted tt
be Prime Minister of England, bu
stranger things have happened ii
England" The General is called g
man who never looks back for regre1
or vengeance, but always forward witt
free and courageous vision" and, The
British Journalist concludes, there
are men in England today in higf
places as well as low who say he is
the man we are looking for" Ever
this far-reaching suggestion is sur.
passed by the New York s'Evenine
World Britain herself and the world
in general recognize, it is argued, that
the old British Empire must be trans
formed into new congeries of nations
an association which SHUTS himself
has compared to the arrangement that
the League of Nations faulty aimed at
Jan Christian SHUTS is the logical
head of this new and greater British
Empire, declared 'The World"
Practically the entire press of the
United States, which has been show
ering him with bouquets ever since
his appearance in the Irish situation,
give the General a place among the
worlds greatest living statesmen. The
Irish-American extremists are prac-
tically alone in attacking him, gen.
orally on the ground that he may end
the British-Irish tangle in such way
that ireland will not realize it's Repub-
lican aspirations. Thus 1.-THE Irish
Press" (Philadelphia) observes sar-
castically: "The American press has
taken great interest in the activity Of
General SHUTS, some papers printing
editorial eulogies of him that would
make some heroes of history sit up
In their collins and ask for a match.
But man who sold his own country
could not be expected to do better by
another country" He has always
served high ideals, retorts "The Girls
tian Science Monitor" of Boston, pre-
senting far more generally accepted
view of the Africander, and he has
served them "in way which has ever
inspired a strange confidence that he
was not closing his eyes to mistakes,
where mistakes were made, and that
his devotion was inspired by much
larger concept Of things than that in
volved in the generally accepted mean
ing of the word patriotism"
"An intensely dramatic episode is
Britain's summons to Gen. Jan Chris
tiaan SHUTS in her hour of need"
writes Edwin C. Hill, in the New
York Herald" After some paragraphs
of the sort of praise which must be
becoming very common to General
SHUTS by this time if he subscribes to
a press-clipping bureau, Mr.. Hill pre-
sents this brief biography of the Boer-
British leader:
He was born a little more than
fifty years ago, on farm in what is
known as the western province, in
The Karroo country. His father and
MS grandfather were farmers. He did
MS share of the chores about the place
until it was time for him to go to
school. Inbred in him, as in most
Beers, is an ardent love of country
life, and especially an affection for
he mountains.
In the old Boer household, such as
SHUTS came from, the coffee-pot is al
ways of boiling. With cup of coffee
md piece of "bultong" (dried meat)
he Boer can fight or trek all day long. |
SHUTS only bad habit, if it can be
,alled bad habit, is addiction to
coffee. He neither drinks liquor of |
my kind nor smokes and he eats spar
ngly.
He is essentially an out-of- doors
nan and his body is wiry and rangy.
lie has the stride of a man familiar
With long marches and the natural /
wing of one who is at home in the
addle. He speaks with vigor and
ometimes with emotion. The Boer
5 not demonstrative or emotional
erson, and SHUTS has much of the
acial reserve.
At times he is an inspired orator,
nd something of his place in the
gorld is, due to his eloquent tongue.
lie seems to lack the tricks of the
pellbinder's trade. He is forceful,
and persuasive. After
caring or even reading his speeches,
is phrases, or at least his meaning,
re apt to stick in the mind. SHUTS
'ould make fine trial lawyer, it is said
18th reason and logic for the bench
nd attractive human appeal (most
an intimate perception of
uman nature) for the jury.
He is a great reader, they say. His
terary journeys have carried him into
ne prose and the poetry of several
atoms at many times. History. fc-
on, travel, and biography have been
'ell plumbed by him, and he knows /
S few foreigners know the literature
( America, even to George AIDES
Fables in Slang" Peter Finley
'Mr. Dooley," and Joel Chand-
er Harries' "Br'er Rabbit" He is al
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