Show Milo Elt Arnm store Ic z I I 1 THE CRISIS I IN THE TRANS V AAL r cl m The Stolid Boer and His Differences With Ore y I ofilt tars coo the Uitlamler Will Cecil Rhodes 61 elluse suit I Yet Absorb Oom Pauls air I I Ate Republic is at to I air to lAk din 11114 Mtir in tin year INI an r to W eye timorous Ulaitelone mlnl nlxh try wit out word to Month At ptliol film tint lAlnCl Htk and Majuba Hill should co unavenaed and Kngllah e Wit treat wets withdrawn from Hit Tram ouriat rnal 1 there wm made the grit rate have take of a great mans lift in the opinion meet opin-ion of moat Jlngtlvhmen a Just why lladtlom draw lack be I ns An I fart Iht lloen hat never yet loon l Ml 11 I Istilt off y elplalntd The ttcuet his ill mlnltlry I gave wm lo Obviate the tin he b ct blood nullllMM 1 1 If this was true I II wi a moil horlilghtc l Ii 1 for I today Mankind li I reaping Ih harteel Ion ftod of Hint llladitonlan timidity of nearly I h M ytan HBO The mail lamentable re whi suit of such n backdown on the part lot IT In n great Power wan not so linn h the din at honor that botell l the flaw if hngland the An the fact thai n email Houth African uch republic hold vain nn undue Btnat Itell of IK own Importance I lintland know a in In I ivll 1 enough Hint there worn coterie T allng circumstances connected with the if calamity which had overtaken tier I allin handful of badly officered men during 31o the engagement of Ill hat those ana an-a on till > Itoeil for whom Hit Union Jack tile it had loon hauled down did 1 not tppr IN elate Must circurnortAncem lot 1 worm last top Into lho belief that 11 fw thouMMI Dutch farmer vitro tht I military equal of Ibt Ilrltlih empire It li I lhl Mlt confidence of the filter which u I at lh cut nf the prt t trouble In I Fault Africa Iteration In I Iht I tint dan of tht year IN the quit l oil Dr Jameaon and him ovtradvtn turnui follower n1 with a dtftat fen which they rlihly deeerved the lloer Idea cf hit own martial proweM wat III I by no interim 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those or a goo Iwller with III rarely tohe crewed I down and lit furnaces going at 1 full key 4 MOIl Wit 0 A the llnal Implosion ottun It will come will a rules that will shake Africa tram Hit Cap lo Cairo V ris und when the I debris U I cleared away = II II I more than Probable I I that then Kill I7 Ilant bt a few change In the map of Hit I ark I Hark Continent The pretent ethical condition lion risen In a nutihell out uf the peculiar Oil I Irll or lltuatlon created by the treaty between ala I the Transvaal and Kngland Ifi I > tire r Ib ago The convention or 1106 mail ory Injudlcloudy drawn up and lord Derby Der-by at the time I Interpreted II aa a rod W In we = I Ith pledge that the llrlllih govrrnment Net would not Impoei upon Iht south I At N lu yUI root rlaan republic any llablllly tu Inter the tentlon In lit Internal affairs Thin In trrprctatlon the lloer Insists nn main tit I 14 Under llndilone guldunc 1 Kng Ih Ij lonJ In I a iuJden trativilort i of national o magnanimity and forgrlfulntiii bound 10 hermit hand and foot Thy star llnli do herself now that the magnanimous it mootl has iiaaetd awa > huniirrii and helplett because > of thorn old promtui A most detlnltHy wordfd MrIn and I it the requlri m < nli of national tumor du 1 4 i mend that there ahall Ile I nu Interior ull i enoe In I tht domestic Affairs of the rill I Door Hut the question that now arliea It It ont ot a moral obligation auiicnirdliig ii a legal 1 lo one In other i words llmll Man 01 land In lolallun of u treaty that U I inn and alwaa box Uvn u mlataki nup It In and protect her subjects or hull I Ill t the adhere to her settlement and lalm 11 I ly allow tht opproiilon of Hie Ulllan d li < r le a to go on r it The tl MrloI 1 nUbllk to I coWd ganallta OIIIn In I un hn Ioy tile roo Sand river cultivation ElislaraIl recoll 1 nlicd Hi IndeiKiidutuK on million n ndg his that the Doers should nbtlaln from 11 1 I I lave holding They wens an isolated Ilart ind pastoral people ne ItieT prlml lilt live lloem und not niuulully veil ter I quallllO 10 govern themselves Tile ZU rtpubllo was looMly 1 I divided into four I = i I I districts I not ont of wlnh inas mr I I clearly dellntil and each of wlih 1 I nl 1 Tw I together failed lo arsonist or iupport ell the ont central authority I necessary to toAd to-Ad obviate the failure of Iht Door happy 1 golucky methods ot adnilnlitrallnn After quarrels among thtmwlvei and squabbles with the Orange rnt Walt Krugtr appeared on the wants and was the first portion to recognlt the nra tatlly for a anyone central power Not wlthlUndlng Krugera atranlti ten yean alter lit eelablithmenl the rteiub lie was practically insolvent clovern moot notes paaatd from hand to hand at a dlKount of n per cent and w hen the Hrliiah again finally came into pot mention they found just li ahllllnga and I 6 innet In the nallnMl In anury 7 was on April It lin that Kngland formally annexed the Traiuvul and U was three years later that the lloera radio In rebellion II war In I this outbreak out-break that they showed their linen Protest spirit and crashed the Knillili forcet at Ilnr Xtk and MaJnlM Hill The people of Hngland knew lm of South Art c at that time than wt = int know of tht stand 1 l of Lewis today They had been somewhat rudely nhaktn nut of their aletp when Noted came of the hooting down of the llrlllli men officers and women at Iln n < k r I Kprult by 1MO wOl armM anl ell trained Boor maikimen In I nmliunh The cuminandrr nt the Hnillh 1r001 In I Houlh Africa Wr fleltrao Cooley 1 ruthed 1 over the borders of Ihe Trans I I 1 v1 1 vllh lose I than loco men talon lit huuld ha > K lad an organlnd annr1 behind him He walked Into Ihc Imp lot Majuba Hill and was summarily crushed for bit rathntu lly Ih time hal latalry from Indian Hall mi and 1 Infantry artillery and natal brigaba rom Cape TOn and Hlmun Day vicre Installed on the frontier In numlxiii iiilllclent to clean 1 out the entire Trnnn aal I republic orders came from llml ilonea goernmtnt that lioniln ritual ctaat mot though IndlgnatUii nitcllnin were held throughout boils ln land and Houlh Africa cease liny lid lidU U wIle In lilt that Immigrant from Hit lurtoundlng territories Iwgan to croon Hit river Vital 1 attracted lo the republic ot the Were by the dlacotrrlol or cold which had Invest reported from line to lime In thai country It was lot until IOU Hut mining operation I meet i untried fit to any extern the ikwr government doing their Ixttt to diuour also Hit development uf Hit republic militarist rteuurxet knowing full well I Hint Hitniatilf wonf gold 1 would attract at-tract Into ills Transvaal hordia of ad Lnluroiu nj tnergrtlc fonlmiira who ould not add la the iiuMnru ana I an-a of lift ft Hit ilolll liner farmer i I What the time wanted was to u I left 1 h7 I alone lie Juki his farm and lili sheep hit gun and Ile native worknn n nd all ht asked wai to live In I un llnturliv I I tr niUIIIty and independent i in blown bl-own old tahl1 may This 0 the one thing which ht could not anI inn not do Hit u > ode or lift demanded Hi it land which might support < o mm should Nippon only mar To keep 1 hat dn ilia diamond and gold that Iy throughout lilt country was niurrl tit lioalpon Iht Intvltahle In this re lentleMly commercial century thosis Itnplo Inhaled people who Parties a rich and uiultttloned country and do lie 1 to live a ttolll ami 1 tnliiiM llo cut off from Hit root of lite world nn no man keep lle I lid of Immigration away from heir doon than they call weep lack Hit MH with a broom 1 hll huwtttr Oom 1aul and hit countrymen country-men have don their beat to cccom pllih The dtleiled 1ltlamlera It lots been who have developed the Trans vaul lit far aa It lied been Utvtloptd and conttrttd II Into the greatest gold I bearing countr In the world And today III It the UIHandin who an doing I jumt trurtonAftoontho of ke Ju 0 1 W r f In It I I air Th I Ine b I to w itardrd by bI IIC dId Ih fro rehisait although they DAY nln tenth of Ilia I lanci leased Thfty art granted no right of 01 loon ship they have no voice In educational mattera their chlllrrn nr > taught only the crude Ho < r pnloli in thi > puhtlc mhooln Imilo They an drnlid he f rdm of the press anti 10 certnIn walls ovel0ove dom of poorrh for It li 1 criminal to hold public Hireling They have no power In the muntilpal government of Johan assistants and when they appear for trial they do fa before Jurlea of Dtltbh IIJ ouJ mirghru The president hit tht right to npel 1 any member of the coHimunpr from the republic without trial and bt for they can acqulr the riglabooz rtll aenihlp they must live In I the Mttnlry II yean and 1 then renounce Amtetcka or Uritnh allegiance In fact tvtrV thing poMlble has been dontto 10 I net the AngloRaton rout that h > f loon leavening the Dutch lump Of that rI lh 1uI distraught public an > l in 1 Rotllh All lira events have once more ltd up to a climes 11II It hat btn however n new tttmtit that hat brawbt to a head lilt prMHit trouble VMIt the Tranvaal govern taint at the time of the JanaMn Md a ta rrotdo know in the 7lfoft1 mlb1 Z k4 r I 1 f r prd 11dZuetBaer tie the true char 10 r or Ih Iloor to Novell When the Ulllandi nol long since pretented to the sovereign of Orl Urllaln a petition for protection agalnit nl Iipr solve 1 monoimllti and practical pond fleet Iory po-nd the matt r at an laid b fore It mmlIn Pretilrnt I < ill Nor replied with a counter propt041 hat iniom so ridiculously Impoitlhle that it was millions hr and unallIllsor to bring about Any relief for the 11 Hinder This counter propotial woo advanced only on noli lion thJl Rngland would submit the reiulli of A hat li I known a the Undon convent lots upon which Kngland1 right of luwrtlnly u I bated tn the grMlratlon of mme foreign power pow-er To consent to hnv any only too Jalodi foreign power arbitrate her right ot Miiralnty over the Transvaal wait for Mngland to admit the very dubiousness of that right Ho there the matter tltnda The Transvaal la armed to the teeth and Johannesburg Itself Is I goardeil by a stroux fort supplied with quick firing suits all of which by the way the Doors have paid for wllh money which has loan wrung from Kngllth and American UlllanUera BngUnd It I rally MAJIMAe I I t It lf P k I I k 1P I I 0 I IT 0 1 I 1 1 I o1 71 A I r a I I k I I I ITT 11 W 1 I I I Ill Is I i lot I Il I I 1 I I 0 1 4 9 V 11 I I k I T I Wit a Shortsighted hrh iiubborn and exluoh oligarchy II hit tlnet then btitime a corrupt and oppmaUt fleet ut Mar Plunderers Hit UltHuJeit BAY Monopolies hne her lmloftd upon eterylhlng from mining machinery machin-ery to mineral itateta and after en ilihlng their also coffers lo Hit burstIng burst-Ing I point the ihrtwilinlnded Itotn tiny olilondd r 1 n ginnlly fraction of tht re miilnlng I rrnue in arm and tqulp their omiurymin with the moil modern rou nlll In ni of war In anticipation of coming com-ing unrmil Anordlng to Hit malcontents It has heroine a habit with Iht Uotr lo hold line hand on Hit throat of the fltlandtr and the other on tile family Bible Non a No-n title the day of ITalte and IUn I Itonea and his ploua compatriots can rnunipuuie I appropriate I scriptural pat edged will greater eaaa and Runway than old Oom Paul With him nothing taken place l In I the aeoular affairs of lift or Halt without memo eloquent pro f feailun of austere righteousness The I result of Hill luu twin that fur Name ilnm K grant numtwr nf people looked upon tht Hearst ai a plans iiniplt prlmltlt iwoplt batillng far right and Janice and heroically defending their happy totaled from Hie intrusion of law I loss I Id of adtenlurera who Mount to wipe their rountry from the fact of Hit I world Many Americans have looked upon Kruger 1 at a second George Waahlng ton and this country aa a rule I hat I always been reluctant to Inttrfert In I Mouth African Petition U baa boon only rtctntly Indeed that the true Halt 1 of o Inc ilottly and for many remnants She realize that the crushing of the Ikitr la I no easy talk and what li I more she knows that Hit demolition of title Dutch republic would mean > ean and years ot bluer halnd on the part of a broken and conquered ptople The Hotn an undoubtedly magnificent fighting men and are an nclltc wiry well trained body of soldiers very much like our own American rough riders They ale all brought up wllh H rule In their hand and art the moil ikllled ot marksmen Thin won thown at the battle ot Majuba Hill when It waa found that It took on an average MO holt from an Kngllih gun to bring down one Boor while practically every Boer shot look effect Owing to Iht nature of the country an Invading army ar-my would be boael with Unspeakable dlRloultlo and Inwits In making Hi way Into tht Transvaal where opportunt tit for ambuwadta an numerous and 1 the country la Mpwlally lulled lo the floor method ot warfare All transportation trans-portation would have to bt effected by meant of pack mules and Hit hauling of heavy nrtlllery would Iw I out of the quuitlon The territory traversed would be ittrllt I and rocky offering no protection I pro-tection and litctMliallng a ftitil and distant ban of supplies Tile Hotn have always rtallnd Hit peculiar ad vantagta of their country for desultory campaigning and htte made the moil ot II It li eiptcltd that In the Kuro Pool tento their will not bt moolllatd at all and thai an Invading army mil find Itself without any actual objective point on which to advance With a u I pIt ullInn its ar awl n I nk I dC i b rauntedharphoolom > nn i atlly able to pick off a mar at > urdi an army that would pan n > < the Transvaal dart not bt leu rc h GOOIJO most I sille 1 ngland I hat learned two very cottly rft nt In regard to campaigning In th Tramraxl which ibt li I not likely in forget In the affair of tnl the more had the llrllHh camp lurrounded i by aplei and every movement of Ihe I n my wall known by them They nrnil I that tile Knfllih general Intended In-tended taking un a notlllon on the top or Uajuh Hill and there camp wllh 700 men with no defensive precaution an the nnglllh considered the hill In iriilblt Th liters rlmply alluwnl tnc Kngllth U tikt up thlt poiltlon I nnd then arranjrtd by night IM men In poellloni behind rocks about Ihe I liate of the hill Tlity were 00 plated that open daylight broke tiny could ad tnnct up the hill In I open order under the protection of th broken slope and ihi fire of their oompanloni In the rear When Ih signal Was Plains 0 the lloer Nly moved steadily up the Hope Whenever an Kngllth soldier 011 Closed hlmttlf at tire ItP ot the hill to fin he red at one picked off by the sharp ehootera In the rear The firing and judgment of the Hotn wen excellent and M complete was the protection the Mulling party received 1 that their advance ad-vance was practically unlnconven lenctd by what little Kngllih fire came from the summit In fact II Was carctly 1 reatlied by the Rnallth that a Urge I body of Itotrt was slowly but Urely creeping up on them ao that hen the final ruth came they war unprepared un-prepared for II and the liattlt ended In a general rout and maatacn Tile Inca i the floor contingent was Prior 1 tlrally nothing while the ulauihler among the raw troopers from lingland wool lerrlMy heavy I Very much the Mint wan the story of Iht Jamnon rold Jameaona men had LetMelford rlltee Maxim guiu tu Held pltot Hut when they I met i IM Uotn without artillery I at Kmegeri dory the Invaders worked their tight Hemline unlit they were M ho they could not bo handled awl I yet d IH 1 nn I oluttly no itamag The Iloeri 8111 marvel 1 thtlr On until tht Invader earn within ranons and allom ltd lo 144 iXZ X44 I 1 iiIll Vf T11 sa3 V VIT t I tt14 rrvO > rv O W < III p A p OK Irl 3 i s VL I I P1 T 0111 Z < lV If I = A7 J I I A 1 1 Ill I tvg Jro R VI I r 4 WI i xIIA orfon I il I I I 4 I I I AA t I V 1 I dL 112 alls V I V Zl oor4 61 A 11 I f To I el i 07 le Z ToTTTT I It 1 Up I rq 4 1 1 04 1 = I Y Y I la 3t Nq I r oil I 1111 N i JAMESUN5 LA3rS 4 N charts Then they Poured a 1Il11orlo and deadly han or load Into their rank rach shot taking effect The English saw that they could neither take Iht Doer poeltlun nor hold their can in they decided on a detour The column movtd ilowly on toward Doornkop wllh the Doors who knew tht country well following them up at a safe dlelanct arid picking off tired troopera at 1000 yards Out of over w round of ammunition ammu-nition lu aay nothing of the work dont by the machine wants only three llotri had town killed by the Ilrltleh troopers JamtMii lAW Hit futility of inuring cold lead on Jews of ruck and before hit entire little army wait willed out raised the while Hag a flag by the way which the victorious lloer troops had wen raised by the English twice before Today III le Mtimated that the Transvaal aal 1 could tnueitr atmoet oiwo night ins I men uch aa theme all fully armed and mounted plot ready to flint lo the toll for the cauw of their country and what the ilubbornl conelder their peculiar iwlltloal prltlltgcl Hut In ont way they an fating an tntmy against whom all their alolidiy and sharp shooting will bt of not Hit slightest i aall Compared I wllh I hit enemy Hi mhlnnllon or CfCll Mellon oM tile Intrigues ul the IIrlllh South Africa company and von Ih war orders at JoKtph Chamberlain art ai a pupeun to a Maxim brigade That foe nf the Boor li I the relenlltM spirit of the those In contradiction to which he li I attempting to He I when ht turns his fact on rt form political liberty And 1 ptrional frvedom It may not occur this BOB Poll nor the next but thi Unit must come uhih the Boor and thoae prlncl plm fur nhlch he stands uliall lit swept Amoy fly stronger powers than gunpowder gunpow-der and test That he oonlenllun of the long op Pleased ritlanjert of xbnin many art Ann rli alii Ami 1 for that reason nol unity > atlet il by mere compromises with I liberty mutt cvnitually pretall I In as uiiurtil aa the fact that the sun I hlnc In Africa aa mil ni in America Th pathttle I part of the whole Installation i li the fact that the Ilotr cannot see this IIIi truth Not long ago n Dutch ralnltter I 1 1 In Cmpo Colony dellar1 Publicly that 100 IJoor could easily whip 1010 In 11th And Most 01 the hardheaded farmers or the TrnV1 voldt tire or the name Malmo They Point slut their I Well I fortl pilot their well trainod I i 1011 toll their Ability I to rock every i 1 rU II alloll In tit country before an Invading I force could crowd it frontloar They oay that the UlIInd pepulatlon valth Its women and ofilldrapit ho could never bo got out 01 the country In time would bo comphately al their morcy IIUI non of lite things insured eventual success against it determined and aroused empire that could easily pour 100000 mn acromis the waters ot the V941 II looks AI It the 1Joo must Purrouder 10 the PrgrI spirit 01 the 1101 It he sidelines this com promin he ml go IITJlUII J HTRINOEIL |