Show HOLLANDS OFFER OFER REFUSED l THE TH HE announcement that England i 5 hut 11 turned a deaf ear to Hollands ail q offer of ot medial jn In hi the South African l war need cause no surprise to those tho e ei i Si who bO have ha ye e closely followed the course of hostilities hOM ti 11 ties En m 5 through throughout I out HUt has ha been bitter tad End j f f The Th British foreign fon ign secretary tary S Lord I in ill his reply to Dr 5 Kun K r premier t of o the t Netherlands o u i o t lays tan ahara ahaz a har and ana fast last rule rue which ich ichI the Boer follow if IC they bo to I t tAfter After diplomatically hinting that Dr Kuyper Ku had ru n ns business meddling with British h South African affairs Lord say sara Should the Boer Beer del delegates them themselves desire to lay Jay a re request request r quest for tor a 11 safe sa conduct before e his ma jetty government there is iJ no reason why hy they should not do s so Certainly not Neither is there any reason teem frOm tt the e English h viewpoint why the Boers Boors should not J ot approach h his hi majesty King Edward Ed on o their hands and knees knes e to toS beg S for tor sock nuch h stray crumbs bs as in his hiB he might choose vh o e to toss their theft way act at a Is most ungracious It confirms statement which has been boan made mado 8 ai sg S the lines Jines that terri tern tonal tortal n In not tot a desire to remedy Millet sd d mi ott British subjects actuates government in 10 S the conflict A chance was S offered by y Dr Di Kuyper who was actu actuated solely by motives m Ue of humanity for or r England to make an honorable le with from the conflict The Time Boers Beers would wo ld c terms now which a It year ago base haite been considered un an bearable be rable but they will 1111 never accept an annexation L England Whatever ves yes vestige vestige tige tig of tacit support SUpport su may ma have been ac accorded accorded accorded corded Great Britain Brit tin by other nations must be destroyed d by b her latest act In country we hear people say ny Americans have no ito n right to criticise England so ao o long as our Philippine pol pot icy Is ls continued The Herald HernIa has neter indorsed ed the administrations Philip Philippine Philippine Philippine pine but it has Iut no more re resemblance semblance to the South African affair than a white elephant has to a mouse colored elephant The sole poliy of re resemblance reSemblance semblance is that both are elephants In III South Africa a n republic is being slowly ground to pieces through modes Jt warfare that i appa aU civilized In the Philippines there is no republic nor was wa one o e worthy wo the he I name |