Show WHAT THE BOEHS MAY EXPECT The Boers are beginning to realize that after all the god of war gives victory vic-tory lo the strongest armies that their pretense of lighting for freedom when il Is really only lo prevent other people from having freedom Is not taken seriously seri-ously by anybody who has the power to Interfere The proposition of Presidents Kruger and Sleyn to the British Government Gov-ernment lo cslabllsh peace on anti bellum conditions was almost childish Lord Salisburys reply pointedly stated the case It reminded the Boers that they were asked lo redress certain obvious grievances which they declined to recognize and that Instead they had for years prepared for war and when they were ready Invaded Brlllsh teirltory and caused a bloody conflict which might have been avoided and the independence of the Free State and the entire selfgovernment of the Transvaal been perpetuated by doing the ordinary decent thing toward the while people In South Africa But they Insisted upon violating nearly all the conditions of civil Justice and political fairness and practically treating Englishmen and Americans as an inferior race to perpetuate per-petuate which policy they took the Initiative Ini-tiative of Avar After brlely enumerating the salient facts Lord Salisbury frankly informed them that the British Government would see to it that another war of this kind should not occur It Is perfectly safe to prophesy that whenever the end comes tho people of the Free State and the Transvaal will not lose one whit of their liberty They will have all the rights of selfgovernment selftaxation and opportunities of smeial arid industrial indus-trial Improvement that the country and their own caplial and energy afford They will have more real freedom than they had before bin they will not be permitted lo subjugate white people nor deprjve anybodyof the freedom they themselves enjoy and this Is clearly In the Interest of civilization From Gun tons Magazine for April |