Show BLEEDING THE CAPITALISTS How Expenses for War Will Ultimately Ulti-mately Be Settled New York April 16A dispatch to the Tribune from Lonflon says Whllo there Is a complete shrinkage of war news there Is much quiet discussion among South Africans In London respecting re-specting the future of mining industries Indus-tries after the close of hostilities Mr Rhodes has been conferring with Alfred Al-fred Bolt and other large capitalists bul his views are nol known Mine owners are reticent from a good cause for they know from the speeches of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the lone of the prcfs that there is a deliberate de-liberate Intention of bleeding the capitalists capi-talists so far as possible in settling the bill of expenses for the war There are only two Interests In the Dutch republics which can be levied upon when Indemnities are assessed for the cost of the war and for damages to property in Natal and Cape Colony these are the railways and mines The railway in the Free State Is I owned by a government which as Gen Roberts has declared no longer cxlsls A nor llon of It with rolling stock has been seized by the British army and as Gen Roberts advances to the Van the remainder re-mainder of It will fall Into hIs possession l posses-sion This Stale railway with Us po tcnllal earnings and resources may be regarded as a valuable asset In possession pos-session of the British Government When the Transvaal Is Invaded the railways belonging to the Netherlands company will also he seized and these In time of peace were compelled to pay so 5 per cent of their prollts to the Transvaal Government South Africans Afri-cans assert that this SO per cent will go hereafter to the British Government Tho main resources for meeting a war Indemnity will be the mines Well Informed South Africans stale that the annual expenditures of the Transvaal Government In recent years have been about S2JSOOOOO and under British ad mlnlutratlon at least I 7500000 can bo saved This margin will allow the pay ment of Interest on an Indemnity loan of 200000000 but the total cost of tho war cannot bo less than GOOOOOfiOO Without these mines and railways there would be no possible resource for mecllng an Indemnity |