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Show THE WAR. Whether successes crown the British arms or victory conies to the sturdy H.'ors. humane people, regardless of sympathy, must look with sorrow upon a war which is, in reality, fulfilling the prophecy of the president of the little Dutch republic that it could only be waged at a cost that would horrify humanity. The resistance to British arms daily manifested in South Africa is assuredly assur-edly unparalleled in the history of the wrrld. That shor force of numbers will eventually overpower the P.oers is perhaps true, but that they will ever b" conquered is a fatuous hope. Whatever What-ever th immediate result of the present pres-ent struggle, England can only -look - forward to Fenerations of strife and bloodshed, the md of which will not' be marked while British domination continues in the Transvaal. Is it all worth the bloodshed and the strife to England? Granting, for the sake of argument, that a more equit-abl? equit-abl? government may grow out of the (ashes of the present one at Pretoria can there be adequate compensation to humanity for the loss which it is now suffering and for the condition of ptn.e j that is sure to endure consequent of I British success? T'nhiased people, the world over, will surely answer these questions negatively. nega-tively. Laying aside our sympathies ami prejudice, the impulses of our better bet-ter nature find expression in the voice ; of those Knglish clergymen who have appealed to Lord Salisbury to stop the , war at all hazards. Overlooking fur the moment the policy pol-icy of government which has brought 1 about an unjust war. we cannot fail to j 1 consider the sadness and desolation ' that have come to homes in England. 1 Ireland. Scotland and even Canada, as well as in the Transvaal. We cannot f I hut regret the expressions of prejudice I " and resentment that pre finibnn- vont ' I among people sympathizing with both I side to the controversy. There is a i - higher and nobler impulse than the de- j " sire for vengeance. This motive, no doubt.1 actuated the English clergy in their appeal to Lord Salisburg to bring the war to a close. It found expression also at a meeting meet-ing of Scotchmen in- New York, who have adopted the following: ".s men, and as true Scotchmen our hoarts are touched with sympathy at j Hie sight of the emblem of mourning, whether it be worn on the streets of London or on the streets of Pretoria: but 'blood is thicker than water,' and', while we do not forget the sad homes in the Transvaal, our hearts are drawn toward our native land, and it is from auld Scotland that with sympathetic ear I" 'Wo, hoar the widow's wail, the orphan's cry, TlKMg'iTn0P fr thSe XVh( Ilc cr murn n -A.fic' blood-stained soil they silent " tne"l7ain.rU thcy'n numbercd with 'UC'H! ts in F"mPaln" reach o'er the AV' wiH'flow'13 k'n Ur niinsIill tears Thy wandering sons, "Auld Scotia " ''. mourn wnu i)hx And fain would soothe thv hitter namr i of woo. " " 1 1 I 1 |