St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 8, 1902

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through P.-D. Wants care- fully compound prescriptions. 14 Words 10 cents. All Druggists. SIXTY PAGES. _ tained through 14 Words 10 centa A VOL. 54. NO. 291: ST. LOUIS, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1902. PRICE FIVE CE , a ee ———— 2Oe- In the Place of the South African Republics, Which Were Prac- tically Hermit Nations, Will Rise an, English-Speaking Republic, Dominated by the Boer Spirit of Freedom, Which Shall Civilize and Illuminate the Whole : of the Dark Continent. “ ~~ + —_ SOUTH AFRICAN PEACE TERMS AND WHAT THEY MEAN. THE IMMEDIATE RESULT. -THE FUTURE RESULT. 1, Burghers lay down arms and acknowledge King Edward Vii L Prestige of Kngand.in South Africa and the retention of as theif sovereign. her porition among the great nations. 2. All burghers and priseners of war outside South Africa, on leizi - Mouth Afric: declaring themselves Hritish subjects, to be taken back to their a The Angiicising ¢ - frica. hom«'s., 3. The construction of a Cape to Cairo railroad and the illumina- b. No bur@her so returning to be deprived of personal libertY;,5., of -he dark continent. ’ 4, Federation of the African colonies similar to Australia, and cr property. 4. Immunity for acts ‘n connection with the war, unless thess wer coptrary to the usages of war and previously notified aS¢ventually a great English-speaking repub ic, dominated by th« He Dutch fanszuage to be tauzht at wish of parents in public Boer spirit of liberty. “A Rites. ahowes cs og aes ghee a license 5. ‘ihe development of one of the richest mineral and agri- 7. At earliest aeudtbio nate aun moterneent to take place ‘of Cultural lands in the world and the civilization of Africa. military, followed by “representative institutions, leading up to ¢ ppe realization of the dreams of Cecil Rhodes, in which elf-government. . ny naching to natives deferred until after introduction of Africa appears as the ideal empire, influencing all the civilized nat pp verament Poi wor'd. zande , ‘ ax to defray expenses ove Property exempt from special t ¥ » 7. The virtual founding of a progressive nation to take the of the war. with local representatives, to be ap- place of two picturesque but hermit republics. 10. Special commission. hele th a r omes an s - ges SO Se ‘0 % The extinction of the Boer people, as a people, yoirted ir each district to restcre ‘ ply ther with necessaries, British government giving $15,000,010 amalgamation with the English-speaking race. and making further advances on loan. o- : ~— ; ——— The termination of the Boer war, resulting as it does in British suptfemacy, is one of the most important events in cur- rent history and its results cannot be considered solely by the events of the immediate future. The victory of England means much for progress, both in the development of an already discovered great field for the supply of thé needs of the people and in the ultimate enlightenment of the dark continent of Africa. While the world re- grets that the Boers have lost their independence, it will also remember that the Boer spirit of freedom still lives and will leaven the. great English-speaking nation which will eventually be born in South Africa. The Boer republics were picturesque nations, composed of freedom-loving and industrious farmers; but they were what might be termed hermit nations—nations living to themselves—and not aggressive or progressive. The new English- speaking empire which shall rise in their place will be both. It will be to the Boer republics what the locomotive is to the stage coach. The greatness of this empire is to be measured only by the extent of the globe. It will be to the Eastern Hemisphere what the United States is to the Western. by their e > ~~ eee ~~ ~ —_ MAP SHOWING BRITISH POSSESSIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA. oes SAMARA LAND S ord e 6? e ie Q P « AREA (76.000 $0 ™I. ‘POPULATION. 60.376 © ' Ly VECHUANA “S fe) ee = ‘i, Pi & \ PRETORIA A \ \ \ \ \\ ad, tm \ \\ \\ \\ 7 ti .\ . +e =a VAS 9 © 8g t NAMAQUA LAND | | ES AWS 1 oO) 5 08-207. 503 ‘\ ~ ¢/ DURBAN \Y : © CADE OF GOOD AOPE AREA 221,371 sem POP 1.727224 f n oe CAPE COLONY are, (a — ~~ = er in amity and unity. dwell toge ’ That the British conquerors have no wish to oppress «their Boer brethren is shown by the plans of the home govern- st to restock and rebuild the destroyed ms and ee # that day when the war has No stronger proof of this words of Mil ak a; vl O victorious termination for Great Britain was an absolute necessity. If the British had been forced to abandon the cWvuntry of the ‘Boers, as they evacuated the Trans- vaal in 181, the stability of the empire would have been imperiled. The Dutch | Colony and Natal, some of whom were 4¢c- overflow cf the | ee affairs. The area of the Orange River | institute an administration that! it was necessary to do two thin will take on the form of colonial | | . tive in oes of their neighbors and wins- and treasure Great Brit- oaam in ¢ e recent war, would have been encouraged to onen rehellion on the first pretext that might have arisen in the'r in- ‘he greatest danger would ave been in India, where a number of feudatory princes, with vast hordes of sympathizers, entertain a latent hostility to British rule, encourared by the Russians in their aggressions on the Afghan frontier. The subjugation of the Poers. after the | conflict was begun was an imperative predecent to the solidification and advance- ment of British interests in Sonrh Africa All of the separate Great Britian in the southern part of the continent—Cape Colony, Natal. the Orange ree State and the Transvaal—have now been severally twice annexed and once abandoncd. Boers and English Must Dwell Together. In order to bring these possessions into one harmenious federation, with laws and regulations designed to do justice to all the inhabitants, with an administrative system at once progressive and economical, to #e- cure the acknowledgment of British sov- ereignty and in turn give the Boer — te consistent with safety, and na- fonal honor in ,return. It mu be re- mbered that hereafter in the Transvaal pd the Or river countr tish an ne ual | ; “~ Meteo & 7 7 px a oth depend on a eae a Su 099 ef ee “may be as- es : . e - % gt bes ae pretwiseag a, serge. bien ae a ’ re. ‘ ras z states now held by | tho d| What effect it w a federation would become a.new and im- portant part of the progressive world. | One of the immediate results of the war |was the revelation of incompetence, of the | British officer and awful tangle of red tape '{n the British war office. ‘The government ‘has been forced to preesnt a scheme of ‘army refcrm which it is, bowey-r, doubt- ful will exer be used. Lord Rod¢rts was made commander-in-chief of the army to carry cut reforms and remove in*ompetent officers, but so far, beyond 1 ramos al ‘of Gen. Buller, nothing has been done. leyen™“Buller was placed in command at Al- 'dershot on his return, and his effacement was due entirely to his defiance of the ‘sar office in a maudlin speech at «a public dir- rer, As a matter of fact, Lord Roberts ts too old, and his services to his country are ‘about done and his retiremeat is not distant. ; & As an instance of the help'essnoss of the war office, it may be said that at one time during the war no nvore ihan oO rounds of cartridges were ‘eft in the Krit. ‘ish home arsenals. Mr. Batfouf, the ‘irst lord of the treasury, was described ax huav- ire aged several yeara during the period of anxiety engendered by ‘he knowledze of the unprotected condition of the British Isles. Immediate Result ‘Of the Peace. A result of the war of great interest to commervial circles will be the releuse of at least 1,000,000 tons of shipping now employed in the conveyance of troops and stores to uth Africa. That the replacing of these a lowering of freights al be expected. the shipping be seen. The sup- ogee PN Mens 2 “rie ae , & ’ ; " ” " - 3 ' the whole. pe é my ? ous A ace bf ‘e x a” ee far} ; public GENERAL CHRISTIAN Doce DE -WET of gold will be so great that money will draw no greater interest than 1% per cent. That this source of wealth was not unap- preciated by the simple and pastoral Boer is shown by the fact that during the war he extracted from the Rand minés no less than $13,485.855 in pure gold. It may be stated here that the losses to the companies through the war are estimated at $17,000,000, NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE They Were Begun About Two Years Ago But England Has Always Refused Independence. Almost ever since the Boer war began other to establish peace. efforts to agree upon terms were unsuccess- ful, for the reason that the Boers held out steadily for independence and the British, while willing to concede practically every- thing else needed to rehabilitate the South African Republics, persistently refused to even consider the question of Boer inde- pendence. The first overture for peace was made by Presidents Kruger and Steyn. on March 5. 1900. seven days after the surrender of Cronje and his army at Paardeberg. In a telegram to Lord Salisbury the two Presl- dents offered peace on the basis of the com- plete independence of the two Renublics. This offer was refused by Lord Salisbury. who in his reply gave to the world, fé> the first .~themanmnouncement that Great Rrittiin proposed to annex the Orange Free State and Transvaal Republic. On March 13. 1900,° President MoKinkey made an effort to extend the friendly offices of the United States in the interests of ‘peace. Through Ambassador Choate at London, President McKinley informed, the British zovernment that struggle. He com- expressing the might be found informed Lord be glad in any bringing about the request, to intervene in municated the earrest hove that a wav to bring about peace. He Salisbury that he would friendiv manner to aid in the desired result. To President Mc¥inlev's note Lord Salis- bury replied that the government of Great Britain did not propose to accept the inter- vention of any power in the settlement of South African affairs. Lord Salisbury'’s reply to President Mc- Kinley was in effect a notification to the s0owers of Europe that their intervention fn behalf of the Boers would. be resisted even to the extent of war. The European powers accepted the note in that spirit and from that day all thought of European in- tervention, if it had existed at all, was abandoned. The fortunes of war in the year 1900 compelled President Kruger to abandon Pretoria. He resolved to go to Europe and make a personal appeal to France. Germany and Russia for intervention in behalf of the Boers. He sailed from Lor- enzo Marquez in a Dutch warshiv and landed at Marsailles on November 22. He was received with extravagent expressions of welcome by the French populace and his rogress to Puris was a triumph. At Paris e was received officially by President Loubet and Premier Waldeck-Rousseau as the rnler of an independent republic. But beyond attending to President Kruger the official courtesies due a ruler, the French government did ay Kruger was un- able even to discuss the project of inter- vention. On December 1 he started for Berlin to see the Emperor of Germany. At Cologne he was informed that the Kaiser could not receive him. He therefore pro- ceeded to Holland, where he received an enthusiastic welcome and an asylum. But the attitude of France and the refusal of the Kaiser to receive him was sufficient reason for the other continental powers to a a deaf ear to all projects of interven- tion. In the meantime three Boer agents, Messrs. Wessels, Fishersand Wolmerans. had visited several European countries and the United States. They received no offi- cial recognition from any of the powers, MEN AND PLACE , } quoted recently as saying that this ¢«tream efforts have been made by one side or the Negotiations to this end began two years ago, but the first the governments | of tne Transvaal Republic and the Orange | Free State had requested the Thnited States | claring “=e, - _ ‘ - = ed thereafter with result. If fight it out in the most Bloody and tive way they often aft the best cf friends. Thi» may be true Britain and the South African republics, SENATOR JULIUS C. BURROWS i think It is a very happy event that the South African war is ended. A reference of the whole ques | preferable to hostilities, would have saved the money expend ; » SENATOR GEORGE ©. PERKINS. iu -_ Prety seg gratified at the termina- ion of the war between Great and the Transvaal. The tories of —y not we to the Boers, but Guite the con- ‘ They were practically the victors in a de- e ° Both nations would have been v ter off if their disputes had oy & ted to arbitration. Other peoples have - fered because of this war. The United States has lost much in lives and money. The Boers fought bravely, and [| have nothing but Kind words them. the result has not been t eetablishment of a Boer republic, I hope they will be as well off as Canada, whose people have be form of gopernment and enjoy re ; Although I am not a pro-Boer enth and regret the trouble could not have settled by arbitration, I feel tified at. the conclusion of hestilities and am such favorable terms of peace were and accepted. SENATOR HENRY M. TELLER. Great Britain and the South African fe publics would have avoided arent loss of ife and money oo their grieve ances to arbitration, but no op eg was afforded for this méans of Great Britain wag not at any time sed to submit the matter to think the Boers would have accepted #u os a small body of men, diers, the Boers could mission and transf The Boers owned va property which the E sess. : yf ng - been the most cos n ° ain ever engaged. While the cost * nrea as been enormous, the loss Ferns times. ere rogpect = the yet arrived. It sometim most terrible men be brou h. terms of peace are better n to suppose n rant the Boers. If on s carry these terms talshfully. eG 5 ficient money . and place them’ in a y o aan Secoming Peleortus. it will 2 ? again good thing. BOURKE COCKRAN. Some weeks ago it was known that « part of Mr. Chambertain's plan for the ment of the Boers was the the liberties of ‘the Colonists the withdrawal of the overnment there. This wou ritish ons of -Bouth echonial, like Iretané and a" uprising this will resu gener Cape Dutch and a civil war ch a the ar — wid Se jection been he ’ firearms of all kinds. euch in Ireland, is an im ries. . e scr No Dutch people have ever been quered. Phil ing the sub even Mariborough al ani ad friends of victories fighting. the ubmit to what is England dictated. were won by con In my judgment, under the terms of peace between the Boers anc Great Bri the Boer people will eventuaily secure independence, Thrown into direct com cation with the other British colonfal seasions, the day will come when each all of them + Ae as off the vane become republics nh my Roere gallant fight and the utter sibility of capturing them ceused @ Britain to agree to the terme of pam which if dictated the |