Richmond Palladium (Daily), 24 October 1901 — Page 6

STEAD OH BOER WAR

London Journalist Caustical.j w Denounces British Policy. BOW EE WOULD E3D HOSTILITIES Bmym Send ChaubrrUla'i Head m inirttr a. Pciuc For Wreasdolac and lajaatleeSeath Africa. Mr. Stead laalata, Loai to Brltlih Emplrr, ba( II Will PraTl Ble.al.s to the Xatloa. Walter Wellman, staff corresponded of the Chicago Record-Herald, has late ly had an Interview with William T Stead, In which the famous Londor. Journalist, with characteristic fore and fearlessness, gives his views ol Great Britain's troubles at home and la South Africa. Mr. Wellman quotes Mr. Stead a saying: "South Africa Is Irretrievably lost tc the British empire, but that will prove a blessing In the end. This end should have come sooner. That Is what I complain about. We have sacrificed too many lives, endured too much suf fering, for that which was inevitable from the start. It is a great pity that Kruger did not take advantage of the conditions which prevailed In that 'black week' of December and march straight down to the Cape. That would have brought the end quickly enough and saved a lot of bother. But now people say the war has gone on so long, we have made so many sacrifices, that we must see it through and have our way. They say it doesn't now matter Diueh whether we were right or wrong at the start. But I say. right or wrong does matter. It is the only thing of ..vital importance now or at any other time. - - - - "The only end I see Is that we lose South Africa. We may In time whip out the Boers. That Is not the trouble. The trouble Is that we shall be utterly unable to control the uitlanders. After we have whipped or killed the Boers for their benefit they will be able to do as they please. The uitlanders live In the cities, and they will run the governments. If we had a loyal agricultural population to depend on. we might manage them, but the agriculturists will be our bitter enemies. The Dutch will never be reconciled. The uitlanders many 'of them not British at all. many of them unscrupulous adventurers, with no permanent interest In the country will never be satisfied. "At first we'll try holding the uitlanders down with garrisons, but when tiitlander for ambition and Dutchman for revenge Join hands the garrisons will be swept into the sea and South Africa will go to the devil, so far as the British empire is concerned. "We shall be lucky if we save Cape Town and Simon's Bay out of the wreck. But these we must have, because Cape Town is the keystone of imperial area.. It a-oarda the ocean rdute to India, and every one knows the Gibraltar-Suez route will go to pieces In thirty days after we go to war with a first class power. Our troubles will only have begun when we have annihilated the fighting Boers and ended the war. Before the war It took only 6,000 British soldiers to guard our Interests in South Africa. Chamberlain himself says that after the war It will take 50.000 men to keep the British flag flying down there. "Kruger has always hoped the British would repent. That Is his hope today. That is what he is waiting and fighting for. It Is true that It Is only by repentance that we can be saved, but there are few signs of contrition at the present moment. The British masses have become so besotted, so drunk with blood and conquest that If tomorrow news were to come that by outlawry, rapine and murder the last Boer had been wiped off the face of the earth, a wild, hoarse scream of joy would go up from British press and people. They would say, 'Well, this la something like business at last. The one encouraging sign of the times Is that this war has proved a tremendous re-enforcement of general peace. England has borne the burden, and all civilization Is to share In the profits. The cost of modern war la so enormous In money that capital and commerce will not permit nations to make war. It Is too expensive. If It costs Great Britain 200.000.000 to put down two little republics, numbering all told not more than 60.000 men able to bear arms, what would It cost France to beat Germany or England to beat Russia? In this war. too, destruction on the sea played no part. We bad unlimited freedom of the ocean.' A war between two first class powers on land and sea would be a war of economic destruction so enormous that, practically speaking, war is now an impossibility. Mammon will not permit Mars to exploit himself. "In passing. 1 may remark that the American mule has cost the British empire a hundred millions of pounds. If It had not been for the shipment of mules and horses from America to South Africa, the Boers would have bad us whipped long ago. You are food traders, you Yankees, especially when you can sell without danger. If the Boers were bigger, you would not bare been so free to help the English. Tour mule has been of far more help to the British than the Alabama was to the Confederacy, but you'll not have to pay for your wrongdoing. The Boers j have no naval power. "This war In South Africa has shown j ws that we have all been on the wrong tack. The enormous increase in our naval and military establishments has j b-en to no puTOse. It only shows the j madness that Is In men that nations ! ran o mad like Individuals. It also 1

shows that pride goeth before a fall Lucky for the world if the world learn' Its lesson through England's woe. I has been a sad awakening for Eng land. lately so proud. The enddext o it all is the utter failure of all but a small handful of men to reahae Uf moral responsibility. "No greater disaster could happen tc the British empire than that we should gain the victory In South Africa. When a nation is wrong, it should be whip ped, and be soundly whipped, as v were in the American war. We die not learn our lesson then. There art less signs that we are learning it now. But in the end the lesson will be understood. We may not then be so hand

some, but we shall have gained a clear er perception of political morality. j "Two of the greatest blessings to the j British empire were great defeats.! Jeanne d'Arc was the saving angel of England. We were 1 lunilering out of the right path, and she cleared us out of the continent and saved us from Europe. George Washington cleared u out of your count? and saved us from America. The Boers are saving us from Africa. They will clear us out of there, and they are a blessing In disguise." "How can you now get out of the scrape?" Mr. Wellman asked. "It is easy enough." replied Mr. Stead. "Cut off Chamberlain's head and send it on a charger to old man Kruger at Helversum. saying unto him: 'Here, take this. It means the end of wrong. It means that we have come to make amends.' "lea, cut off Chamberlain's head. That's the easiest way to stop the war. There never would have been any war If Chamberlain had not refused Kruger's offer to arbitrate. As a result 25.000 good men have been put under the sod and 50.000 more have bad their lives blighted by wounds. We refused to arbitrate because we knew we were wrong and because we believed we could easily whip the little nation that had the Impudence to ask for arbitration. When he started this war. Chamberlain thought he could finish it up with ten millions sterling. I told him It would cost a hundred millions. He said I was crazy. Today the cost Is two hundred millions and the end not in sight. "We have acted like pirates In South Africa. What we should do now is to repent, admit that we were wrong, offer to make reparation, to build up what we have torn down, replace the families on the farms, rebuild the burned houses, restore the Implements we have broken up. and buy new horses, cattle, sheep and pigs to take the place of those we have stolen. What other' compensation is fairly due we must pay. If England were great enough to do that, she would live again. She would furnish the world a moral object lesson which would Indeed stagger j humanity. i "But there are few signs of repent- i ance. lhe orgy goes on. At a peace meeting in the slums the crowd jeered and hooted me. I told them the trouble with them was the trouble with all England besotted with beer. They de-' amiM4 tH.tod. Wrt l Ja. haps I made a mistake. It Is not beer, but gin." "So It was with Chamberlain. Hp began with a beer drunk; he ended with a gin drunk. Two years ago he proposed to guarantee the Boers their independence. Now he declares he will annihilate them. "Kruger and Steyn say they are willing to sacrifice everything, even to lay down their independence. If Chamberlain can get any tribunal In the world to bring in a verdict that they deserve capital punishment. That is all they ask. But Chamberlain says 'no.' lie proposes to execute two nations without going through the formality of taking them to court." "Then how would you go about It to stop the war, Mr. Stead?" Mr. Wellman asked. "To stop the war? It Is the easiest thing In the world. Send a telegram today, this very hour, to Kruger and Steyn and Botha telling them that a truce Is declared, that a tribunal is to be formed to pass on all the questions involved and that both sides are to abide by the verdict. That not only stops the war; It is the end of the war. Not another shot. Not another poor devil moaning bis life out on the veldt. The farms are reoccupied. Families are reunited. Industry starts up. Peace reigns. It needs only the word. "Those who scout my plan of stopping the war say It would have a bad effect upon British prestige. Well, British prestige cannot fall lower than It Is today. They say If we compromise with the Boers Australia ana Canada won't like It and will revolt. I don't believe a word of it. If that is the measure of their loyalty, they won't stay long anyway and are not worth holding. Besides, if we are to permit great questions of right and wrong to be decided for the "British empire by the 5.000,000 people who live In Australia or the other 5.000.000 who live in Canada we of England may as well abdicate and acknowledge that at last the colonies rule the mother country, with the colonial otSce as the keyEtone of our governmental arch. German Line to Cnba. The state department at Washington has received the following from Tilted States Consul Monaghan of Chemnitz: "According to report, the Norta German Lloyd has decided to open a line from Bremen to Cnba. vessels sailing regularly every four weeks and touching at Havana. Cienfuegos. Manran: Ho and Santiago. Cuba. Vessels begin sailing for Cuban ports about the middle of November of this year. From February. 10O2. It is the intention cf the line to have a bimonthly service. This Is another example of Genua y's endeavor to secure not only markets In all parts of the world, buf erScient and regular connections w;Th the same.

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FOR THE CHiLtfcN '.- . Hat Caeilnr on Board JJ Chatting with some frk-nJs tly the captain of a big freight Ul.r now taking on cargo at this a fob! seme queer stories about rats,ys a reporter of the New Orleans naesIxuiocrat. "I have the ship jped out by professional rat eateLenjenever we touch at Liverpool." Vid. "and between times we try t,ep them down by trapping, but itjnrd work. We don't dare to use aon. If we did. the hold would le 0f dead rats, and the stench woul-ed a fever. Our traps are or tlianrc en -e pattern, ami coBsiueraoityan . has to -e used in setting thenxjf a ship rat i a very cunning bean-i Le will steer clear of decoys t! liis landiu!.: . r brothers walk Intoyjth i tbeir eyes wide open. If we ijiiy I baited the traps in the ordinarjray and left them alwut in the holiwe wouldn't catch a dozen in a yearpur plan is this: On the first night wipen the trapdoors and tie them in thposition with bits of string, so theyui't possibly spring shut. Then wput scraps of old cheese inside and ve them until the following evtog. That's to reassure the rats thathe strange wire contrivances are perltly harmless and that they may entUn with a certainty of getting out a&n. The next night we renew the baifcnd take off the strings, and, as a g.ral thing, we catch all that the cagesrill hold. I have seen them so full tl it seemed Impossible to get anotherat inside, which is pretty good evidice, as I take It, that they can't coniunlcate with each other and givethe alarm. There Is nothing new aboutZie trick I describe. It Is practiced oll big ships when the rats get too bar $ i The Tailor Bird. This wonderful bird lives in Indis It has a beak shaped very much life- a shoemaker's awL The little bird lntirely yellow In color and is only tre-e inches long. It derives Its name fom the way In which it makes its nest It selects a large leaf banging from lie end of a twig, then it pierces a nuuter of holes along the edge of it with dis awllike beak and then gets the Itng fibers of plants, which make excellent thread, and carefully sews the edgestogether like a purse or bag, using its bill for a needle to carry the thread through. The ends of the thread are knotted so as to entirely prevent them from slipping through the leaf. The stalk end of the leaf is bent and crushed so as to form a hood over the opening of the nest, protecting it from the sun and the rain. But what is very strange, when the leaf is not large enough to make the nest this bright little bird gets another leaf, pierces it with holes and pieces the two leaves together. The interior of the nest is lined with cotton ?8?: ZTI fU ' birds. The.bird and its nest full of eggs ) are so very light that they can be sus Iiended from the end of a slender twig. Would it not be interesting to watch this little tailor selecting t h u la iuli -y-eMir Tne UoTUTt ready to sew the leaves together to make for itself a comfortable little home? A Young; Violinist. Teddy Bacon is a nine-year-old Detroit boy who since his fifth year has been a student of the violin, lie Is so earnest in his work that he has already made several successful appearances as a soloist. He has a remarkable technique, producing a clear, even toue. He plays his solos from memory, and chief among them are Wieniawski's "Kuiawiak." Moszkowski's "Serenata," the Polish dance by Scharwenka and the pizzicato movement and octaves in Musin's "Mazourka" and the artificial harmonies in the "Kuiawiak." Room at the Top. Whea Tom, Dick or Harry Is leaving his "teens." he has to think very seriously of what he Is going to be. In most cases he turns from the learned professions because, be says, they are already overstocked. A young lawyer once made this complaint about the law to Daniel Webster, the famous American statesman. Webster's reply was short and sharp. "My friend," quoth he, "there is plenty of room at the top." This is true of every career. We have only to aim high enough. Am Aatonaoblllat at Foarlrrn. William D. Warner, fourteen years old. has a license from the city of Chicago to operate an automobile. The city electrician said that he was one of the most thoroughly posted applicants for a license he had ever examined. The young man has run a little electric light plant for years and knows a great deal about boilers and engines. He is healthy and vigorous, with steady nerves and good eyes, and there was no good reason for refusing the license. 1 The Groaad Sqnlrrel. The ground squirrels of California are interesting animals to watch. Oar potatoes were disappearing, and I tried to find out where they went to. Socio I found out the ground squirrels had taken them. What do you think they did with them? They bit them up to small pieces and dried them in the sut. Don't you think they knew It was a good way to preserve them for storage! Herman Klen in American Boy. My Thoagktt. la diTtime. as I go about, I hear my thoughts speak plainly out; Thrr bid me la vie h and run ami shout And hare all sorts of fun, And when the lessons haTc been said They straightway put it in my head T play again til. time for bed. Whic h ecmes when day is dene. At nighttime, quite the other way. I never once have beard them Bar That they'd like roe to go and play; They are so still, you m. For if they speak K is so low I canrKit hear, and so I knew How noise!!y they ccme and go While maJiuLg dreams tut ate.

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FOR THE ho'u.iirt: i Hints to IIoairnlTri. Tantry shelves should be ilnrl wltl. ., white :"..: IctU, which is easily wi;;d clean with a damp duster ar.d aiwuys looks fresh and nice. Whoever gives out the wee!:!." Knra. wlwfher mistress or usald. sLv.-i 1.0 careful to observe t;.at linen cf a s:ut is ued in turn that is to say. If tl: -it are several sets cf linen for the sn;a purpose take for use each week T'.:s"" which has been lousiest in the ; rxaru. not the set that was n last from the wash. In this way hue--will in the ordinary course last fo,- -. ; much longer time tUuu would v.:Le:-j wise be the case. To impart to the kitchen tables t'.:.r j wonderful whiteness which seme j tables possess no soap or soda sl:o:-M j be used in cleaning them, but saj.i j should be employed Instead, this be- i Ing briskly rubbed over tLe surface if j the wood with hot water and rovzl. : brush. If whitewood tables are tbu- j scrublied. they will present a brilliant whiteness which will put to blush t!i ' appearance of a table scrubbed wit".- j soap and soda. Sawry Art. A short time since a new children's ward was opened in one cf Loudon's hospitals, and its decorations were specially designed to suit the little in mates. Long series of pictures representing all the well known inhabitants of fairyland giants and monsters. elves and sprites figured there, all brought together to pass away the weary hours of the poor little sufferers. The Idea is a good one, and It Is being carried out In the nurseries of our private houses in charming nursery wall papers of this kind. Why should not a wall paper be made an exciting story of Jack the Giant Killer or to depict the adventures of Little Bo-peep or marshal the long array of animals that were housed in the wooden Noah's ark of our childhood? Such bright and interesting surroundings in the midst of health are capital for children. For invalids their value Is enhanced a thousandfold, and the doctor and nurse may well bless the skilled fingers and clever brain that devised so soothing an amusement to the young under their charge. Cleaning; Wall Paper. A correspondent of Good Housekeeping tells of an experiment she made in cleaning her wall paper. She says: "I used pulverized pumice stone and tlour, four ounces of the pumice powder to one quart of flour, making a thick paste or dough. Roll out as wide as the wall paper in length and two inches thick, then inclose the dough In a piece of muslin and sew it on and boil for about three-quarters of an hour, when the rolls will be hard and firm, ready S . . . . ..-ill Lot" II ... I ' .1 tllC -ttl boiler, as nothing else in the kettle line will be large enough to accommodate the broken lengths of the strips. These rolls are then used for rubbing over na soiled nortions of the paper. Not only will they take out ordinary dirt bing" the paper should be dusted off carefully witb a clean cloth, and if any dirt remains go over the surface again. This removes the dirt much better than the bread process, which I have tried also. It cleans like a charm." Mop and Bruh. One of the new patents is the Invention of Edward Hilker of Chicago. It is calculated to be a help to the houseCOMBINATION MOP ASD BRUSH. wife, combining as it does in one Instrument a scrubbing brush and a mop. When desired, the mop is pulled out of the way. At other times the brush serves to re-enforce the mop. But the most remarkable thing about the apparatus perhaps is a little crank on the handle, by the help of which the mop may be easily wrung out at any moment. PunpklBi and Squash. Pumpkin pie has a tender hold upon the American heart, and as squash pie is Its nearest kin It. too, comes in for a share of honors. Hubbard squashes may be reckoned among our most valued fruits. Fruits they are because they contain seeds. Only tubers and roots, such as potatoes, beets, turnips, carrots, onions, dare be called vegetables. To return to the squash question, few housekeepers comparatively have tried Its virtues In any other shape than disguised with eggs, spice and cream in a pie filling. Sections of squash with the rind on set in the oven and baked are as delicious as sweet potato. Many serve the pieces still in ( the rind, and each batters, salts and peppers to taste. Stewed sqnash dress ed with cream and butter and scalloped squash baked in the oven are both tempting dishes. Qnlaee Jelly. Quinces for jelly Should not be auitei ..... , v - ,i ; ripe, but they should be a fine yellow. Rub the down from them, core and cut them small. Put them in a preserving kettle with a teacupful of water for each pound. Let them stew gently until soft without mashing. Put them in a thin muslin bag with the liquor and press them very lightly. To each pint of liquor put a pound of sugar. Stir Jt until all is dissolved: then set it4ver the fire and let it boil gently until by cooling some on the plate you find it a good jelly. Then turn it into pot3 or turn biers and when cold secure as directed for jellies.

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