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THE MACON' TELEGRAPH: PUN DAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1901
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SUNDAY AT THE SEASHORE.
“Tybee by the Sea.”
Cool and Invigorating Sea Breezes.
New Pavilion. Improved Hotel Facilities. Season Orchestra.
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^Saturday Night
Delightful Surf Bathing.
good returning
Monday Night.
Palace Sleeping Cars.
Elegant Day Coaches,
Parlor Cars.
Special Sunday Outing
Leave Macon 4.45 a. m.
“Seashore Special.”
Telephone 305 for Sleeping
or Parlor Car Reservations.
J. M. Mallory, T.P. A., Macon. E. P. Bonner, U.T. A., Macon. J. W.Blount, P. A., Macon.
BRITAIN’S NEW POLICY
Wily Scheme by Which it is Alleged Britain Will
Settle the Vexed Boer Question Forever.
C APETOWN. July 27.—Great alarm
19 being displayed here by the
friends of itho Boers over a ru
mor, raid to emanate from high quar
ters, concerning the next atep to be
taken by the Brltlsff in asserting their:
sovereignty in the Transvaal and Or
ange Fr*e State.
Hounded concerning its reconcentra-
do policy, t the government now will,
it Is stated, proceed to a wholesale
deportation of the Boers and their fam
ilies to Its loyal colonies in various
parts of the world. In/fact, the Boers
are to be still further martyred by ex
patriation, and a new duplicate of tho
Acadian incident.
British iColnmbia has been mentioned
as one of the places to which they
will be sent and Australia another,
while those at Ceylon and the Ber
mudas will probably remain where
they are.
In speaking of the matter an official
of the government here rakl; "On the
surface them easure would seem to be
a harsh one, but I .doubt If it would
prove so In the long run. Given a good
start In a healthy new country the
Boons would fee! much bettor than .If
returned to their ruined homesteads
and compelled to begin over again
where they had perhaps already once
acquired a competency. ,
“It seems Impossible to do anything
with the Boer here. If there has been
any harshness shown In the methods
adopted recently by > Commander-In-
Chief Kitchener It has been rendered
necessary by the bad faith of the
Boers themselves. Lord Roberts was
altogether too kind to these people.
The war'would have ended now had
he adopted the policy which Is caus
ing such mountebanks as W. T. Stead
to defile the press with vile calumnies
against their own government. Lord
Roberts allowed the men to returne to
their farms and families on parole.
With what result? The farms Imme
diately became recruiting headquarters
for new commandoes or companies and
the Briton had to fight his .battle over
and over again. The majority of the
men now holding out against Great
Britain have been captured once and
atlowed to go free on aprole. Jusl
think of that? They deserve nothing
but shooting, if caught, and yet the
worst done to them Is to send them
Into camp with their wives, or abroad
to some parad'ne like Ceylon or the
Bermudas where they are kept like
lords and allowed to do Just as they
please. The stories told about the
mleery In the camps here are made,
for the most, part, out of whole cloth.
“The truth Is that the Boer women,
more than the Boer men, are disobedi
ent and violate the regulations a* often
as possible. They refuse the medical
assistance offered them If sick and are
themselves to blame if any high rate
of mortality prevails.
"The idea of sending the women and
children away would be an excellent
one at, of course, their husbands or rel
atives would be sent to the same places
when captured.
“At the time when I was in Ceylon
there were about 5,000 Boer prisoners
in the camp at Diyatalawa. I have
heard It raid that they were sent there
to die because the climate was so dead
ly. Kindly correct the American public
on that pptnt. The spot where the
camp in Ceylon is located comes as
near being an earthly paradise as any-
thing I have ever seen snd certainly is
* Ptradiae compared with the veldt.
Tb- climate is one of the softest end
most equible In the world snd the low.
comfortable bungalows in which the
prisoners idle away their time when
not amusing themselves are Ideal
dwelling places for the family. A!-'
though several Boer officers have
broken their parole and escaped there
Is still practically no restraint exercised
over the prisoners, who are under con
trol of their own officers, the Utter be
ing responsible to the British officers
tors to do but enjoy themselves. They
have cricket grounds and tennis courts
and music of all kinds,.with all the
reading matter they can get away with.
Moat of the time 1» spent by these hap
less wretches In the soft grass amid
the perfumed wild flowers, dreaming
day dreams under a sky as blue as 19
that of Italy. When any sickness ap
pears the best doctors in the world are
at their service, and if they go to the
hospital the best nurses there attend
them. Some of the prisoners with a
taste for business have opened stores
and are turning their Idle pennies to’
account quite profitably It appears. To
call these men prisoners and to com
pare their condition with that of the
men In the prisons In tho North and
South during the civil war in America
is farcical. Why, the arrangements
are so perfect for their welfare that
there has even been a school provided
where tho boys and girls are being edu
cated by the best masters In nil depart
ments. There are about five hundred
of the soldiers' wives with them when
I was there last and families are never
separated unless they desire to be.
“Take the Bermudas again, where
other Boer prisoners have been sent.
There also Is a land of perpetual sum
mer. True, the Bermudas, with fli*lr
limited area, could accommodate but a
handful of exiles, but British Colum
bia, the land of perpetual spring, could
take caro of any number. In this mar
vellous country the Boer would find
conditions more favorable to his meth
ods of agriculture than even in his be
loved Transvaal, and ho would be left
very much to his own devices, as the
place la so remote from tho centre of
British government that its hand is
very little felt in the looal administra
tion of affairs'.
“Without the Boers It Is said the
Transvaal would rapidly become a des
ert, but therq Is little fear of such a
contingency arising. Rich land, wher
ever situated, is likely to be token up
wltliln the next few years If It happens
to be located on the line of good rail
roads and near to markets where the
produce can be disposed of profitably.
This wll certainly be the case in South
Africa. As soon ns the Boer question
Is disposed of there will be a rush of
all kinds of Uitlanders for the mining
towns. Material prosperity, so long de
layed by the selfish and out-of-date
methods of the Boers, will come by
leaps and bounds. Capital will pour
Into the country In a way that will
surprise everybody. The mines of the
Transvaal are the richest In the world
and for years to come a tremendous
output may' be expected from them.
South Africa will be tho most cosmo
politan placo on the globe as a nat
ural consequence.
“Johannesburg, before the war start
ed, was easily tho most cosmopolitan
city In the world. Its poulatlon In
cluded natives of. such a highly diversi
fied character as those of Knglahd.
France, Germany, Austria, Hungary,
Poland. Italy, Norway, Russia, China,
India, Malaysia, Holland, Greece, Tuf-
key, Roumanla and America. This va
riety would bo Increased wtlh the es
tablishment of a liberal form of gov
ernment under the British crown, be
cause n security would be guaranteed
to property not otherwise obtainable.
“The probability Is that no public
manifestation of the decision. of th«-
war office concerning tho ultimate dis
posal of Boer prisoners will be made.
They will be deported, according to
present routine methods, to certain
points, and Inducements to settle will
be offered them Individually when they,
have been long enough In their new
environments to have grown to like
them. The women and children from
the camps will be sent ta presum/Tlily
healthier points in the British empire
In answer to the charges made against
the government In reference to their
present locations being unhealthy. The
Mrs. Hanna Flies to Europe.
From roll call in the morning until
e st night there la nothing oa earth
* these victims of their barbaric cap-
■has been outwit
Dsn .the son of Mi
attempted to gam poetessten
now traveling with th*ra in Europe
A Vanderbilt an Inventor
Tho young man who Inherited the greater portion of the millions held by his
father Cornelius, has devoted himself to tho study of mechanics, snd has In-
A fire box that will be placed on all the engines of tho New York Centra!
railroad, and probably on all roads In ttia country.
Grave • Iiui-rc* Miirir hy n Corres
pondent or the New York Tribune,
and Copied Here for l)«-nlnl.
Corruption, such -is Is prevalent
throughout the Hawaiian islands, dis
seminated from Honolulu, must result
In violence and bloodshed. Nearly
every newspaper published in the isl
ands is subsidized by a corporation,
and, under the protection of the osten
tatious patronage of the subsidizer, Is
able to levy blackmail with Immunity,
Home of the least corrupt newspapers
conflne themselves to political libels
as a source of revenue, but others
know no limits to their appetite for
dishonorable gain.
Domestic* scandals aro the favorite
means of livelihood among these news
papers* Many families have been
ruined financially In their efforts to
prevent the publicstfon* of facts which
endanger their social standing and oth
ers have been socially ruined by ex
posure in the columns of papers which
they were unable to satisfy pecuniarily.
Prominent families hqve been com
pelled to fl*e from the Islands snd
take up residence In the United fftates
In order to avoid Infamy at home.
ducted by men .whose practices In
America have-forced ijtem to leave.
These n>en are th*r .'ore well prepared
to carry on their hideout trades ss toon
as they arrive In Honolulu. i«wi**4.
step will be Justified under the treason
laws and Great Britain will take that
stand If France or Germany can expel
one person {>>r being .« traitor aha has
NOJtMAN HENS HAW.
they ascertain tho conditions In the
Hawaiian islands befors they leave
America.
It Is true that circumstances hive In
a measure forced the newspapers to
shAmeful practices. No legitimate
newspaper could flourish in the island*
for the reason that the circulation of
the various sheets Is confined to 1,000
white men snd the advertising columns
must t>e filled for .less then a dozen
Arms. Under the conditions the news
paper must diverge from the usual
policy. They must not gather news
for the snke of the public, but for the
sake of those Interested. They there
fore announce marriages for the pur
pose of preventing them, publleh obse
quies in order to terrify the bereaved
and give accounts of nodal events in
order to mortify the entertainers. In
order to understand this ft may be
necessary to know that of twenty-four
marriages of prominent persons
nouneed to take place during the past
year nineteen were broken off owl
to accounts published In tho newaj
pers concerning ths principal*, a
four shooting affrays resulted. In wh!
editors or reporters were shot. Of
prominent persons who died five w
traduced, and of three fashionable
cial events that took place in Hoi
lulu two were described in the pap
as feasts of Phryne.
Prosecutions for criminal libel In tbe
Hawaii* would be ridiculous as wel
useless, as every newspaper has a p
erful protector. Steamship comps
which regularly land passengers on
islands in violation of American
sugar companies which avoid duties