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SPEECH IN THE TRANSVAAL, The dual languages for which pro- vision is wade in South Africa %ave been objected to. But as the Mon treal Witness points out the English and Boer are not on terms of equali ty it would he made to. appear at the outset, "Englisch," says our contem- porary, "will be taught in the schools and used in the courts as the officig tanguage, but Dutch will be permitted | in the éourie where necessary, and tanght in the schools if enough par ents ask for it. It is not said that the Dutch language is to he treated on an equality with the English. It is not the path of wisdom that it should, as with no religious separa tion, the survival of the native speech, with its large possibilities of seditious falsehood, will constitute the only seri- ous obstacle to the compléte fusing of the people." This explanation is time ly and of very general interest, A VALUABLE OBJECT LESSON. The last was not heard, by any means, of the Prince of Wales' tour of Canada when he had bade the people of it good-bye and set out on the Op- Kir for England. All the incidents of his brief and somewhat hurried visit are being recalled by the exhibition in London, at the Imperial Institute, of the many trophies he received. The eastern hall of the exhibition gallery is occupied on both sides by large cases which contain the various presents received by the prince and princess in the order of their tour through the dominion. These include the stuffed caribou head, moose head, birchbark eance, sables and furs, In- dian curiosities, silver trowels (used in laying the eoruver stones of build- ings), jewelled momentoes, photo- graphs of scenery, and artistic address: ex, the whole constituting a display of at variety and merit. The institute authorities, it is sta- ted, took advantage of the royal pre sents to open a special colonial ex- hibition; and this embraces the splen- did mineral collection which attracted so much attention at Glasgow. There are 1,100 spevimens, and they cover every mineral 9 economic value. 1t is added that though mining is still in its infancy in Canada its production last veur yielded £14,260,000. In addition to the minerals, in this separate and institute corner, there is a display of fine furniture made from Canadian woods, aml pictures of vari. ous places along the route taken by thewroyal party, in travelling ever the C.P.R., and also photographs of some, of the leading tourist resorts along the line of the G.T.R. 80 that in a most effective way Canada, its territory, its resources, its advancement in the arts and suienpes, id' being magnified through this royal exhibit. It js very thought. ful of the Prince and Princess of Wales to eive the people. of England an ob ject lesson. of great interest and odu cational vale. ¥ 3 ' -- Hit CALL: FOR OFFICES. One éatse for the defeat of liberal candidates in the recent election was the attitude of some prohibitionists. They either did not vote, or they vot- od against the government candidates, os a punishment of Mr. Ross for not giving them what they wanted--a li- quor act without the referendum. Another cause was the talk of the conservatives about the public offic es. As clearly as they dared, in some & | places, it was intimated that there Would be a wholesale dismissal of the provincial officials (when they were grits), and the appointment of con servatives in their places. The Advertiser says that in the Low don election the spoils system oceu- pied a large place in the conserva- tive didate's plans. In Homilton the otgan of the party announced that "the opposition was about to open an establishment for the issue of liguor licenses and the distribution of offices. "Wait for it," said the Spectator, "and examine the * Vatock belore placing your order ¢lse- where," and the party that presumed 16 'Arafie in; license demanded and sxperted the support of the temper ance people. The talk: of offies' in Kingston cer pains, - certain be a long time | the British government t no matter how few they may be or weak they may appear. It is too expensive. It will have to content itself with exer- cising its wilitary spirit in the old {way of; driving about savages and taking such glory as there may «he {in sach operations.--Watertown Times. England did not start, in South Af rica, a war of conquest. The empire had large interests in the dark eon tinent, and in Cape Colony and Na tal a territory of the most valuable | kind. It had, too, an interest in the Transvaal, though not pushing it and not asserting it in an aggressive way It was the Transvaal that brought on the war. It denied to the Outlanders the rights that were theirs. It denied to England the voice that was hers in expressing ber people's feelings. It re alized that the Boer movement was aggressive and had to be checked. The governments of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State had designs upon the British colonies, and Kruger's ul timatom meant the assumption lordship over all Southern Africa. Great Britain has been simply fending her interests in South Africa, and incidentally, by her succese, be of her enemies of de- comes the conqueror Perhaps the empire pow and costly enough in its de fence. But the question of expense will never hinder Britain in the per formance of a duty. She is to-day commanding the world's applause be cause of her humane treatment of the Boers. Their surrender carries with it concessions that no other nation has been known to make, These conces sions were not wrung from her. They were granted agreeably, cheerfully, as a result of the desire to make the Boers a happy, a prosperous and a contented people, "i &,; Mark the contrast in thi $hifippines. The war there has been one of quest. It originated out of the desire of the United States to hurt Spain as much as possible. The Cuban war did not involve the war in the Philip pines, and so its creation and tinuance has been a reflection upon the American people. They would be for- tunate were they out of the Philippines with the same honors that have gone to Britain, and while this war goes on, with all its painful revelations, it is not in good taste for an American paper to speak as the Watertown Times has done of affairs in South Africa. is big enough con- con- ---------------- EDITORIAL TIPS. The liberal leaders, in Toronto, not seem to be do worrying much over the result of the election recounts. ---- Sooner or later the government of the United States will have to deal with the great trusts and the lock- outs in which they indulge. Senator Morgan (U.8.), cannot un- derstand why the Filipinos do not ap preciate the desire of the Americans to bless them. With the water cure ? Mr. Whitney has asserted that if forty per cent of the reports that reached him had been verified he would have been alected premier. What a lot of stuff he must have been sent ! Mark Hanna's observation to the tariff 'agitators of the United States is being generally quoted. It is, "Let well enough alone," and it is a sig nificant apswer to the senseless cry of, "It's time for a change." A couple of automobiles collided at Staten Island on Saturday, and eighteen people were injured. A'coron ex's jury declared the accident to be unavoidable, The Kingston wmis-ad- venture is not without a parallel, ------ The Canadian school teachers reach- ed South Africa the day the terms of pence wore signéd. They will stay the year, anyway, but they'll teach in the cities in place of the concentra- tion camps, and do the better work. ------ Meat is sold to the American army and Indians for 64c. to lle. per Ih, The rest. of the folks pay about double these prices." Conclusion--the soldiers and Indians are getiing very bad meat or the people are being rob- bed. The London News says that if Mr. Ross would only follow the éxample of M. Waldeck: Rousseair, resign, the tories would be awfully' pleased. ohation,"" there would be more money in his teas if he put less time in his yacht ------ : The Montreal council, by divie ordin- ance, has authorized the sale of ci gars, newspapers, soft drinks and re freshiments on Sunday. The larger cit ies of Canada will presently have the American Sunday with all its lower ing influences. S------ Mr. Miscamphbell"s majority in Sault Ste. Marie is about 20, not 300 as reported. - Mr. Clergue was periectly peutral in the election, but some of his foremen were industrious sup porters of the fellow labourer, helped in his election. nnd The Hamilton Spectator will not be It charges the government with being grafters amd corruptovs. But the people have declared, in the elec tion, that the ministers are not guilty of the things alleged against them, and their decision goes. good. -- ; Mr. Morrison, of the Ottawa citizen, goes to England as an officer of the coronation contingept. After the Lon don event Mr. Morrison will write up the eolonial conference, and municipal ownership as they have it Scot- land. He has a large on hand. in contract -- Lord Hopetoun has resigned the gov- ernorship of Australia because the salary, $50,000, is inadequate. to the expenses of the office. He is obliged to keep up two official establishments at Sydney and Melbourne--and cannot do it without entrenching on his own income. Rev. 8. G. Bland, Ottawa, has been awarded the fate of all reformers. The Montreal Methodist conference has us: wally given him a place among the general conference delegates, but this year, his brethren left him off the list, some canvassing against him be. canse of his stand against maintain ing rules touching various amusements. The action of the con. ference seems to have been clearly vin dictive. Reforms "have always been op- posed only to succeed eventually, and the present agitation, will sooner or later be successful, tabooed THE SENSIBLE COURSE. It Is Not Yet Time For Change. Hamilton Herald. Those conservative journals which are predicting that the Ross govern- ment will soon be forced to resign, or that there will be another provincial general election before long, are mak- tng mischief. By raicing false hopes and encouraging an unsettled feeling in political circles they are helping to keep business conditions in an unset tled state. Basiness men, tories as well as grits, were hoping for brisker trade as soon as the election excite ment was over: I by artificial stim: ulus the election excitement is to con- tinue during the summer business men will have cause to complain. The wisest plan is to look the facts and probabilities in the face and frankly recognize them. The facts are that the Ross government, even if it provi to be in a minority in the next legislature, need not resign office until the legislature meets, and it need not call the legislature together until next year. The strong probabilities are that the Ross government will have a majority in the new legislature, that whe legislature will not meet until next January, and that there will not be another general election Chis year, Even if the result of the recounts is to give Mr. Whitney a majority of one oF 'two, theré is nothing io compel the government, either to resign or to make another appeal to the people be fore the house meets, And it may be taken for granted that the government will not quit office mntil it is forced to quit. The sensible course for the conserva- tives is, therefore, to recognize the fact that there is ne prospect of a change of government this year, a Fifteen Cheese A Day. Hartington, June 4.--Word has been received from Harry Campsall, that he has arrived in South Africa. John Qowket's barn is nearing com- pletion; when finished it will be by far the best Larn in this locality. 7T. Grant has been making great ine provements oun his lot. The Sunday: school picnic is to be at Knolton Lake, June 'l4th. Edgar Dool paid us a short visit last week: he has se: enredd a good position in Toronto. H. Richardson passed through here this week looking after mineral. A. Abra hams sold a span of horses to Nr, Burke, fo, This factory is receiving a good patrommge, making fifteen cheese a day. The children are enioy- ing a boliday to-day, as the teacher, Mise Collins, is attending a wedding at Swlenham. Pearl Dool, Kingston. is visiting Mabel Dowker. Mr. and Mrs. J. Lake expect to spend * Sup day with friends at Weethrook. Mra ".. Roach and children have returned home to Kingston. Matters That Interest Everybody ~--Notes From All Over--Little of E Easily Read The Philadelphia Record sold last week for $2,300,000, Henry Kuntz, the well-known brew: er, of Hamilton, is dead. he omoal recount in Dundas gives Whitney 304 majority over Smyth, a coal miners were burned to death by a explosion at bowlais, Wales. tpn Liverpool has raised £160,000 to- wards the £300,000 promised for the Liverpool university. A despatch from Utrecht to Brassels says that Mr. Kruger js seriguely in disposed and odnlined to hs hed The returning officer for Centre Bruce has oibeially declared Hugh Clark, conservative, elected by seven majority The iron bridge at Portoeuf, Que. and four small wooden br idges were washed away during a storm. The loss is X20, 000, Result of official count for Hastings : Pearce, 643; Lott, liberal, Pearce, 316. M. Sastos-Dumont has abandoned his aeronautical experiments in land and will sail for New York three weeks. The Allan line steamer Tunisian, from Liverpool, for Quebice and Mon treal, passed Capa Ray, inwards, at 5:30 on Thursday. ; H, A. Matheson, Whitton, Que.. was shot and killed by his nine-vear-old sob, and a coromer's jury returned a verdict of self-defence. The contract for the construction of wharves for ocean steamers at Three tivers, Que., has been let to Kan dolph McDonald, Toronto, Jeanne, the only daughter of Mes Langtry, is engaged to marry lan Malcolm, M.P., who was formerly lord Salishury's private secretary Ninety-seven per cent. of money transactions in England are perform od with cheques. Only three per cent are performed: with 'notes and coin, A Dublin mechanic has made a ket tle, cup; sancer, basin, and spoon out of a single farthing, a feat often at tempted, but never previously per formed. In a dispute in a Windsor billiard room Angus MecLoud knocked William Dalton down with a ewe. Dalton may not recover and MolLowd is under ar rest. The united Trish league holds ga con vention® in New York next October, which John Redmond, John Dillon, William O'Brien, and Michael Davitt will attend. An error was made in the count for South Lanark returns. The correct. count is Matheson, conservy tive, 2.008; Cram, liberal, 1,201; maj ority for Matheson, 597, Broekwille ratepayers carried by laws. to expend $10,000 for exhibition buildings and 811,000 in improve ments to the town hall. The $20,000 bunts to the Union hat company was defeated. 'Edward Dunham, Batgeia, N.Y. who was recently exonerated from the charge of causing a man's death by pushing him down stairs, brooded over the matter with the result that Monday he committed suicide An oriler has heen obtained for a recount of the votes cast in the ele tion in South Norfolk, for which con stituency Mr. Charlton, liberal, elected by seventy-six majority. recount will be held on June Tth Board of trade reports of the unit ed kingdom for 1901, make a good showing for railways. Not a passenger was killed; injured, 476. Eleven rail- way employees and persons not pas sengers were killed and 161 ininred President Loubet asked M. Bour- geois, to form a French cabinet to pe place that of M. Waldeck-Rousseau, which resigned, but he declined on the ground that his health was not good M. Brisson has been requested to call at the palace of Elysee David Hill, Frank Gordier gnd Fg Ward Hennessy, ringleaders of a Wal facdhurg, Ont, gang of Imtilnidators, have been comwicted and bound over to keep ;the peace. There are several other parties, to be tried at the same place, for ballot stuffing and imper sonation, The king, last might, members of the jockey club at ingham palace, in honor of the Der by.' Afterwards his majesty went to Devonshire house, where the queen had been dining, and remained at a hall- to which 500 invitations had been issued. The directors of the Sao Paulo com pany met in Toronto on Wednesday and confirmed the pavment of a five per cent. dividend which was promis ed the shareholders at the meeting on April 30th. The dividend will be pay- shle quarter. and. the . first wstal ment is pavable on July 2nd. Hon. Michael Henry Herbert, youny er brother ' of the earl of Pembroke, has been appointed to succeed Jord Panncefote, at Washington. The new ambassabtior, though still compara tively a young man, has spent a quar ter of a century in the British din lomatie services. Ten years ago he wan secretary of the British legation at Washington, since then he has seen service at the Hague, Constantin: ple, Rome and Paris, North conservative, 2. 2,327; majority for in official was The dined the Buck. Wedded At St. Mary's. A very happy event occurred in St Mary's cathedral at half past nine ont Wednonlay morning, when Mise Martha Tallon was united in mar riage to James McDermott. 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