The Hastings Standard Published Daily THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1897. THE KAISER AND KRUGER.

Hastings Standard, Issue 309, 29 April 1897, Page 2

The Hastings Standard Published Daily

THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1897. THE KAISER AND KRUGER.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrongs that need resistance, For the future in the distance. And the good that we can do.

Ax explanation of the bumptious overbearing attitude of President Kruger towards Britishers, and all things British is at last available. The support of Germany is expected by Kruger, and that perhaps is an open secret. The famous telegram of the Kaiser to Kruger at the time of the Jameson Raid disclosed a relationship between Teuton and Boer that was scarcely expected by Englishmen. The prompt answer of Great Britain to that telegram stopped the gush of the Kaiser. The answer was significant, for it took the form of the Particular Service Squadron, which was got ready in an incredibly short space of time, much to the astonishment of Continental Europe. The active support of men and material from Germany cannot be looked for by President Kruger, and as for moral support, whatever value there may be in it, he has enjoyed for some time. The moral support of Germany alone i- evidently insufficient to check or thwart the British policy in South Africa, and the German Chancellor, urged no doubt by Dr. Levels, the late Secretary of State for the South African Republic, but who is now the Minister at The Hague, is endeavoring to enlist the sympathies of France and Russia. The enterprising M. Blowitz. the well-known Paris correspondent of The Times, has discovered that Germany is endeavoring to impose upon Russia and France a union with herself to morally support the Boers in the event of British action in the Transvaal. Moral - .pport i j not much, and ;f :h.- i- all the Bot-rs <_an t\pectthtn their c:i<f :; hoptlt-r. Will Germany -:n.c«<-l"' W t can rcirc'ly K'.i»\t- ; ta.i: I ra:ut v. U I ~.ii v.." 1 : h. r ac.-.m-: [ Kv.gl.in i. !..'■:•• i-r«. :.«.!\ ',vh.-n :: :- ! known Eh it Par.- »:<.<. r~ ..:-<■ -Ut ph iot~rv»itd n: :U R.icd i*.:u- -, j.u-1 ..«.::- ] -e»| ifiitly ar>- -■;::- r:'--_' fn.i.i i!:t -,u:.h di-ab.htu- .i~ P-i:.-h -fte.i!-.:- B-ii j thtrvia the stronger point that «.an- ; sot be sts a*:de.~ Itc ba>e !

broken through the terms of the London Convention, and Great Britain is determined that the Convention shall be respected in its entirety. England has a perfect right to enforce, if she can, the terms of her treaty with the South African Republic, and in doing so there can le no offence to anybody else. France is not likely to side with Germany, even if the latter promises support on the Egyptian question. The French know well enough that England will not evacuate Egypt until she has completed her mission, and if evacuation comes sooner then France will have to undertake the task at the point of the bayonet, and bayonet exercise can beindulged in by British soldiers as well as French and German. Russia has been endeavoring to get a footing in Africa by coquetting with the Negus of Abyssinia, but there is 110 indication in Russian foreign policy that she is particularly anxious to embarass England. It is true that the Russian representative on the Caisse de laDette sided with the French representative in preventing the diversion of the half million required for the military movements against the Dervishes last year, but this was more of a sop to France for other favors received, and really amounted to very little. The Boers have been living in a fool's paradise ; at any rate, they will discover it very soon. The Ous Land, a Dutch organ in South Africa, recently reminded President Ivruger that his policy was leading to a breach of the peace, and very truly stated that it was only the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations that prevented the despatch of British soldiers to the frontiers of the Republic. If M. Blowitz is correct in his statements, and he is generally accurate, we may expect to see some strong action taken by Great Britain to force the game. The presence of the Cape squadron in Delagoa Bay is an indication that the authorities in London are alive to the critical state of affairs, and are prepared to take strong measures at the proper time.