Review of reviews and world's work . ecured by the treaty of Pretoria ; forthe most difficult conquest of all is that of mensminds and hearts. Thus, if the British hadreally ended the war at the time when they pro-claimed it at an end,—which was in the earlyautumn of 1900, more than a year and a halfago,—there would have remained the necessityof keeping the whole country garrisoned withtroops, and England would have had on her handspermanently, not merely an Ireland in SouthAfrica, but something much worse. As mattersstand, large garrisons will not be needed in anypart of South Africa. The fig
Review of reviews and world's work . ecured by the treaty of Pretoria ; forthe most difficult conquest of all is that of mensminds and hearts. Thus, if the British hadreally ended the war at the time when they pro-claimed it at an end,—which was in the earlyautumn of 1900, more than a year and a halfago,—there would have remained the necessityof keeping the whole country garrisoned withtroops, and England would have had on her handspermanently, not merely an Ireland in SouthAfrica, but something much worse. As mattersstand, large garrisons will not be needed in anypart of South Africa. The fighting Boers haveall duly presented themselves and made theirsubmission, and taken the oath of English have fortunately learned to respect the Boers, and, on the other hand, the bitternessand antipathy of tlie Boers toward the Englishhas spent itself in the long struggle. The warhas brought to the forefront the men who arethe natural leaders of South Africa, and to thesemen the British Government should frankly in-. GENEKAL DEr>AREY, —A GREAT LEADER, AND A SPLENDIDADDITION TO THE RESOURCES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. trust the direction of South African affairs. , tlie late president of the Orange Free State,is one of the ablest men of our generation, and heis only one of a splendid group of men of vigor,character, intellect, and tenacity. The British Em-pire will make a great mistake if it does not, with-out much delay, frankly avail itself of the servicesof these men, whose heroic support of the causeto which they were pledged shows their capacityfor patriotism, and demonstrates their right toremain the local leaders of the land which hasproduced them. „ ., It is extremely hard for a nation hold- A Hard Lesson . „ . , . for ??Rilling lug the reins of superior authority to^^ know how to treat another nationalitywith breadth of wisdom and with essential jus-tice. England lost her North American colonies 8 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY RE^/EIV OF REI^IEU^S.
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