ME F. G. EWINGTON AND THE BOERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 295, 13 December 1899, Page 2

ME F. G. EWINGTON AND THE BOERS.

. (To the Editor.) . fi Sir,—Mr Ewington in your issue of it'til inst. indulges in half a column of bitterl denunciation of" the brave "handful- cil herdsmen" with whom mighty Britain-). | now at war, and attacks your correspm-i dent "C.8.," "who had the temerity ,to,ilt-i fend them. "God, we thank .The. iiuig we are not as other _men are, nor .\ a <'g these refractory South African fan ec [j seems to be the burden of Mr Bwin^mi'y song. ~' __ ■ §

Mr Ewington says, " 'C.B. must g nore history," and then goes on:§| will pardon me for doing so, I advis. to read Volume IV. of the Historical graphy of the British Colonies, by| Lucas. It is published by the Clare Press, and is one of the best and njps partial histories of the, Boers and;: 1 Africa generally. It is next to MifiM great work." V: |

This of course in the opinion 'oi Ewington.

• With such a recommendation from!! Bwington, one is naturally led tocoiffi •that it must have been from thi- "mos impartial" history that Mr Ewlngtc drew largely for his own history, of <"Bs tain's Mistakes in South Africa," w* appeared in the "New Zealand Hera. of 6th September last. | To use Mr Ewington's own word!' "C.8.": "If he will pardon me f°r so I advise him to read" "Britain's & takes in South Africa," by E.G. Effii. ton, for judging by his letter !ip has' tirely forgotten or "ignored" them. ' Just a few extracts from # Mr' jEnrt" ton's own work by way of refreshingl memory. Mr Ewington begins by safi* "In no part of the world have B# statesmen made greater blunders thai' South Africa. British settlers and'BW

too, were disgusted and dismayed by^ tain's cruel and insane pdlicy." -fl/ Ewington's letter one of the chafi made against the Boers,, as tak'en Jf" Mr C, P. Lucas' work, is "That they n* slaves:" In his "Britain's Mistakes South Africa," referring to the p trade, Mr Ewington speaks thus: "ftagain the rollicking Jack-in-officeli^ tion of the Boers' slaves was a ns* thing done in a wrong way, makingL Boers hate us. The' flattering]f||p that 'the British flag can never flea*' a slave-belied by the fact that BrHjtolerated slavery in Zanzibar until r. leads some to conclude that the Boers« served no fair play in the liberationslaves. Bah! Some of the Boers' ■#>■ were quite as well off as some ol ' white slaves in Auckland. .' Mr Ewington in his letter makesis' other serious charge against the B and says: "They have tried to crusht-j the English language." "^\-,j Mr Ewington, however, finds ready tenuatidn for them in his "British;* takes in South Africa." He says: are reaping what we sowed. HistoO only repeating itself. Evil begets When the British had the .power:ruthlessly suppressed the Dutch lang* Now the Boers are uppermost, attC paying us back in our own coin-' ..' to the ordinary reade* the. difficulM presents itself is this: How am I ,°^ Mr Ewington-as Mr Ewington, the rian, or Mr Ewington, the newsjg|| respondent; as Mr Ewington wit^|.; M for the Briton, or. Mr Ewington brief for the Boer?—I am, etc., Devonport, December 13, 1599.

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