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His family was of mingled Dutch and French blood, descended from some of those Huguenots who went to South Africa after the revoâ€" cation of the Edict of Nantes. “ Through the lawless and dangerous times of the Zulu troubles we follow the young Botha's training in war- fare and government. But his influ- ence over men, which was strong ‘even in his early twenties, came 01: . only from his serene and tranquil common sense, but, we are told, from the admiration excited by his splen- did riding, his accurate shooting, and his fearlessness in danger. In 1895 we find Botha a member of the Volksraad, working for race toler- ance, when on the world broke the news of Jameson’s raid and ’South Africa became the principal topic of European thought. Mr. Spender does not enter very deeply into the causes of the war itself, but goes on to show Botha's place and importance in the war and in the confused and trying times of adjustment afterward. His military talent was soon shown. It is interesting to catch a glimpse of his Hand; their memorable call on King‘ Edward VII., and Chamberlain’s visit to South Africa. We understand why Lord Milner’s rather mechanical scheme of reconstruction was not en- tirely welcome to the Boers. strategy in‘ the battle of Colenso, of the trench warfare then first seen and studied by the Germans who visited the front, and to trace in the descriptions of Botha and De Wet in the South African war the traits of character that made their widelyâ€" difiering after careers comprehensible. A Wise Statesman. We read at the end of this tragic chapter, “Lord Kitchener rose and held out his hand to Gen. Botha, ‘We are good friends now,’ he sai( .” Then follows a long period of discussion; the visit of the Boer generals to Eng- Botha became Premier of the Transvaal in 1907 and Premier of the South African Union in May, 1910, and had good need to prove himself as great a statesman as he had been a soldier. The Indian coolie crisis, tlie “Hertzog Split,” the great Rand strike, the railway strike, all these came during his Premiership, and close on their footsteps followed the beginning of the war. Soon after he had pledged the loyalty of his coun- try to the British cause the rebellion under the leadership of the uncon- quered and unreconciled De Wet broke out; \ Botha. with wonderfully fine feeling. used only Dutch forces in his successful campaign against these rebels who had defied established auâ€" thority. Botha is again Premier of the South African Union, and the coun- try is at peace. His wisdom has been much greater than was Lord Mil- ner’s, because he recognized the im- portance of decentralization. IS 0F MINGLED DUTCH AND FRENCH BLOOD. Toronto atl Mr. Spender gives us a description Tl’ HE ter the as will nt. Mt E: TORONTO HOSPITAI Incurables affiliated with I Allied Hospitals. New York ee Years’ Course to women Nurses Wanted General Botha ive ed by the 130 Dunn women esslon ave Done II llevue ‘shing Appli- enue. of Botha at his home of Groote Schur, leading a simple, unpreten- tious life in this great house left by Cecil Rhodes with uncanny foresight as “the residence of the Premier of South Africa." The crowds of visit- ors from all countries are greeted with a pleasant kindness by him and his wife. THE DE} ‘auuacquvnlv ....... J ‘ The aged monarch, whose funerall rites at Vienna will soon be observedl in a manner befitting a king, ascend- ed his throne in the midst of revolu- tion, and it is only fitting that he descend from it as he has, while the nation is wrapped in gloom of treach- erous war, that forbodes national dis- aster to his confiding subjects. His kingdom is yet in the balance, and no matter who wins, his domin-l ions are almost certain to be dismem- bered. The dual monarchy is doom- ed, however the struggle may end. Francis Joseph, emperor of Austria, and a sort of apostolic King of Hun- gary, reigned but did not govern durâ€" ing the latter period of his life. By Chas M. Bice, The once great hot burgs has lost its m representative in the Francis Joseph, the Austria. This distinguished race of kings takes their name from a famous an- cient house in Switzerland, but is not the name of the occupants. The place of origin in this case, having super- seded the residents, the name has clung to the descendants through all subsequent history. - ‘ éupinely Aplaced himself in sub- jection to the will of another and much greater sovereignâ€"the Kaiser. The spectacle presented of the life of the titular head of the dual mon- archy would have been a fit subject for the world’s greatest dramatist himself, and were he now living, we would be presented with another Richard or a Henry to take the place of the ephemeric twaddle written by so-called court historians. His was a life in full consonance with Hapsburg traditionsâ€"full of tragedy, bloodshed and 1‘svolt; Upon high authority-the Emperor of Austria-Hungary was the recogniz- ed libertine of Europe, and if his un- varnished story were written out, it would scarcely be a fit subject for school study. But then, you know, we are Puriâ€" tanical on such subjects, and have much to learn of the ways of contin- ental Europe. One thing is certain, that in Aus- tria, Francis Joseph was accepted with all his grossness and grievous lapses, as a kind of god. Whatever the world may say of his amours, he was a brave soldier and the idolized emperor of his people, and that settles it so far as they are concerned. It is questionable whether history‘ shall blame him for this great World- wide horror, through which we are passing, as he was more the creature of destiny, the clay in the hands of the potter, than the initiator or in- stigator of this great misery. The Sarajevo tragedy, when the Crown Prince lost his life, and one among many in his long reign, was the excuse ostensibly for the war, but it was not the cause of it, for that had been long brewing. The double assas- sination of his nephew and his con- sort, was unquestionably political, but ,without this the outbreak could not have been suppressed much longer. In fact the emperor was not much in love with the prince. The heir- presumptive was thoroughly “Prus- sianizcd,” which was the true reason of his tragic end. But with the emperor, it was mereâ€" ly a choice of Germany or having his empire pass from him. The Slav peril, so-called, was not created by him, yet he did little to arrest the slow~moving iceberg of Russian dominion, and hence his empire was unstable at vaseamfi Carbaiated FOR THOSE LITTLE CUTS It is always safer to apply A mild antiseptic. It keeps the cuts clean and helps them to heal. 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