Taylor, South Auburn, Pa.; David B. Tuholski, Erie, Pa.
The question: "Resolved, That prior to the present war
England was justified in her course of action towards the
Transvaal Republic," was argued on the' affirmative by
Dickinson and on the negative by State.
General Beaver in a short opening address welcOmed the
Dickinson team and after a few remarks on the influential
power of speech and also the unity of the old and the new
educations in an institution such as State College, announc
ed the first speaker, Mr. Burchenali who, after dividing the
affirmative argument, took up the first cause for justifica
tion of England's action, the grievances of the Outlanders.
He quoted authorities showing the condition of the Out
landers, in that their rights as English subjects were inter
fered with by repression of press arid personal liberties, and
that international law gave power in such event to command
redress of the grievances claimed. He quoted authority on
the justice of England's demands.
Mr. Spahr, after the negative presentation of their first
argument, continued the affirmative on the basis of the in
justice of the Boer government.
After stating the plan of Boer government he pointed
out the weak points of it, such as the subjection of the judi
ciary to the legislative, the system of monopolies prevalent
in Transvaal, the unjust conditions of naturalization view
ed from the affirmative, the government of Johannesburg and
exclusion of aliens from citizenship. 4ngland's actions
were justified, he said, by duty to demand the rights of citi
zenship and representation in the Boer government.
After Mr. Taylor had spoken on the negative; Mr. Pres
by continued the affirmative on the claims of right, duty,
and law as a basis of justification of England's actions.
England being the paramount power in South Africa must
deal in an abnormal manner with abnormal conditions which
he claimed to exist, and that the effort of the TransVaal
government to get outlet to the sea, and that her .armament
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