Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Dr. Kuyper has long been an admirer of British institution, and the British people, and it is with manifest pain that after impartially investigating the causes which led to the present war, he has been forced to the conclusion that the Government in determining to settle the South African difficulty by force rather than by arbitration has dishonoured the best traditions of British Statesmanship.