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TRAGEDY OF A TEMPER.

hot on his track, and the last act of the draina was staged when Swart, Anding himself surrounded by armed men, dropped from his horse, and shot hiniself with a re- EIGHT SHOT DEAD IN SOUTH volver taken from Captain Ash-

man after his death,

AFRICA.

Cape Town, May 7-The Char- lestown shooting tragedy, in which a farmer named Swart shot dead eight people and then committed suicide, has created a tremendous sensation throughout the Union.

It appears that the whole affairi was premeditated by Swart, who consulted his lawyer beforehand, and discussed for hours with him the amount of his crops and the quality of his stock, and explained the serious charge against him. He also expressed the wish to be buried at Volksrust.

BUNKUM ABOUT CHINA.

"EYEWASH AND STALE'

DOPE

Colonel, Etherton, at one time Consul-General in Chinese Turkos- tan and Assistant Judge of H. M. Supreme Court for China, has just written a book on China which comes pat to the occasion (writes: "Truthful Tory" in Truth ), It contains a concise and authentie statement of the facts as well as an Interesting study of Chinese

Swart was an excellent farmer, but a man of very violent temper, as the result of which he had several times committed acts for The Minister of Justice in the which he had suffered periods of House of Assembly to-day read the mentality. Everybody should rend ho Police Commissioner's reports on it and grasp a few simple truths, of imprisonment. Eventually Was warned that he was able to the affair at Charlestown, when a which 1 cull one or two in condensed an indeterminate sentence, and former named Swart shot dead five form. therefore was extremely anxious policemen, his wife, his daughter- to avoid arrest.

Only three Chinamen in a hun- dred can read. The 97 per cent of illiterates are pence-loving and ab- sorbed in their families, worship. ping their ancestors by offerings, and caring nothing for wars and

Confucius is to the or The Commissioner of Police, in politics. his report, expressed the suspicion dinary Chinaman far more than the that Swart could not have done all Bible is to the average Briton, and the damage himself, but the Minis- Confucias bade all men concern The same day Swart motored to ter refused to read the portion of themselves with their own affairs, Charlestown from his farm, and the telegram explaining the rea- and lonve politics alone as a dan- visited the house of another far-sons for this suspleion, remarking gerous businces. There is no such mer, named Lourens, whom he amidst shouts of approval that the thing as public opinion, or public spirit, in China, though the coolies fired at, but missed.

chse was being investigated. The following day'à posse of ten Reports from Newcastle state feel towards the foreign Settlements picked policemen assembled at that Swart, who was a notorious much as Britons would feel about Newcastle, under the command of desperado, had armed some of his Chinatowns outside Newcastle or Captain Ashman, the district native farm hands, who apparently Southampton, or at Surbiton or superintendent, and proceeded by took part in the firing on the Leith. motor car in the early hours of police. the morning to Swart's farm, which they approached under co- ver of the morning mist.

in-law, a farm manager, and final- ly himself on learning that a The first episode, in the tragic warrant had been issued for his affair occured on May 3, when arrest on charges of incest and at constable who was sent to arrest tempted murder. Swart, was fired on, but not injur- ed. Attempted murder was there- upon, added to the charges against Swart.

Natives Armed.

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In thinking about the Chinese question, we must get rid of our notions about generals and armies. A later message says:

The generals are brigands, and from .one Swart, who had meanwhile arm-

Further details are available re- the soldiers move ed some natives and fortified him-

of uniform. self in a stone kraal, greeted the garding the dramatic shooting army to another without even

change airit Charlestown in which aja police with a fusillade of shots, farmer named Swart is polioved defeat of one tuchun by a rival and a miniature battle ensued to have shot dead a number of jeopardises their pay, and so they Not since the Boer War have the policemen, his wife, his daughter-pass on to another army and es- famous hills, including the Majuba in-law, and finally taken his own pouss its cause so long as their pay Hill, echoed and re-echoed with life. The death-roll, including and existence are guaranteed. such a volume of firing.

Swart himself, is put at ten.

The

The prattle about Chinese nation- Five policemen were killed, in- eluding Captain Ashman himself It is now stated to be doubtful allsm (this is "T. T" and no longer and the Head Constable of New-whether Swart actually did com- Colonel Etherton speaking) is castle. Swart, taking advantage mit suicide, for three civilians necessarily bunkum, eyewash, stale of the darkness and the mist, sue-fired on him, and he was found dope ladled out by the Third Inter- ceeded in eluding the remaining shot through the temple. It ap-hational, and swallowed by ho one policemen, and esenped on horee-pears that Swars, while on his way put credulous, cant-ridden British back, fully armed, to Charlestown. to Charlestown, paid a visit to an-politicians.

On his way there he encounter-other farmer and laughingly, stat

ed his daughter-in-law, Mraced that he had killed five police-

Knight, and Mr. Rotez, Mr. Lou-men and was going to Charlestown The Earl of Balfour, speaking at a luncheon in contexten with ren's farm manager, both of whom to shoot three more people, he shot dead, and further along the

A pathelle feature of the trage. the Institute of Industrial Psycho- logy, said they wanted to explode road the desperado fired on a num- ber of railway gangers, who, howdy, is that Capt. Ashman, tac dis the superstition that all hours trict superintendent, who is one of

ever were not injured.

On arriving at Charlestown, the victims, before leaving with work were a minus quantity Swart rode to the house of M. the posse of pollee with a view in the happiness of life, and all Van Ruen, where he found his arresting Swart, handed over some hours of idleness were a plus quan- wife, from whom he was separat-private papers, saying, "We are tity. "It is a most ludicrous and ed. He immediately blew out her undertaking a tough job, and most pernicious doctrine," he add- brains, and then went on to try should anything occur, please re-ed. "I do not want to deceive you and find Mr. Lourens, whom he tain them and hand them over to all," said Lord Balfour. "I am myself a lover of idleness, but if had already attempted to shoot the my son."

you were to separate 100 adults previous day.

The theory that natives armed into two halves and say to one by Swart also had a hand in the half, 'You will work eight hours a affair is supported by a statemens day, and to the other half, You. By this time the police and of Constable Feucht, who says he will do nothing, the latter, would members of the Rifle Association, was wounded by a native with a certainly commit suicide before the experiment had gone on very who had hastily assembled, were shot gun.

Commits Suicide.

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