powers to attack the country a temptation that they were only too ready and anxious to yield to and that the state was in far too feeble a condition to such attacks from which it had hitherto only been saved by the repeated representations of the government of the next i will quote as they stand for they sum up the reasons for the that the war which would have produced but little effect on a healthy constitution has not only proved suddenly fatal to the resources and reputation of the but has shown itself to be a point in the history of south africa in that a or tribe and of no account in estimation successfully the strength of the state and disclosed for the first time to the native powers outside the from the to the cape the great change that had taken place in the relative strength of the white and black races that this disclosure at once shook the of the white man in south africa and placed every european community in peril that this common danger has caused universal anxiety has given to all concerned the right to investigate its cause and to protect themselves from its consequences and has imposed the duty upon those who have the power to shield from the of and it proceeds to point out that the will be the first to suffer from the results of its own policy and that it is for every the reason perfectly impossible for her majesty s to stand by and see a friendly white state knowing that its own possessions will be the next to suffer that her majesty s government being persuaded that the only means to prevent such a catastrophe would be by the of the and knowing that this was the wish of a large proportion of the inhabitants of the the step must be taken next follows the formal together with the an address was issued by sir t to the of the state laying the facts before them in a friendly manner more suited to their mode of thought than it was possible to do in a formal this document the issue of which was one of those touches that the success of the was a powerful up in language of the arguments used in the strengthened by from the speeches of the president it ends with these words it remains only for me to b of you to consider and weigh what i have said calmly and without undue prejudice let not mere feeling or sentiment prevail over your judgment accept what her majesty s shall be and what you will soon find from experience is a blessing not only to you and your children but to the whole of south africa through you and believe that i speak these words to you as a friend from my heart two other were also issued one the of the office of of the government by sir t and the other the the war tax which was doubtless an unequal and oppressive i have in the preceding pages stated all the principal grounds of the and briefly the history of that event in the next chapter i propose to follow the fortunes of the under british rule iv the british rule the news of the was received all over the country with a sigh of relief and in many parts of it with great at the gk ld fields for instance special services were held and god save the queen was sung in church nowhere was there the slightest disturbance but on the contrary addresses of and thanks literally poured in by every mail many of them signed by who have since been conspicuous for their bitter opposition to english rule at first there was some doubt as to what would be the course taken under the by the by the late major ra was sent to convey the news and to take command of them save by his servant on arrival at the principal fort he at once ordered the flag to be hauled down and the union jack run up and his orders were obeyed a few days afterwards some members of the force thought better of it and having made up their minds to kill him came to the tent where he was sitting to carry out their on learning their kind intentions major fixed his eye glass in his eye and after steadily glaring at them through the it for some time said you are all drunk go back to your the quite overcome by his coolness and the of his gaze at once slipped off and there was no further trouble about three weeks after the the i i th regiment arrived at having been very well received all along the road by the who came from miles round to hear the band play its entry into was quite a sight the whole population turned out to meet it indeed the feeling of rejoicing and relief was so profound that when the band to play god save the queen some of the women burst into tears meanwhile the effect of the on the country was perfectly credit and commerce were at once restored the railway bonds that were down to nothing in holland rose with one bound to par and the value of landed property nearly doubled indeed it would have been possible for any one knowing what was going to happen to have large sums of money by buying land in the beginning of selling it shortly after the on the th may being her majesty s birthday all the native who were anywhere within reach were summoned to attend the first formal of the english flag the day was a general festival and the ceremony was attended by a large number of and natives in addition to all the english at midday amidst the cheers of the crowd the salute of 