Complex sentence: Meanwhile, the uitlanders sent Kruger a petition bearing 38,500 signatures requesting electoral reform, and the Johannesburg press became intensely hostile to the President personally, using the term "Krugerism" to encapsulate all the republic's perceived injustices.
Split into simpler sentences: Meanwhile, the uitlanders sent Kruger a petition bearing 38,500 signatures requesting electoral reform. The Johannesburg press became intensely hostile to the President personally, using the term "Krugerism" to encapsulate all the republic's perceived injustices.