National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-08
PERFIDIOUS ALBION.
HER INFAMY IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Selling the Country Discovered aud Settled by the
Dutch-Ln About the Beers and Their Fight
Against British Aggression-Inter.
esting Facts Presented.

\
land of the Beers in South Africa, and who has but
recently returned to this city and is in Govern
| ment employ, was waited upon last evening by g
| representative of THE REPUBLICAN for Information
| regarding the troubles in that country. In run
ming storm of questions by THE REPUBLICAN he
gave the following interesting facts, which oul
! representative has condensed into smooth nara
tive. Just at this time when England is trying te
swallow up the country of these brave Dutehmen
| it will be found particularly interesting.
South Africa, so called, is all that portion Of the
vast continent lying south of the fifteenth parallel
| of south latitude, or from the valley of the Fam
bese TO the Cape of Good Hope. The country is
divided in the following divisions OF colonies
Cape Colony two divisions, east and vest, Natal
Colony, GriQualand East, Griqualand West, the
Orange Free State the Transvaal Tor South African
Republic, now defunct), Zululand, and Lorenzo
Marques "a Portuguese colony.
Cape Colony, the first settlement in South Africa
was founded by the Dutch in 1850. In 1886 the
English declared It British SOIL but did not get
peaceable possession until 1906, since which time
it has been an English colony.
In 1885 the Dutch became so dissatisfied with
England's iron rule that thousands ofthem trekked
(traveled) to the far north to locate new homes
under a new form of government, where they i'm
agined they could remain unmolested by their
greater enemies, the English. They sacrificed
everything TO this end, and faced hardships and
dangers which are unparalleled in the history of
the world. After wandering about for many
months, fighting their way through hordes of saw
ages and suffering all the torment of hunger and
thirst, they finally arrived at what is now known
Natal. Here they located, and after losing more
than half OF their people in a warfare upon the
Zuus, led by the bloodthirsty chief Dingaan, they
finally secured peace, which was again broken by
the appearance of the English, who came and took
possession in the name OF the British monarch
Again the Beers trckked. Crossing the Drakenberg
Mountains, they divided their party, one portion
settling north fthe Orange River, in that portion
OF the country now known as the Orange Free
state, and the other portion crossing the Vail TOR
Fal) River and settling what is now known aS the
Transyaal, or over the Vail
IN 1852 A TREATY
was entered into between the British and Dutch
(knOwn as the Sand River treaty. whereby the
English agreed that the Dutch should be allowed
to govern that portion beyond the Orange River,
with barely condition, they were not to allow
practice slavery within such domain" The
Dutch, innOcentin the belief that they had now
found peace, founded a republic. In the meantime
Natal had become a colony of no small import
ancc. The only thistle that ranked in the Ma
Italians flesh" was the Zulu nation. Where fair
means can not avail TO accomplish an object with
the English they do not hesitate at the other
colrsc; so, with the aid of Theopilus Shepstone
then ain English missionary with the Zrllls, and
other characters of like stamp, nice little job
put up 10 uepOSe bingham ana make tGtGwGy0
(ketchwyO), his brother, the chief of the ZuIus
How it was done is rot exactly known but Din
gaan was found dead in his krall one fine morn
ing, poisoned. and Cetewayo was proclaimed
chief Totickle his fancy, and thus the better
PREPARE CETEwAwo FOR THE WORK
in hand, the English government i'll 1874 went
through the farce of proclaimiug him king, Mr.
Shepstone having the honor of crowning him with
Shepstone's thorough knowledge of the Zulu
language, customs, and laws gave him great pres
ians accomplished their wishes.
Prior TO the cTOlURing event, however, the Eoers
had established u republican form of government
in the Transvaal, with Mr.. Burgers as president
In 1872 gold was discovered in paying quantities,
followed soon after by the discovery of diamonds
silver lead, cobalt iron, and coal in such quantities
as to prove the Transvaal exceedingly rich in all
kinds of minerals Europeans of all classes were
emigrating to the new Eldorado by thousands
Natal was fast becoming dcpOpulatcd, and the
spectators saw that something must be done to
stem the current Their only recourse was through
annexation which mas no doubt, hurried by The
Transyaal government perfecting a loan in Hol-
land for the purpose of building railroad from
Pretoria, their capital, TO Delag0a Bay, in the
Portuguese colony, and which. if carried out,
would have completely shut off all Natal trade
with the interior.
THE FIRST MOVE IN THE GAME
by the English was to get Cetewayo to demand the
evacuation of portion oftbe Transvaal bordering
mi gy IN Try and then in dispute, telling him it
second. to have Cetewayo incite Seccoenni, chief
of the Bapeda, in the northern part of the Trans
vaal to war with the Beers, on the ground that
the hut tax imposed by law was Illegal. Every in
fuence and means were brought to bear that
money could buy to embarTaSs the Beers Spies
and traitors sent to the TranSvaal To stir up
bad feeling among the people and to write letters
to the English government claiming protection
and begging annexation. London papers were
publishing petitions from the inhabitants of the
Transraai begging English protection, which pc
titions, it was afterward proven, were made and
signed in Natal. The plan worked too well, as the
sequel will show The Zulus commenced ciamor-
ing for their rights. The Bapedes refused to pay
the hut tax and war ensued. Now the time
for ShepstOne He went to England, and there told
such pitiful tales
OF THE DUTCH BARBARITIES
that made even the Queens blood run cold. Yet
the Beers had not broken any portion of the Sand
River treaty, but as ShepStOue afterwards told
them, they had rot read that portion bGtlceea the
lines"
Lord Carnarvon, with on eye upon the vast re-
sources OF the new country, could see no remedy
now but annexation. Itwas fitting tribute to the
faithfulness of Mr.. Shepstone that he should be
appointed special commissioner to carry out the
programme, and it was accordingly done He ar
rived at Pretoria at time when the president and
vOlkSraad Tor congreSS) were at l0ggerheads over
some contemplated law. The Beers calmly sat
down, saw the British flag of freedom C and ms
tice e. unfurled to the breeze, and listened to the
reading of Shepstonc's proclamation if it was |
but temperance lecture but afterward, when they
did realize the situation it WAS everlastingly too
late. President Burgers found himself deserted !
country ShepStone promised many grand things |
in his annexation proclamation one-half ofwhich |
if carried out, would make the Transvaal a para
disc. He promised representative government |
the immediate continuation to completion of the |
DelagOa Bay Railway, reduced taxes, free schools
and many other things much needed Under |
those conditions no resistance made, though |
some of the hot-headed ones advocated it TO their
;orE0w, None of Shepstone,s promises have been |
fultilled-not onei For the above service Shep-
stone was knighted by the Queen K C NJ C.
Knight in Charge of My Garters)
CETEwAYo, WHO HAD WATCHED
he whole proceeding from his little krall at Ulund
and who had, no doubt, been promised something |
good, now came forward and called for the di- |
vision.
lie only asked for what the English colonists |
had previously told him was his own when in pos
session of the Beers, but circumstances had |
altered cases." it was too much of bonanza To |
divide with Niger; besides, the Nataiians were |
to understand " Dizzys" interest in the |
country. He would send imperial troops to pro- |
ect his illSotten gain The more troops there |
we're sent to the country the more mouths there |
would be to feed, and thus, in equal ratio, the |
more Sovereigns the traders and SPECTATORS would
have to jingle.
There are wheels within wheels" There were |
aore wheels in this case than any I ever saw.
was made to fight. He believed in his |
superiority Over the English. His war was a sad |
allure and he now languishes in Cape Town |
lungeon guarded as priceless pearl. Sir Theop-
luS Shepstene was disgTaeed by MS ancestors for |
nefficency administrator of the COUNT he !
and he has returned to his old trade of !
polling honest kafhrs with too much mission |
broth. !
The above is a plain statement of facts Who |
AN blame the Beers for their uprising? No one |
Who loves liberty and honor can dose. But twill |
&c useless struggle.
1--WE don't want TO fight;
But by Jingo if We dc,
We've got the men, we've got the ships, !
And we've got the money, too
S only too true. The Beers will be beaten and |
asily enough. Not only the TralsvaaI. but the !
orange Free State viii soon succumb to the pres
ure, and then-well then-
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