New-York tribune., 1896-01-04

,ro,r,etorshir The settlers have nothing against
the Beers They do not want 10 overihro" 'he
Repubic They have desire 20 reanheN IL /" ''''
British Empire. They simply want sn'h 'us' anu
reasonable treatment as Will permit them 10 i've go
peace and prosperity. and Will assure 10 the'h 'H'
nro,ection and benefits Of the government they are
taxed TO support As most OF these settlers. oi
"Uitianders" a. the Beers call them. are EhgIs"'
they naturally look 20 Great Britain 10Y syHpA'"S
and moral support. which Of course they are sure
to get Indeed. many Englishmen. such as 'he
leading spirits Of the British South Africa COM
pany VIII be- inclined TO give them much more ana
70 intervene forcbly IN their behalf That IL what
Dr. Jameson was reported 70 be- doing
BRITISH AID To THE rRANSNAAL.
II must be borne in mind that without British
protection there would probably have been no such
thing today as the South African Republic l ndeI
Boer management the affairs Of that country went
steadily from bad % worse. until. twenty years
ago hl government WAS BANKRUPT and on tho
verge Of dissolution. II was perfectly evident tnat
without sore orei~n aid it wo1ld 60 to ruin alto
gether and relapse into barbarisn. The progressive
element Of the people therefore asked the British
0oyernmen, 10 take IT under It. protection To TINS
appeal Great Britain. of course. promptly respond
ed. Their is no need Of inquirng Into her motives
Let II be granted that they were by no means DIS
inerested Nevertheless she did good work. She
took charge Of the Transvaa restored order put
finances into sound condition. and started the
country on the high road to Prosperity
But a majority Of The Boers were from the first
opposed the British occupation. They would
have preferred 70 turn their country over 10 Ger
many to the save-trading Portuguese. or even
70 abandon il to the savages. 20 after two or
three years Of British rule they rebelled They OBJ
jected TO being taxed for the support OF their own
government and the improvement ana welfare Of
their country. There was short var, very
badly managed on the part of the British. which
amounted IN fact. 10 mere series OF massacres
and then Mr. Gladstone decided 20 let the Boers
have their He allowed them 70 sccede from
'"e D'i"7h Hh."'e anu ~ S'' az '''' |"'' ~ I ~
Britain q sort Of sDz4ri,ty over the foreign affairs
Of ,bo ro,,,,li. c,r.o &c, ,be Roer. have shown
On ever, ,,oesblo occas,o tho utrnost conceivable
ha,r.d ~ .l t-,,.h 4. ,be cams ,i,ne ,ealjzine,
tha, ,vi.fo,,, fore~ .,crrris. and foroi.,n nrou-
er,v-ov.ror IN t, Tho, would 500, ct into as bai
nliobt as ,.o~ .b,. .,,l1 THAN, ,oun.r,. fn sci
uen,ont and ir,it,d ,h ..r,f ,o l..,oo in and oc-
cuuy the isnd
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va was kho"h 10 h3 Iie'S1n' ana Sa''o'l''S
"1 "e So' r'n ID in'nerals. Iarie was h'fe-
iofe' soon So -ady procession Of mining prospoc-
-'s pouring in' tnsllshncn with English money
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