The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-07-29
THE TRANSVAAL AFFAIR.

and wars are the result of human
rapacity and greed. 1t seems that
this was the real cause. of the DR..
Jameson raid on johannesburg. Our
English cousins are very nice people
for a tea party;-but Lord help those
who have anything they want;-for
when they want thing they want it
bad; and everything must give way to
their greed. The following article
from the (Philadelphia) American
throw new light upon some import
ant events.
The trial of the johannesburg con-
SpiratOrS ended in their confessing
Judgment On all the counts, and
thOwing themselves upon the mercy
of the Boer government. One object
of this was to suppress the dOcumen-
tary evidence Of the completely of Mr..
Cecil Reodes South African Company
in the proposed and planned Insured
tfon. The Beers, however, seem to
have defeated this move by giving the
documents to the world, although
they did not require to be produced in
the court. These papers settle the
question as to the character of DR..
Jameson's raid. 1t was no sudden
and impulsive outbreak of English
chivalry in defense Of English women
and children, as its representatives
and apologists declared. 1t was a
deliberate scheme to overthrow the
| established government of the
country, for which preparations were
made for months in advance, and not
| without the knowledge and aid of Mr..
| Rhodes and his associates. That the
Beers were cannibals or even Sc poys.
from whom English women and chill
dren"Y had anything to fear, was a
| preposterOus assumption. They we're
In danger only from the facts Of their
own relatives plunging into war in
| which johannesburg might have been
cannOnaded. 1t was to avoid that
risk that they were hurried off to the
Cape as fast as the railroad could con-
vey them.
The whole course of events show
that the insurrection was an uprising
of English capitalists to secure them
selves from the demands OF the
Transvaal government in the matter
of royalties and taxes. So we'll was
this unders TODD that the Cornish
miners fatty refused to take any part
in it, and withdrew to the Cape. The
other miners were mustered in for a
time, but when they found what was
really meant. they got out as fast as
possible. No aid was sent to DR.
Jameson, chiefly because there was
none to send; and the moment the
surrender at Doornkop was known,
the conspiracy collapsed
| With it, the South African Com
pany cOllapseS also, as a political pow.
er at least. II the attempt on the
Transvaal had succeeded, the iniquity
OF it. would have been condoned, as
was the iniQuity Of the seizure of the
Matabele untry. It is well-known
that the Matabele king sent two mes
sengers to the English camp to con.
vey his submission to the severe &c
mands OF the Company. These men
were taken aSiue and intOXicat ted. JIG
order that the hour fixed in the ulti
matum might pass without there be
s ing any submission received. Wher
it had, Mr.. Rhodes ordered hostile
advance upon the Matabele camp
whose occupants were expecting the
conclusion Of peace on his own terms
This fact was disclosed by participant.
In that infamous war. and tllei
statements were met with the com
ment that it was very wrong. but II
g was too late to correct the wrong. II
the same spirit the overthrow Of tn,
Boer government would have been re
ceived ia England; the crime O
Rhodes and Jameson is. their failur
ian atrocious attempt upon GOV
ernment actually guaranteed b,
Great Britain, the Company will b.
Obliged to surrender powers which
4 should never have been conferred up
II on it.Aand which have been ahused i,
this case as in every other in whic Il
ltraders. have been clothed with soycr
!. eighty. "Krieg, Handel, und Pira
terei, -dreieinig sind sic, NIGHT u
trennen!''