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engaged in trade between England and the East Then Britons began to settle at the Cape, and by the beginning of the present century they were so numerous and aggres- sive that the Dutch settlers found themselves uneomfortably crowded.
 Realizing their inability to con tend with the intrudcrs. the Dutch. now known as BdeTs, retired into the interior to the region at present called Bechuanaland, where Kim berly, the great diamond mining center, is located. But the British followed them and again they re- treated, crossing the Vaal river and settling down in the then unex- plored country which is now known as the TransVaal. Here they estab- lished the "Zuid Afrikander Re pnblik" (South Africa Republic, now generally knewn as the Trans vaal Republic. They lived in peace, except for an occasional brush with the natives, until the discovery of gold in the part of their country where Johannesburg is now situ- ated. British prospectors and ad- venturers of all kinds poured in, and not long afterwards. in 1877, the British Government practically seized the country and made it a British colony.
 The Boera soon saw that they were to be not only made subject, hut disp0ssesaed, as before, and in 1880 they rose in rebellion. Several expeditions were sent from Cape Colony to anbdue them, but failed The stout Dutchmen, all of them marksmen and full of the spirit of old Van Tfomp, defeated the red coats in several engagements, the most important of which took place at Mainba Hill. There they picked off the British soldiers like black birds, making slaugter the like Of which has not been seen since Jaekson's backwoodsmen crushed the veterans of Pakenham at Charlmette.
 A compromise was then effected, by the terms of which the Boers admitted the suzerainty of Queen Victoria, giving her the sole au- thority to deal between them and foreign powers, but reserving to them the right of absolute self government and control of the Pransyaal
 Since that time the working of the mines has greatly increased the out put, until in 1892 it reached d total value of $27 ,500, ,000. Tle British and other foreigners have increased to about 00,000, or nealry one-fourth of the total population of the Republic English syndicates own the mines, and the population of Johannes burg is about wholly composed of foreigners. This class. however, called "Uitlanders, are allowed no voice in the government though they are taxed for it's support. The Boers are exceedingly jealous of their priv ileges and permit no language but the Dutch to be taught in the public schools. This ia a cause of com plaint with the Uitlanders, and they are also demanding representation in the government
 Their complaints have not fallen upon deaf ears. The master spirits of the British commercial oligarchy in South Africa have long wanted a pretext to invade the Transvaal and subdue it as they have recently sub ued Beehanaland and Matabeland adjoining, and this cry from their countrymen in the coveted territory was exactly to the purpose. So d few day s ago Dr. Jamieson, manag- ing director of the British South Africa company and the conqueror of Matabeles, invaded the Republic with band of TOO men, including a oA g ltA is55 Ol tue old country nobility Our tele- graphic advices tell us how he has been defeated and captured by the Boers, under order of Pres. Kruger. 1t is also reported that an uprising of the Uitlanders at Johannhsburg has been put down with strong hand.
 Although the invasion was not countenanced-was, in fact, forbid den by the home government, the defeat and capture of Jamieson win arouse the masterful Premier of Cape Colony, Cecil Rhodes, and all the Britons in South Africa to such pitch of resentment that it is doubt ful if the authorities at London can restrain them from attempting re- prisals. The result may be a war be- tween the republic and the colonies in which the government at London cannot avoid taking a hand. But at any rate it will besheld to account by Germany, which seems determined to apply a Monroe doctrine of it's own making to the case, by interven- ing in behalf of the Boers. It is a tangle from which the Salisbury