The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10

got something ior, giving up Jameson instead Of
seems determined to ask everything and give
."Thirdly. we want tho Convention Of "a
changed into a treaty OF amity and commerce
we want to be able as an independent people "a
we wish TO act against Great Britain In foreign
affairs; we, are quite, willing TO Incorporate
clause 4 Of tho Convention In a protocol TO the
treaty. We don't want any foreign affairs; WI
wish to be let alone by everybody, and nothing
And, lastly. we wanted a formal guarantee
that we should not he raided again: that our in
dependsnG woSid dn De sesnsc % i, ~ b ah tr y ard |
fully discussed l would accept Mr.. Chamber
lain's invitation and go TO England. We are
told that these matters cannot be discussed I'M
less we on our side are prepared to discuss
the Admitted grievences,, OF the outland-
First or all, there are no admitted grievances
of tho outlanders in the Trhnsyaal,, tho old
prove to YOU Directly" i nodded acSuiescencej
"and II there were, what right has England TO
convention that She would not interfere in the
Internal affairs OF tho Transvaal Mr., Cham-
6sTlH Ih1o1 has i sfIsIis, IS,t fr Ss : t ns S SssiqS% s.n ,s In
raiders and not the raided; we hear Of nothing
but ,outlanders' grievances and now OF
iieyo me-; but / will provo It TO YOU" with
calmly IN his ordinary voice. though he had
been shouting the moment before. The abrupt
certify Of his excitement. Grsduaiiy. however,
l came to believe that the emotions were sincere
s seTiSss o s1t I that r The Judgment NTH he ,S. them na, in
ddeesp.j First Of ali, these oStlsndsrs can be.
taking the oath OF allegiance"
All, but they cannot vote for the President
could not elpinterjecting. ''and the resolutions
of the lower volksraad can BIO ignored by the
upper Raad;, With such restrictions there is no
~ am told" the President w quietly,
the United States. and yet England does not
send messages to the American Government
p prot. g, " "a. net this an IS an 'SSdmitted Eriey;
you like the word-can become full citizens
easily, enough. As soon as they are comman-
doered and serve the state in any war. | have
always offered them full rights as burghcrs.
Some Germans have thus become full burghers,
why2 Because they do not want to he
burghers of the Transvaal; they only come here
home again as soon as possible. There are no
admitted Rrieyances;' there are pretended
grievances and nothing more"
~ don't agree with you. President. Every
Englishman will admit that u citizen should de-
a foreign state In order to win the right OF citi-
zenship ia TO make him a mercenary; the privi-
lege should precede the duty, Will you allow
Certainly. certainly. Go on. But you do not
know the conditions of this country. II we adj
mit.ed every one to citizenship we should be
did no, draw attention to this very palPshle.
said. that they tie English.born outIandersI
did not wish to be burghers OF the Transvaal."
ing the Conservative party arSt' among the
Progressive candidate, BY just over a thou.
Paul,s mind was that, il he accorded the
privileges OF citizenship to the ,Outlanders, he
as President. His ejaculation was unquestion-
ably exact; and. as had no wish to force his self,
as it was. It Is probable that 1000 Afrikanders
in johannesburg would become citizens of
number of British born Inhabitants OF Jo-
hannesburg who would avail themselves
e %i. shs DF1 howsser "o for the / e sass of pc ps seS;
and good feeling, TO put the Outlapders'
s ssyiss Is iSsFo of follS ss Po' the exam pTse %, the
United States. where II was found that not only
Englishmen. but Italians, .swedes.. Germans,
as soon as they were admitted to citizenship.
fulfilled the duties of it,, l tried to push homo
the point by u somewhat inapt but homely
A good cook."I snid, mikes water in pro-
portion to the meal, or the %porridGe would be
The President laughed outright as he volleycd
II am the cook, and l know that it would take
but very little water to- spoil our Boer NEAL
The laugh having lightened the stress of ar
remarks; for / wanted him to go to England,
knowing, that such a visit would strengthen
those OF his supporters who had English sympa-
thies and tend to weaken the influence exerted
BY his Hollander advisers.
Three out of your four demands" began.
will certainly be granted II YOU go to England.
There will be no difficulty in arranging the in
in substituting II treaty Of and amity
with clause 1 In the protocol for the Conven:
not guarantee the future Independence OF the
Transvaal unless you promised to remedy the
st "Why cou vi Vi mt G Hu''"" KRUGER interrupted.
Because he would be accused in Parliament
Of guaranteeing the indeRendence OF a Boer
nary rights of citizenship, He could not thus
perpetuate All injustice to his own countrymen."'
believe me. and the little gray eyes darkened
and narrowed to points OF angry suspicion,
three fourths Of what I wanted IL | went to
ENGLAND What has my going to England 10
Because. It seems to me-, 1t would be well to
consider Mr.. Chamberlain's little vanity. He,
too, Is human, and would. l imagine, like a Par
The Presidents suspicious seemed to vanish;
he ,grinned with comprehending amusement,
and nodded his head deiightedly. | took cour-
but you must not deny the grievances Of the
Outlanders. ! am inclined to agree with you
that these grievances are exaggerated. and
made to appear much more oppressive and I'M
just than they really are; but that grievances
do exist no one can deny. For example, let us
take some one whom you cannot object to as
head OF the Afrikander Bond, q Dutch patriot,
II ever there was one. Let him decide what
grievances the Outlanders suffer under; let him
suggest a list of refo. ms. and | feel sure that
Mr.. Cham berlain Will accept, at least provision
ally, his scheme"
mo. no." he broke in, hotly: II want no ar
bitrator. lam placed here, to defend the indie
pendenee of my people, and l shall do It. These
dependence: they hate both. Have not the Jo-
hannesburgers taken up arms against us? Shall
we make enemies citizens, and admit our foes
into the fortress The grievances are all imagl-
nary, or they arise out of the peculiar circum-
stances. Take tho Netherlands Railway
matter, for instance, that they are always
talking about, in johannesburg as a griev-
ance. That's the worst of the grievances, isn't
IT." Il shook my head, but he went on unheed-
ingly.) "Well. tho contract for that railway
was offered In Cape Town and. / believe, In
London: but no Englishman would take it up.
No gold had then been discovered In Johannes
burg. and so the English would not take the
risk OF helping gs, by building a railway. But
the Hollanders did help w; they took up the
contract. Then gold was found, and the Rail-
way Concession became very valuable, and at
once the English cry out against il and want IL
cancelled. But ! nm not sorry TO see those
time, no doubt. the State will take over the rail-
ways. and try Tn consider the gold mining in