The evening times., 1896-06-22
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is established. and can be denied by none.
then it will be time enough to show that we
are not vindictivc."
The half promise was too valuable to be
exposed To the risks of further discussion.
bul IT So gratified me tna, 1 c'uid not
help saying:
.-Yol shullt accept Mr. ChamberIain's in
vitation ani go to England, President; you
would have "a wonderful reception, and
feel sure that ali points at issue would
soon be settled when you were both face
TO face"
WHAT THE BoERS WANT.
The little gray eyes probed me- Evil
IDENTIFY he was growing Suspicious TIE
English Government he said at length,
does not act very generously to me.
IL publishes messages to me before they
have reached me, and treats us as if we
had been the party who broke the con-
vention and behaved outrageously- Yet
what we ask is reasonable an Just
.'First Of all we ask for an indemnity.
We shall have to support the families OF
| the four Beers murdered by the raiders aud
the wounded will have to receive some COM
| pensatIou-
Secondly, we want To incorporate Swaz-
| iland with the Transvaal. We have half got
| SWAZILAND: le, US have il NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
| Thirdly, we want the convention of 'S4
| changed INTO a treaty OF amity and COM
| merce. Not that we wish TO act against
| Great Britain in foreign affairs: we are
| quite willing to inCorpC rate clause of the
| convention in a protocol of the treaty We
| don't want any foreign affairs; we wish to
| be let alone 10y everybody.
| And, lastly, We want a formal guar
| antee that we should not be raidei again;
| that our independence would be respected
| BY England. / said that IL these four
| things could he freely and fully discussed.
/ would accept &r- Chamberlain's invita-
| ton and go To England. We are told that
! these matters cannot be discussed unless
| we on our side are prepared to discuss the
| admitted grievances Of the UitIanders
| in the Transvaal.
This is TilOnstro First of ALL there
| are no admitted grievances OF the Cuilan-
| ders in the Transvaal. and il there were.
what right has England TO interfere after
! promising solemn!y in the 1884 convention
| that she woald not interfere in the internal
| affairs OF the Transyaal?
There are no grievances Oh. yesi YOU
| do not believe me; but / Will prove it to
| you" (Without cause the old man went
on quite calmly in his ordinary voice,
though he had been shouting the mcmenJ
before. The abrupt change made me a
little suspicious of the sincerity of his ex-
ci;ement. Gradually, however, 1 came to
| believe that the emotions were sincere
| enough. but that the judgTne Mt held them in
perfect coutroIl First Of all, these Tit
lantcrs can become citizens after TWO years
residence by taking the oath OF allegiance"
''Ah, but they cannot vote fer the prcsi-
dent or for the members Of the highest
Volksraad,'' / could not help interiectiGg.
''and the resolutions CT the lower Volksraad
can be ignored by the upper raad.''
QUOTES THE UNITED STATES q.
Il am told,'' the president answered
quietly, THAT no foreigner can become a
President OF the United States and yet
England does not send MESA ges To the
American government protesting against
this an admitted grievance Let me 20
on. These-half-citizens, IL you like the
word-cau ubecome fullcitizenseasiiy enough.
Some Germans have become fun burghers,
but very few EngIishmen. Do You know
why? Because they do uot want to be
burghers Of the TrausvaaI: they oniy come
here to make money, and they want II get
away home again as soGn as possible"
1 unged the advisabiIity of following
the example OF the United States, where
1t was found that not only EngiishnIen,
but Italians. Swedes. Germans, French
men, Spaniards. in fact, all Europeans, as
soon as they were admitted to citizen
ship, fulfilled the duties OF it. / tried tn
push home the print by some what inapt
. but homely simiie =
"A good cook" said. mikes water in
:. proportion to the meal, or the rorridge
| would be spoiled"
The president laughed outright as he
! voleyed the ball:
II am the cook and I know that il
/ would take very little water to spoil our
, Bocr meal"
The laugh having lightened the stress OF
argument, went back to the president ::
| previous remarks.
Three out or your four demands" I
! began. viii certainly be granted if you
could not guarantee the future iudepend-
encc of the Transvaal unless YOU promised
+ to remedy the grievances of the Uitland.
ers.''
why couldn't te?-' Kruger interrupted
p because he would be accused in Pariia-
y | nent of guaranteeing the Independence OF
i a Boer oligarchy that denied English settlers
the ordinary rights OF citizenship
i WANTS No ARBITRATION.
2 Kruger tossed his head as ii he did not
: believe me. and the little gray eyes mar
e rowcd to points of ANGRY suspicion.
+ what did you mean by saving could
get thrce-fourths of what / wanted if
T went TO England? What has my going &c
England to do with it,
- 80 Ia. ~ 'vT-'i1 lie v al
d TO consider Mr. Chambcriains little vanity
|; lie, too, is human, and would, imagine
It like Parliamentary triumph
n The presidents suspicions seemed tC
d vanish; he grinncd with compreierdini
it amusement. and nodded his head delight
. edy. I took courage to go on;
S But YOU most not deny the grievance
= ! of the Cislanders. Let us take some on
=, whom you cannot object to arbitrator
C | Mr.. Hofmeyr. OF Cape Town. the head of III
8 Afrikander Bond. Dutch patriot, If eve
}, there was one. Let him decide what grev
e ances the tTitiandcrs suffer under.
I. "No no. he broke IN, hOtly: II wan
z no arbitrator. ] am placed here to de
II fend he-intlcpendence of my people, an,
= ] shall do il. These UitIanders do rot low
lr the Transyaal or its Independence: the
hate both. Have not the JoharneshGrccr
n taken up arms against u.s. Shall we max
D enemies citizens. and admit our fees int
is the fortress The grievances are all mag
" mary or they arise out OF the peculiar Gil
cumstances.''
IT j might have spoken against this reason
II ing: but clearly the president wished Oh
? long and frank talk to end on this note nm
]" accordingly j had nothing to do but tax
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