The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-09
IN BOER LAND.

into the Traasvasi, there are doubtless
two sides 10 the domestic difficulties that
led up to H.. The defeat and capture OF
the picturesque English adyenturer sum
marily stopped what would have been a
coup q eta. OF immense importance 10
Great Britain tni may resu't in the en-
tire independence OF the Boer land, for
the point il not unreasonably made that
in permitting the JAMESON raid, Great
Bri ain neglected to fuldil important
obligation OF the convention by which
Her Msjcsty exerci.es suzersinty over the
ctherw Use independent Republic. neither
it's Gus be just or not, the Boer govern
ment is Of course not strong enough of
itself 10 throw of the yoke that it was
obliged 10 assume despite the victory OF
Msipba Hill, fifteen years ago, but there
are isdicat .ons thst help would lie offered
from European governments IL this st p
were decided upon. AS the case stands
now the JAMESON movement, more sig
niiicanily the movement OF the south
African Chartered Company, TO capture
ths W hole Transvaal and su bject II directly
or indirectly still further TO British con-
troll, has betn quashed. II Is gues-
toned that the success OF the raid would
have resulted sconer or later In further
Fri ish txsan, ion. But tha, |, another
story. We are told hat the mob that re-
belled against the government in Johsn-
nespdrg failed to come to the scratch
when JAMESON marched into the country
TO overthrow the government and that
the retellion ccilarsed without <wai,ing
to he crushed.
We hear a great desl that is compliment
tary to these Beers. They are undoubt-
edly a sturdy, seIf-reliant, independent
honest race. They are brave and they can
shoot like froBtiersmen. Their marks
inanship made panic in the ranks OF the
trained British troops at Majuba Hill be-
fore their amazing courage carried the
stronghold by storm. They picked of
JAMEsoS's mon merclessly, using
ssarchiigbt at night to assist their sharp
shooters ard giving the freebooters no
rest Yet in victory, they are magnani
nous, kina and tender. They care for
the wounded foe and it cannot be at
tributed TO fear OF consequences that the
lives OF the captured raiders have been
spared, and would probably have been
spared even IL MIR. CHAMBERLAIN had not
begged It,
For all this, there seems to be reasonable
grounds for the feeling :hat was at the
bottom OF this rebe lion. The Uitlsnders,
or foreign-born population In the Trans
vaal are majority OF the rorulation, a
big majority, comprising as high as four.
filths according to some authorities. 1t
10 this foreign population that has made
the country what IL IL. The Beers own
the county, but il Is the foreign porula-
tion that has discovered its possibilities
and has developed them. They have made
Boer land rich by their ent srprise. They
pay perhaps as much as nine.tenths OF
tso taxes. The settlers, the immigrants
from ttf ovrr tis werid, are to be credited
with tae development and enrichment OF
the IrAnsvaaL This SCENE to be urqucs-
toned.
And yet this big majority OF en- erprising
foreign born cilizens have been den led all !
rights Of citizenship. Neither they nor !
their children ho-n on Transvasi soil are !
allowed TO become ci, zeus, TO h Id office
to vote or even to hold poll ical m ,ei ings. |
1h,y suffer taxation and enjoy no repre-
senta ion. Forming no greater part of |
the population OF johannesburg, say more
than 1000 OF the 5000 residents, they
have TO sIere In the municipal govera-
mcnt II ia NOT uurrnsona hIc IN helieve that