Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-01-06
TROUBLE ia THE TRAssvAAL.

England viii probably have another
opportunity soon to add TO her posses
sions By her peculiar practices, and this
time the theater OF acquisition Lies II
South Africa and the Beers nill probably
be the unhappy sufferers. These people,
III their desire to escape from BRITISH
rule, have settled strip after strip Of
frontier territory, wrested at heavy cost
in blood from the sayages, only 10 have
them subsequently, aiken from them b.F
England upon some preteSt Or Other.
When the English, after bitter confilct,
captured the Orange Free State, there
was an exodus OF Beers to tneland north
OF the Yaal river, where they again carv-
ed out u republic from the possessions OF
the deadly Motnbeies and the still more
deadly tsete fly Recognizing the money
and men necessary TO protect her pos
sessions from the savage and to secure
the aid 81 the Boer rifienen, England
granted the Orange Free State autonomy
but when she learned later that the
famous diamond bearing Territory vas
included within it, boundaries, she calm
~ appropriated it ia spite OF the protests
OF the angered Dutehihen.
The present danger to the Transyaal
probably arises from similar cause.
Within its eonfnes lie the wonderful
au,iferious deposits, the extent Of which
has astonished the world, for it's produc
ton is already SO great and promises to
be go for many years, that it will un-
doubtedly affect the finances OF all ciyi-t
ii2ed countries. These mines are owned
and worked mostly by English syndlcates
and English capital, SO that it viii not
be difficult for the English government
To throw a protectorate around their
interests atsome opportune moment and
bring within its Jurisdiction the richest
gold deposits at present known.
III 1877 just such action was taken OH
the plea OF protecting the English resi-
dents from savage foes. but the Dutch
rallied, and, after three successful battles
drove the English over the south border,
when word came from the Gladstonisn
government to make peace st any terms
as the Beers were III the right. Whether
the grand CID man could have led Eng
iieh logic TO Zach IA enlightened conclu-
sio.,, had the extent and value OF the
Wittelsrand deposits been known at
that time, can never be determined.
fsim4a tha1, the English have immigrant
ed into he Transvas! in great numbers,
aud the nscsaev cunntrv iiaa held Il ltyln4
ina! s,.2eainty aYei. it. Now that the
resources OF this Dutcll state are better
known and SO much English capital il
invested. here viii come All excuse for
as there always doex when
England desires / O ;ansseX more land, and
she viii renew me grasp she relaxed 1T
commend nearly twenty
years ago.
The present difficulty over representa-
ton III the government may beatl2 thin
edge OF the wedge, strong enough to.np-
set the existing autonomy; il driven
home by English power II not, another
will be introduced ut some latter day. a
pretpxt VIII be invented for q protector
ate After the protectorate will come
absolute posseasion5 and the Beers, who
have dreamed Of Dutch republic includ
ing the Orange Freestate and the Trans
yaa! VIII either su!kily yield or migrate
again, this time north OF tbs Zambesi,
perhaps, in q hopeless attempt to settle
beyond tbs reach Of English cupidity'--
Minneapolis Times.