St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-11
The Troubles In South
Affica.

IL one Keeps thlo tlsOo&0t ~ men0
he will have The beginning and the
cause ri the intensely interesting
c,,nnict il South Africa The SOuth
African Republic. the President ut
which in the red,ubsable Dom Psnl
Kruger. has IN area 1t 1854
square miire, and ps,polals,u
yariousl. estimated At frsm 400, 600
to zoo, 600. The great maturity
II these are blacks. Over 1900
are Dutch. who rule the country.
and there are about 20. 600 English
men snc Americans called Outland.
ers, ar Foreigners. wh" are working
the mines. managing the enterprises.
and getting m. ct 1T the wealth, that
10 left after the Boers exact what
they can in The way IT oppressive
taxes. between the Dutch and
the Br;tieh il an inherited ariES..sity
coming from the wars betweru
Holland and England centuries ago
Ever since The Dutch settled III
south Africa the feeling ha4 in.
creased.
When England went to the Dark
Continent The Dutch settlers kept
moving northward in order 4, get
out Il their r.ach Finally they
passed beyond t.. Vs.l River.
h~rce the nsms I'ransvsal TIM r.
tie Beers s-t "p their "wn GOVERN.
ment. ana il 1852 we're res,rganized
as independent. Great Britain,
however, got closer. and In 1877 it
annexed the country, making the
pr"tectis'n Of the Bssrs from The
Zalus the excuse In 1880 the
BOers rrbelled from this ds,mina-
tiOn, and the revolt eliminated in
hattie Of Najub. Hill, Fetrusey 81,
1881. in which the victory OF the
Boers was complete Gladstone and
the Liberal ministry had not the
liardihood Ia continue tue war, and
Great Britain acknowledged the In
dependence ~ the South African
itepuhlic, except A. tn foleien ai-
fairs
since then the events belong 10
curl rent history Of the times. The
B,ers have increased the exacti.ns
upon the En2lislmtn and Americana
who have been developing The epun-
try, sui have mad. Il So that The
men wis, control the property and
the wealth have very little TO do
With the Government, because the
laws III citizenship keep . foreigner
waiting seven years before lie csl.
vote. II ID the conflict between the
bright, progressive. educated Ar
glo-Ssxos aud the st0lid, honest.
determined. Dut:h farmers, wh.
have Suffered srDhgs and Who sev
in the British plans their downfall
A cusious contrast has b~en
drawn. SIXTY years e" the Dutch
IN caravans moved frnm the Eng.
lieh. II was known - the s.Grea,
Trek !" This year the english
women and children have heen
fleeing from the 1'fansyaal because
they fesred the B0ers.
There SCENE n be no reasonable
doubt tina. evaniuallv, in a"me ~ay
or other, the c..untsv Of the Bt,ers
will be brought under the British
Day. Chamberlain, the cs.nstruc.
tive genius IT the present Govern.
ment, 10 determined that Il sh.ll b~
done, and trtpps are being hurried
70 Africa. This 10 the policy Of
abss,rbtion. but It by No means
xess the approval 1t al tl'e English
people. Right Honorable John
Morley, the greatest II the Liberals.
IN . public speech declared: There
cs,uld MT be more insane attempt
At human folly than . war that
would bring added hurdens. We
do not wish to be = pirate Empire.
and var with the Transvsal would
mean deep dishonor."
III standing 81 long against sucl,
overp.wering odds. President Kru-
ger, with al bis hrusqueness, has
shown noMSeIt u " . 0soNbI1Cos
character; and. while The B.,esy
will probably loee the game in the
end, there must always be sdmira-
tion for their siuray resisiance
The American. in the Tranevaal
have done what they cOuld 70 in
v0lvc this country. but the Govern.
ment a " asnilgton shows n0 incli-
nation 70 gel mixed up in the
troubles.
The stakes are worth snillis,ns.
II the Outlanders. backed by the
Brisieh Government, win they will
sMpn c,snirOl the Government, ~ |