The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-12
ENGLAND AND THE TRANSVAAL .
The Events Which Have Led to Eric
ton with the Beers.

ZION Wild TIC bp'i9.
me acute stage Of the dispute between
Great Britain and the South African re-
puonc precipitated by the failure of the
late conference between President Kruger
ana Sir Alfred Miner, brings again into
prominence the relations between these
countries. I'm an intensely interesting
article on England and the IfansFAil'
lu the july number OK North American
Review" AIr. Sidney Brooks. who resided
Tor some time among the Beers ana
made a close study of the coudiuon ana
me institutions OF thelr country gives
"a comprt nenslye account of the events
ana the singular political arrangements
IN the Trausyaal which have leu To ~ .-'
non between the little Dutch hepuo"e
ana the British Empire. The position OK
me JItlanders as described 10y Mt.
BROOKS. is certainly an unenf able one
I'm Inc Transyaal Itself the situation
Is almost too fantastic for serious pro
sentauou. The Uiilanders at-N.e'- l-.'1
OF whom belong 20 the Enslsn-7pe"
race outuumber the Beers ly more tntn
TWO 80 one. They own half the laha sHl
contribute nineteen OF '"7
mimic revenue. 10 Is through tneir
bralns and energy that the Attnaf 100
mas neen raised from bankruptcy lAlY
It's present prosperity Ihey are ci@"
zcns Jr tle most progressive c'int.l-
IN the world. accustomed To ser roo
ment and intOleraut OF any eHtl'e .i-
meuts upon their liberty. I" 10
utianders have an even greater snare
OF tine intelligence OF the country ln.n
of los wealth. Nevertheless they are
kept iu complete sghjCcu9n % theH
Ducouc taskmaster5. They are not al-
lowed 20 VOTE except for legislative
cnamber that cannot legislatei they nave
mo- voice in tho spending OF the money
taken from their pockets, they see mi-
lions 0r dollars lavlshed on the secret
service and f0rtidcati0ns at Pretoria
while Johannesburg remains 1-.pes t-hol'i
their language is prescribed n me
schools and law-courts of city where
not one man in "a thousand speaks amy.
thing but English: clipped and 'tiIe-
0iaicot as much beneath pure Dltcn is
Czecnish Is beneath Russian. is enthion-
cd bro It's place. and their cnllIel are
forced 10 learn geography ana history
from Dutch text books aitef p.-7IHs '"a
elementary standards-tne ilfSiue"''
win "a dircctness that would nave coma
nome 10 the late NJ pinsiey. SEEKING ID
p0Duariza his native taal oN TAX ol
one hundred per cent. upon foreign
1T is c-roteeque % think of Engiishmer
and Americans being treated In tnh
fashion. and &c IS quite beyond magma
ton that they should rest passive In
such q house Of bondage The restrictions
on franchise and education fan hardest.
not on the capitalists and large mine
owners. who are mostly absenteos but
on the lawyers, doctors. business men
ard the working cSsses who have settled
I'm the Rand district less as n speculatiOn
than 10 make II their home and earn
It.ng and bring up their families.
In other words. they have a
country; and that country Is the Trans
Naal. and rs men who have taken az
q permanent residence in it, they de.
mand. not unreasonably. that Il should
he made politically and socially endura-
ble."