The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-09
Briton and Boer.
GlOb" Democrat,

sA AA
vaal. or South African Re-
public. The Dutch settlers of
Africa have inherited the ami
mostly against England grow
ing out of the wars centuries
ago between that country and
Holland. AS England gained a
foothold in South Africa the
Dutch settlers, or Beers, were
in the habit Of moving north
ward with the hope Of getting
out of the reach of England,
but that country always caught
up with them, and often absor-
bed them. When the general
immigration of the Beers from
Cape Colony, at the southern
end OF Africa, took place in the
early Sos they located in the
countries now called Natal, the
Orange Free State and the
South African Republic, the
last named place being the
farthest north of any of these.
When the Beers passed beyond
the Vaal River, from whence
comes the name of Transval
for their region, whose official
name is the South African Re-
public, they thought they were
safe from English intrusion, but
they were mistaken. England,
indeed, acknowledged the in
dependence of the Transvaal in
1852, but she interfered in 1876
to protect the Beers from the
Zulus, and established her
authority over the region. The
Beers rebelled in 1901, gained
some victories because Glad
stone, then Premier had no
heart in the work of subjuga-
4i.lg them, and, shortly after
their triumph at Majuba Hill
in 1891. England acknowledged
the Independence of the South
African Republic except as to
external affairs, England, in the,
foreign concerns of that country
exercising the right of control.
The present troubles, and all
the troubles of the past fifteen
years, in which the South Afli-
can Republic has figured, have
been due to the gold discover
les in the early Sos i'll that
country. In that region is
located the richest gold mines
of the world. its gold yield in
the first half of this year, .esti-
mated in terms of Az erican
money, has been over $6O,OOO,-
MH,, as compared with about
$70,OOO.OOO, in the same time in
1897. There has been aconstant
increase in gold production for
years past. If war is averted
the chances are that the output
in 1897 will be in the neighbour
hood of $3.50, 100000. The gold
discoveries were made by out
siders, or foreigners. The de-
velupement of the mines and
the capital which has run them
has been the work of forcing
ers also. All the capital which
has been furnished to get out
the gold, and a large part of the
labor of digging, have been
provided by these outsiders, or
Outllanders, principally Eng
lish,nen and Americans.
Like most countries in the
world, including the United
States, the South African Re
public discriminates against
foreigner in the granting of
political rights. Certain formal
ties in .the.wayof naturalization
have to be gone through with
in the United States before per-
sons born abroad can vote here.
In the Transvaal, however. the
RECRUITMENT in this respect is
far more rigid than it is in the
United States. A person has
to be a resident in that country
much longer there than here
before he Is allowed any share
in the government
of the country. These require
ments are so burdensome THAT
Ourlanders have been protest.
ing against them for years. AS
has sovereign rights
over the country. and as most
of the Outlanders are her own
she has been appealed
to, to redress the grievances of
the foreigners. In this con.
there is a good deal of
ON both sides. It the
privileges which the Outland-
ers demand be granted they
will quickly get control OF the
of the Transvaal,
as they outnumber, or soon
outnumber, the Beers, and
the country which the latter
took from the savage Africans
will be virtually taken out Of
their hands. AT the same time
the privileges which the out
tiders ask are those whien
sl1ese people, by their numeric.