The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-10

was President Krugers pastor in tn,
Transvaal republic, but who has been II
the United States for several months. 4
going back to Africa to shoulder a riff
and aid his countrymen in their struggle
with England. II am going home to fight,
he said; ito fight for my country. l an
the pastor under whom President Pau
Kruger of the Transvaal republic. has
sat for years have taught him and h,
has taught me. The Transvaal republi,
more than any other has been grossly mis-
represented. This Is more to be attribut
ed to ignorance than to willful desire Il
wrong people
"The term Boer, for instance, is In
correct. The Boer applies only to the
farmer. The correct name Of the people
Of the Transvaal republic Is African
people. black and white. OF the re-
public; all the citizens, all the people
whose home IS there; all those who
financial support of the republic. These
are 'Africanders The word Boer means
countryman, and 1t would be just as
signifying the South African republic,
as a nation of countrymen signifying
the United States.
We are the descendants OF the hrst
Dutch settlers who landed on the most
southerly point of Africa In 1862. and the
French Huguenots, who were driven
from France by the eol revocation OF the
uge in Holland and ultimately went to
South Africa.
1--WE hold Cape Colony, the Orange
Free State Natal and the Transvaal.
vaaf are republics. while the other
two are British territory. We stand
together as one people. We are one
as regards our future, and what at
fects one affects all. In 1906, when war
between Holland and England took
place. We were ruled by the British.
and we would not have interfered had
we been governed wisely. Our rulers,
however. simply gave us military gov
ernments, and, forgetful Of the rights
of the people at large, sought to glori-
fy themselves. They made no attempt
to advance our interests.
'"rhe most awful thing in our HIS
tory was the Jameson raid of 1890.
This raid was planned by Cecil
Rhodes. 1t was a plot Matched in
England to foment strife between the
two governments. England and the
Transvaal were then fairly peaceful,
but the Jameson raid was the begin
pie of the Transvaal were lenient, and
they hesitated about furnishing the ma
ton as severely as 1t should have
been punished. At the close of the
prison. you will remember that he was
pardoned. This should never have
been done, Jameson should have
doned his offense and jameson was re-
instated and was made d hero of in
stead of traitor and a knave.
1.-THE Afr.canders have had great
deal of trouble in their history. Weak
in numbers, vet SO thrifty in DISPOSE
ton that they accumulated wealth
wherever they were, driven from place
to place by the British, they were
naturally the target of the greedy
Britisher They owned Cape Colony,
but the British claimed it, and the
Afrikanders left It. The Zulus owned
Natal, and the Africanders bought it
of them. They bought it for so many
head of cattle. They also fought the
Zulus and came into possession of
Natal by blood and money so 1t was
theirs. But the British wanted Natal,
and they got it. The treaty concern
ing the transfer of land was drawn
up by an American missionary named
Omans.
cit is wrong to believe that our
leaders in the present crisis are of
Dutch extraction Many of them are
not. In Johannesburg we have leaders
named respectively Hancock, Quinn,
Watkins and I.ovejoy, SO you can easily