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The TRANSvAAL AND THE BRITISH.
Chronological History OF Events
That Have Led Up To the Pre-
sent War;

That Have Led Up To the Pre-
sent War.
1924 treaty known as the Land
River convention was signed by Great
Britain and the Transvaal Beers in
which the Observation-Disclosures of the
Transvael Beers was recognized.
1877-During q general war between
the whites and the blacks Great Brit
ain broke the Land River convention
and annexed the Transvaal.
I890-81-The Transvaal Beers re-
volted, raised the standard of the re-
public and defeated the British in sew
eral small engagements.
1882-Great Britain signed treaty
known as the Pretoria convention, in
which self government was granted to
the Beers, Great Britain remaining
the suzerain power.
1884 new treaty known as q
convention of London. In this there
was no mention of suzerainty, the
Trausvaal republic was granted COM
plete freedom, in fact became, as Mr..
Chamberlain said In one of his dis
patches last summer, "a foreign
state" Lord Derby, who negotiated
the convention of 1884 for the British,
thus describe d ION February IA,
1884, the powers retained by Great
Britain:
"By the omission of those articles Of
the convention of Pretoria which as
signed to her majesty and TO the
British resident certain specific
powersand functions connected with the
internal government and the foreign
relations of the Transvasl state, your
government will be left free to gov
ern the country without Interference,
and to conduct it's diplomatic inter-
course and shape it's foreign policy,
subject only to the requirement that
any treaty with any foreign state shall
not have effect without the approval
of the queen"
1886 Gold discovered ia the Trans
walls territories.
1oS7-Total output of gold from the
Rand tWitwatersraud) mines, 33,155
ounces.
1sss-Output of gold increases to
2lS, III ounces. Great excitement in
England. Foreigners, chiefly British,
pouring into the Rand district and
building up johannesburg at rate of
1000 week. Discoveries OF gold in
1889-The British South Africa
company organized by Cecil. Rhodes
and several eminent Englishmen, in
Guiding the Prince of Wales son-in-
law, the Duke of Fife. The production
of golo in the Rand rises to 38l, 557
ounces.
1s9o-The production of gold rises
to 491 317 ounces.
1S9I-By the invention of a new pro-
CESS the production of gold is increas-
ed to 729, 238 ounces.
Scientists find that the Rand, in
stead of being exhausted within few
years as was thought, will produce
gold in incres sing quantities for at
least seventy-fve years.
1s92-The Outlanders. who have
hitherto cared nothing about the
franchise, begin to sgitate. At Johan-
nesburg denunciations of the Beers
are open and plans for subverting the
republic and bringing about annexa-
ton to Great Britain are openly dis
cussed.
1s92-The Beers who in 1881 had
been admitting any one to the fran
chise on two years. residence, now
raise the time to fourteen years.
1892-The production of gold rises to
,2IO, 1862 ounces.
1S93-The production of gold is L.
AIS, Alb ounces, or double what it was
in 1891.
1s94-Gold production 1924, 1874
ounces, 1850. 600, OOO). The agitation
against the republic at Johannesburg
increases, and is aggravated by the in
creasing Boer hatred of the British.
Cecil Rhodes) suspected with good
reason of plotting the overthrow of
the republic.
lS95.96-The Jameson raid. DR..
J Jameson and his followers british ar
my officers and servants of the British
South Africa company captured and
delivered over to British authorities
for trial. They receive an ovation in
London and are let off with nominal
punishments.
1S96-Mr. Chamberlain speaking for
the government, which is trying to eff
face the impressions made in South
Africa and throughout the civilized
world by the jameson raid, says in the
house of common on May 8:
ITO go to war with President Kru-
ger to enforce upon him reforms in the
internal affairs of his state. in which
secretaries of state, standing in their
places, have repudiated all right Of in
terference-that would be course of
action which would be immoral"
1S97-The production of gold in the
Rand is 2. 511 .544 ounces, making it the
richest field in the world, and making
the Transvaal the greatest gold-prO-
ducing country in the world, America
alone excepted. The capitalization of
Rand mines, owned chiefly in Great
Britain, is upward Of SO, OOO, 900. 900.
1S9S-Mr. Chamberlain begins to dis
cuss the grievances of the Outlanders
with President Kruger. The Beers
asked that all differences between the
two governments be submitted to Inn
partial arbitration. Mr.. Cham berlain
refused on October IS, 1898. raising the
claim of suzerainty and saying that
the convention was not like treaty