The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-29
THE TIMES: RICHMOND VA. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 90 1892

and defeated a small British force at
Maiuba Hill. These reyerses would have
been sauarely settled by Sir Evelyn Wood,
who held the Beers I'm tho hollow of his
hand" had not that hand been stayed by
Gladstone, who mace peace with the
Beers on terms which recognized the
Transvaai as a quasi independent State
! in possession Of local self government,
but under the suzcrainty of the British
Crown. Ibis was realnrmed In 1884, by an
instrument which denied to the Boer Re-
public the right to conclude treaties with
foreign powers and contained provisions
against slavery and in favor Of just treat
nent of strangers entering the Republic
, but said nothing about British suZerain-
Nv. The BOcr insists that. since suZerain-
~ was not affirmed, It Is abandoned
Britain contends that. since IT was not re-
pudiated It IL continued. However. al
though suzerainty is not mentioned, it is
absurd 10 deny that the whole character
~ the convention Of 1884 implies the con-
dtion Of a suzerain power on the one hand
and a dependent state on the other
HOW THEY KEPT FAITH.
As to the manner In which the BOer
Government has kept faith. let me quote
one clause Id in Article XIV in the Con-
venfion Of 1854. which reads that all white
persons within the South African Repub-
Tic. other than natives. are TO be free. in
respect Of person or property. of any tax
es. local or general other than those i'm
posed upon citizens" To-day the Outland-
ors number two-thlrds OF the total white
population Of 5000. and pay nine-tenths
Of the revenue Of the state but have no
voice in the government. Dynamite is
necessary 10 mining operations and an
enormous quantity Is used. Dynamite has
been made n government monopoly. and
the miners have TO pay for II double the
price that II can De bought for I'm Cape
Colony The railways must pay a hun
dred per cent taxes on their capital
on all goods used exclusively by Outlan-
ders there IL a very high rate Of taxation,
while the Beers go almost tax-free. No
Ou'lander can have a government con-
tract or occupy any municipal ONCE, even
that OF policeman: no Outlsnder * per-
mitted 20 carry arms even FOR self-de-
Tense while every BOer youth over the age
or Is IS encouraged 10 hear arms and Is
supplied with arms and ammunition az
the public expense. Yet the Outlanders
have been good and profitable citizens. IL
is they VINO have established costly plants,
erected houses ard laid out beautiful gar
aens. built warehouses. hotels banks.
shops. made reservoirs and sqCeducts. and
IL Is they who have expended vast sums
for labor and farm produce. and have
generally conducted themselves In
manner that should have won for them
welcome as the w0rthiest OF fellow
citizens.
We arc charged with seeking TO eX-
tend British authority over all South Az
RIGA. This is exactly what the Dutch Az
rican Pond seeks % do for the Dutch.
From the time OF the signing OF the Con-
vention of 1884. the policy OF the. Trans
boz % Zee
ward and realize the dream OF Pretoritus.
which was that Dutch influence should
stretch from the Indian Ocean 70 the
Atlantic. The object ot the Transvaal
people il 10 make Cape Colony a mere
hdebOund dependency OF the British
Crown. The Transvasl seeks 10 cross
our northern boundary, 20 take land down
20 the Indian ocean on the east, and down
10 Kalanart on the west in order that
Cane Colony may forever be destroyed;
that 50 the Transvaal by its unlimited ex-
Dansion shall become the paramount state
in South Africa
PROGRESS MUST RULE.
u IS impossible that a minority In wealth,
intelligence and numbers can permanent
iy rule a majority. II the latter are An
slo-SaXons. The majority II wealth in
telligence and numbers I'm the Transvaal
Is Angio-Saxon. Whatever sentiment may
think Of the march Of civilization. the
latter cannot be permanently obstructed
by purely pasfO-al comnSnity. What
ever Just claim the Boer may set up It
cannot permanently Withstand the claim
! for liberty interposed by the Uitanders.
who ask that the government OF the Re
public be shared by all the inhabitants Of
thrift and intelligence witout artificial re-
strictions. The Outlanders asked for
redistribution of seats for the gold-fe'ds
in the Voksraad: for a reform I'm the fran
chise law: for a contribution safe-guarded
against sudden and arbitrary changes;
for the cancellation OF mOmopOlles; for
the equality Of the English language
with Dutch for the removed OF disabilities
against Roman Catholics and Jews; for
the reorganization Of a corrupt civil SER
vice: for a free press: FOR educational re-
form and for free trade In South African
products. Several propositions were mu-
tually made by the Imperial Government
and that OF the Transvaal. but. as the for
mer has insisted on its suzerainty being
recognize It matters have come TO the
present deadlock.
Such are the causes that have led to
the existing state of anairs. De. obese
be as they may the fight Is now on be-
tween the Dutch African Bond, which on
the one hand seeks TO make tho Dutch In
fluence paramount IN South Africa. and
the English South Africa League on the
other hand. which Is steadily pursuing its
policy OF maintaining British supremacy
IN the southern portion Of the once Dark
Continent. 1t is not mere line-maris-
= boundry that now divides the Boer
and the Briton. II Is \ chasm. broad
deen ari impassahle. Already the Boer
bull Is in the Natal china shop and IS
tossing things. But although there is a
great wave OF Boer enthusiasm SWEEP
ing onward toward Natal. that wave will
brock into harmless spray the moment II
strikes the rock Of Imperial Britain
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