The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-06

pie who have so oiten deIei bil'i9" -''0~
and never u5ucccsiui4.
THE Dutch first settled in the cape
country in 1852 and in The next quarter
of century they were .o.ned py "a coz
onv of French Huguenots. who leit their
native country in search of the religious
liberty denied 20 them by Louis @lF.
Tu view. of the attitude Cf the p' esent
Roer government toward tie BRUSH ana
other 0utlauders iu respect io stlla-e
and representation. 80 is curious TO note
that the early Hueue1ots Who oemahoei
similar rights three hundred years ago
of the south African Dutch we're ols-
missed with a severe rcprimanc' by the
then governor Van der SteN, TO restrain
their French impertinence'
But the Dutch absorbed the frencn-
They forbade the use of their language
I'm civil affairs in 100 and in church SER
vice I'm 1924. and the first emigration rom
the colony 90 tho north, the ancestors OF
the present Beers. were as much, or near
ly So French as Dutch.
In the Transyaal at assent there are
many French names. Rousseau. de VII
Tiers Jouborts arc plentiful and a man
Of the latter name IS the first Boer gen
eral.
II IS usually overlooked that che Beers
are LARGELY French iu extraction but az
the time Of Emperor Williams now fd-
nous dispatch 90 Pres. Kruger concern
ing the jameson raid one witty English
man remarked.
"The president of the French republic
had more reason for Offering sympathy
than had the Emperor of Germany
In 1928 the British took possession M
the Cape country it was restored 60 tlie
Dutch i'm 1903. and England again finally
took possession I'm 1,0i The Dutch
French c0lonists Quarrcllcd with the Eng
fish continually. and numbers OF them
"trekked" or Cracked northWard in
search Of farming lands
BECAME HOER FARMERS.
Their FIST settlements were in Natal,
bur from there also The English drove
them. and then they "trckkcd" into the
Transvaal, where. ON an unpromis.ng up
land. G010 feet above the sea level. they
became Boor farmers. They hoped the
British would leave them alone and their
hopes might have been realized had not
the discovery of gold been made there
in 1856.
Prior To that time. in 1852. England had
acknowledged the independence of the
Transvaal and South African republic.
In 1854 the Orange Free state was also
declared independent but by both treaties
rainty.
There was trouble I'm 1881. when force
of British were rcpulscd at Maiuba Hill.
the incident leading % revision of the con-
vention I'm that year and again IN 1854. II
Is the letter which defines the degree of
authority reserved by England under its
suzeraintv. and the contention over which
are involved In the present trouble. BY
| its terms the South African republic has
fun powers % frame and amend rs con-
situations and administer its internal af-
fairs but IS prohibited from making any
treaty save with IT'S ncighhorhood. the
Orange Free State, without the consent Of
the Queen.
TAXED TIE OUTLANDERS.
BY this time British. Americans. Ger
mans and French were pouring into the
gold country and johannesburg began 20
take on the size and character OF an
American mining town. This annoyed the
Beers but their thrift did not desert them
and although they avoided mining ana
stuck 20 their farms, they found many
means 10 derive national revenue from
the outlanders.
Tho government al Pretoria. under Pre-
silent Kruger. evied transport duties'
stamp taxes. license fees, franchise costs,
customs and monopoly charges on such
mining necessities as dynamite
The British In the country appealed 10
London and London appealed 20 Pretoria.
hut there was no redress by 1896 the out
landers were paying TO the Boer govern
ment a revenue OF 100000 annually
which consisted almost entirely Of a tax
on mining.
cir hercules Robinson. British governor
30 rsrc Colony. and az such. imperial
Ngh lommissi0ner In charge Of British
s,,zerein rights IN the Transvsal under
TOOK 10 talk President Kruger into grant
~ concessions. and he had Just the same
ny - .,,oeasa a 8 has~xnarIcsd Sir Alfead