The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-01

British Crown under the titl. OF IN.
"OranE. River British Sovereignty
But the Beers under Pr-torius Werc
impuiit" enough to vNg.. the 80 .ttsh
magistrates. and this brought tt. EaE-
ltsh retcuIts into "a. atid once more.
The Beers were badly beaten a' Lsom-
piIts. and for tuc next rs. years the
country vas under British rule. Pre-
turius and his following retiring gu IA.
ITausvaal. and many English cuIuuisis
settling IN the evacuated district. But
the native tribes proved troublesome
and after a punitive expedition had
Chastissd tn" Basutos. the British Gov
eminent resolved to withdraw from the
country. Sir GeoTE, Clark vas sent a.
special commissioner Co carry out the
abandonment 90 the territory. aud not
wtthstaudiuE the protests % many IN
hahitauts he handed 10 over to . body
of Boer delegates IN terms of n cuuVvu-
ton entered into ON February =. i>st
The Beers were relieved from their al
legiauC.. and permitted To constitute
an independent republican community
OF their own. under the title of the
Orange River Free State Sine. that
time there have been few difficulties
between the British Government and
the Free State: nevertheless. in the
present crisis they viii most likely
make common cause with the Trans
vaal. According to tn. Statesman =
Book. the Free State has an AREA
OF 5000 square miles. a white popula-
ton Gin 1897 of 1880. and at present
has about 7.5Oo burEhers available for
/ military service.
The Beers who r-trcatst from Natal
into the TransVaai were not exactly a
happy family. Their chiefs Prctnrius
and PotEieter were constantly squad
. bling. However. in iNSs the former in
duCed the British Government to sign
the Sand River Convention. which viz
/ tually established the independence az
that region. Then. in the following
year. the rival leaders both died. and
PrCtorius' son became the first Prcsi-
| dent of the Dutch African Republic. %
changed in 1855 Ten the south African
Republic" The State had much grou-
bic with the natives ON account ol tes
Apprentice Law" which simply Spcit
slavery in disguise. The Grondwst al
| 1883 roundly lays ., down that 'ths
people will admit of no equality ~ p~r,
sons of color with the white iugabit.
ants either TN State or Church" OWNS
to this the Beers were hnStil. tn al
who tried to- treat the natives fairly
| especially ter missionaries who
| preached universal equality. Dr. I.iV,
/ iEgstone suffered at their hands tn ths
extent of having hts house pluudcrct
10y their troops in 1859. PrctoTius in,
Vaded the Free State IN 1857. and was
elected President Of il in 1859. hut hs
failed in hts effort tu unite the two -.
publiCs. In 1865 he annexed p.laEus
Bay and got into trouble with Prrtu
gal. The matter was submitted To tn,
arbitration OF the French President
Marshal MacAIahon. and in 1875 hc Il.
Cidcd In favor OF Portugal. In tha
same year uS5S1 President Bu5 gees
visited Europe in connection with th'
DclaEuI Railway scheme. and on hi,
return he found everything tupsy tur
iVy-thc Beers dispirttCd by frequent r.
verses in the Sikokuni War
uu money tn the treasury ans
no credit: the State blnkrup
and exposed tn imminent danger a. in
vasiun by the Zulus. Hence the .utcs
vcntiun OF England. and Shcpst snc'
proclamation InncxjuE the TrausVaa
tApTil -. 1871. According {,
the Yearbook. ia" TrpubIic has al
to the Ncar-Book. the republic has al
most the sam" area - the British tsl
gudE ui9.0CO square milssl. and
white population tin 1881 at st5 90
~ whom there are -. sug burEhwrs TIA
blc tu military service.