, 1900-02-22

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without invitation. and that they
should not complain if they do
not meet with fair treatment.
That is a mistake. Although
hating the Outlander with a
hatred born only of Ignorance
and low brute cunning, the
Beers saw that il would be impos-
sible to keep them out after the
discovery of gold, so their presi-
dent, Paul Kruger, while in Lon
don during the year 1884 publish
ed over his own signature a cor
dial invitation to all persons to
come to the T%ransvaal, (pronoun-
ced irons fahl,) promising them
protection and equal rights with
his own people. OF this invita-
ton and promise on his part there
can be no dispute, for documentary
evidence exists to prove it.
Being situated, rs the Trans
vaal is, right in the heart of Brit
is territory, it is not strange that
Great Britain should, in it's treaty
with the South African Republic
as the Boer government styles
itself, make it a stipulation that
it must be consulted by the Boer
government in all matters such as
treaties and concessions made with
foreign powers.
Had the Boer government kept
its promises to treat fairly and
protect the lives and property of
the people they have invited to
come among them, all would have
been well, and the terrible war
which is now raging in that coun-
try with so much disaster to the
English, would never have taken
place. But, with that greed of
power and love of oppression
80 long practiced by them in
their system of slavery, and an
i%ntolerant religious bigotry which
has led them to liken themselves
unto the chosen children of God,
they have not only utterly failed
to keep their promises, but have,
instead, made the path of the hat
ed Outlander as rough as possible.
They have placed the time of citi-
zenship at twelve years, and even
after that period Il man cannot
become n citizen without first Sc
curing the written consent of two
thirds of the burghers in his dis
trict. But citizenship coufers no
right, whatever, except the right
TO vote for members of the Volks-
raad, their lower house of Cong
ress. No naturalized citizen is
eligible to any Office under the
Boer government.
They have passed many meas
ures in their congress of late years
which are very burdensome and
obnoxious to the Outlander, and
these have been in COM
plete disregard of the rights
they promised to protect and
extend, but on the other hand
have been passed especially for
the purpose of %harassing, in
every way possible, the people
who have come among them in
good faith.
Although the Outlanders have
developed what was before an
almost desolate waste, and made
it valuable, they are compelled
to pay 50 per cent of the taxes of
the entire realm, and they have no
voice, whatever in the name in
which those taxes shall be ex-
pended. % per cent of the peo-
pie of Johannesburg are Outland-
ers, yet half of the city council
must be Dutch and the mayor
must be a Dutchman, giving the
Beers complete control of the city.
The city of Johannesburg has over
100000 inhabitants, yet it has no
water works, no sewerage, nor pub
lie lighting system. No English
is allowed to be taught in the
schools, and a to sup.
press the teaching of English III
the private schools, instituted by
the English speaking people there,
came very near passing the Boer
house of congress only lacking one