Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-13
PERTINENT POINTERS
FOR KRUGER'S FRIENDS.
How the Beers Have Broken Faith with
the English and Refused to Permit
Rule by The Voice of The Majori-
ty.

The Kansas City "Starn prints the
following catechism which will be in
teresting alike to Boer sympathizers
and British partisans:
When did the Beers first come IN
der British?
In 1914.
How?
During the Napolenic wars, when
Holland was province of France,
the Dutch colony Of the Cape was cap
tured by British arms.
Was it with their own assent?
The Beers were SO well pleased with
the change OF government that when
the treaty of 1914 was concluded the
colony became with the general con-
sent of its white inhabitants a per-
manent possession of Great Britain.
What were the circumstances of
their Secessisn?
The stern measures taken by the
government in the interests of the
native black population, charges of HI
treatment brought against the Beers
by British missionaries; the enact
ment Of laws restraining their author
| ity over slaves: the recognition by the
government of the equal footing as re-
CARDS private civil rights for white
and black, and finally the passage of
the negroes emancipation act in 1884
caused the Beers to withdraw into the
interior to free themselves from Brit
ish rule.
Was it because Great Britain abol-
ished negro slavery among them?
Yes.
After their great trek" (mention
date upon lands known to them to
be claimed by what nation did they
settle?
The great trek in 1876 carried the
Beers into the territory lying between
the Orange and Limpopo rivers. The
natives were driven out and the Beers
settled in what is now known as the
Orange Free state and Natal.
Upon whom did they afterward
call to save them. from anarchy bank
ruptcy and eventually determination
by the natives?
Great Britain:
Did they then voluntarily renounce
their Independence and return to
former allegiance?
Yes.
To whom?
To Great Britain. In 1877 Sir
! Theophilus Shepstone issued at Pre-
toria proclamation declaring the
Transvaal republic British territory,
but stated that it would still enjoy its
separate government with its own laws
and legislature.
Having been rescued at a great ex-
penditure of blood and treasure
(whose?) did they or did they not re-
pudiate their solemn pledges, set up
negro slavery again and surprise and
slaughter small garrisons Of their de-
liverers?
In 1879 the British government at
an enormous expense OF life and treas
ure, reduced the Zulu army which
threatened to exterminate the Beers,
to subsection. The Beers had never
given up the practice of slavery. The
word apprentice" was substituted
for "slaye." IrritaUed by the delay
in granting local autonomy the Boer
population rose and attacked and sur
prised the British garrisons. This
was followed later by raids into Be-
chauanaland Q884 Zululand Q8S4
aud Swaziland and Mashoraland 1891.
In two OF these instances armed in
tervention by the British government
was necessary.
On what conditions were they given
virtually a new Independence
They were given their independence
subject to the suzerainty of Great
Britain, with the understanding that
no privileged class should be created
and that the non-Boer section of the
population should be placed ia a po-
sition of absolute equality with the
Beers.
In whom by solemn treaty was it
then agreed that the government
should be vested-in themselves or in
the inhabitants" of the country?
In 1881 it was granted that the gov
eminent of the country should be vest
ed ''in the inhabitants of the Trans
wall
What proportion of the inhabitants
OF the country six months ago were
Beers?
According to the last census there
are in the country $4,000 Transvaal
Beers and 81, 600 Uitlanders, so per
cent of whom are British subjects
What proportion Of the land did the
Uitlanders own by purchase from
them2
The Uitlanders own by purchase
three-flfths OF the land of the country
What proportion of the taxation
was borne by the Uitlanders?
The Uitlanders bear 95 per cent of
| the taxation.
Had they as inhabitants of the
country" any part in its government?
No. The Uitlanders are denied the
right to vote for the real legislative
authority first chamber OF the
Volksroad
Are the Beers a nllfp race. or a mix