The sun., 1900-11-26
BAIK ATTHE BIG WAR BEL
sOCrH AVRNAS WGSE OWNrRs DOST
WANT rO mr. TANyD.
sssssa~e~ Tsihsss ~ "pIssh i"s'sussSe"
no the Part NJ the Osus"d~r' f"' whom
the war was ewsse SEINE tishs "~ W"~
tie var Spirit IN England Wa fos'esed.

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only y, ~ t, ae- ANYTHING In south Africnheyord
= theatre fpf disykuGins the steS'tsfle ~
pntiilnfIy governed empire IN arms oh behalf
~ one ~ IL msrnters. With oil 10 di>'lln''"n-
inent. AID inafiectvess.-- the war had i'A m
spritins meaning In it~ display uf family union
IL wns alsp the cause of the industrious ana
progressive against the ouf-of-dNe society
of non-procAacsrs. of hunters, of exclusive and
sloof commuriues. Contemplating these ideas
the EHglishnAn concluded that the task ne
had undertaken was essentially JuS', what
over tho ret e the world Iuisht think and how
over much the rs,-olute valOr and military fnir
dealing Of his euwrny demanded recognition.
III. only now that his convictions are waver-
Ing not from the shock Of AIMS. but from the
uttersnccs OF the people he believed himself
To be chsmpioning. Black ingrattude 10
what he is now saying to tho Outlander Tho
| leaders Of the struggle againf the Transvaal
Republic were never sentimentalists and they
| are br,its,lly candid now. The war Is to cost
over a hundred million pounds sterling. but
Lord salisbury. MIR. Chamberlain and Sir Mich
| ael Hicks Beach must Ind the money and not
interfere with the only Industry In the Trans
yaaL that can pay any fraction OF the bill.
| "Otherwise says Mr.. j. Il, Robinson. one OF
| the biggest Rand mining millionaires. I'm
perial interests will be endangered Invarious
tones Of menace this Is the message OF the
Johannesburg Outlander.
But are you not proud TO pay your share
Of what It has cost us 10 free you!' asks tho
British patriot NJ home.
"Humbug," answers the outlander. we
meant 70 get all We wanted without war; or.
In any case you have taken such time over
1t that we are all dis glisted and have lost more
than enough by being kept out OF the Transvaal
We are not to pay big war bill over and above.
This bill, It appears. never entered into the
calculations OF even the best Informed oi the
Rand people. as an item that could exceed
ten millions. The present writer sailed Tor
Africa In October Of last year at tho beginning
OF the war. Among his fellow passengers
we're the Generals and stats of the first three
divisions of the British south Africa field
force and Rand millionaire who had been
sentenced with the four ringleaders OF the
Reform Committee after the Jameson Raid
lie was the only one Of the leaders who re-
NAMED In the Transvaal after serving his time
in prison and nobody had better means OF
studying the situation on the spot. But events
have proved that he. like Rhodes and all the
other leaders. was wildly wrong IN his calcu-
iaton OF what WAS to happen. There was the
inevitable talk on board Of how long the war
would last He thought il should be over
I
would last till midsummer he exclaimed: "Oh
| never, How on earth are We to fssd our reiu-
reesy" These same refugees are still out Of
| work and il Is ten months past his calculate on
With their aorry plight and no early pros
| pect OF improvement have come reproaches.
| The ordinary outlanders have fallen out with
| the mining capitalists and the people in Eng
| land have the benefit oftheir disclosures. The
| history OF tho past twenty years II compressed
| crisply in the letter Of a Johannesburg cor
respondent. His summary is:
| The reefs Of Johannesburg are exploited
| in the early 500 Flocks Of men. women
| and children drift thither from all quarters OF
the globe Gold is won. and more ard moro
| gold. Sauatters tents give place to brick
houses, and the town booms and booms and
| booms The offscourings Of the world collect
in that spot on the Witwatersrand. until IL is
| questionable II q minority Of clean men ever
| in the history OF the world. got so crowded UP
| among such a congregation OF all that is bad
and yile In which the card sharper. the I. G. b.
and the sixth-rate prizehshter we're the most
| reputable Such was Johannesburg in is0,
| and the times were flush then. There was
| money and to spare. Even the natives had
| plenty Of 1t, and with the whites gold was as
common as bronze Is with the artisan at homo
here Nobody wanted. All we're seemingly
| contented.
But a change cane. Grievances were dis
| covered, and the Beers were supposed to be
| making pin pricks In the balloon prosperity.
| Evidently this could not go on. Dynamite
| was dear, and Kruger was char ging a few per
| cent on the gold output. while the Chartered
| Company were charging a modest 80 per cent.
| In their poorer country over the border"
| The agitation OF the Outlanders' grievances
| in England almost surprised by its success the
| organizers In South Africa. The raid. ludi-
crous fRsco though 1t was. revealed 10 them
that the people here had cast of Gladstonian
ideas Of policy altogether and were In a mill
| family Imperialistic mood. The Rand capt.
tausts famed this flame by seeing that the
bona nde humber Outlanders had bona lde
| grievances. They could do that. Accordingly
| although there was no appredable heaping
| Of imposts on the gold industry. mines began
| to close down. and trade in the town conso-
| quently went TO the dogs, and men no longer
| clinkcd soverelgns in their pockets on any but
| pay days Some. naturally, allege that the
| mines were deliberately closed down to create
dcstitution and dissatisfaction on the Rand.
| and TO waken shareholders at home and COM
pei them to Join In a chorus against Kruger.
| That was the policy initiated after the raid had
| proved failure.
The mine maxnates now threaten 10 practise
it on England as they rractsed it on Kruger
II the mines are considerably taxed TO con-
| tribute toward the war bill they will close
| down even paying mines TO create a distressed
| community ready TO agttate grievances against
| the British Government. People who think
this Incredibly INSCRIPTIONS may have to re-
call that the johannesburg inancers are not
| onoerned about Imperial union or the blessings
OF the British flag. In their conspiracy pre-
ccding the Jameson raid it was expressly stipu-
l