Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-04
DUTCH INCREASE
ABOVE BRITISH.
In Consequence They Would Rule
South Africa 10 Representation
That Would cause = Vibration oi
urush into south africa fig.
urcs oi population

l,uy nlspatchul
New Yolk juno the Tr.buua's
London correspondent writes
Tb. immediate sequel 90 the War wi,,
be Che annexation of ths ,vo Dutch
rmmonveal,hs 90 the BRUSH empao
There wll be temporary arrangements
60. military government, but ultimate
]! they vi,. be converted into self.g1N
ru.ua dependencies of the crown. uke
orhn. colonial possessions. As time goes
on the same tendencies which have
broueh, about confederation 10 Canada
and Australia wilfopeate with rresIst-
IuIc force BOO South Africa rher, W.Il
Do. new commonwealth Din under
which the United Colonies aud depend
Dug... ot the crown VIII have as large
measure OF local independence ana
legislative autonomy as either Canada
900 Australia. That this confederation
Wll Doe essentially Dutch Is evident
nun the following exhibit Of population
q. ,lo outbreak of the war:
Cape Colony $4,000 British 92Q 000
Dutch. Natal 1900 British 10000
Dutch TransyaaL 10000 British 1867
600 Dutch Orange Free state 1000
British 1000 Dutch. BerhuanalInd
and kh0desia 10000 British. 1000
Dutch. Totals, $4,000 British. $4,000
Dutch
What Is mmlstabable is the prepon-
derauco of the Dutch over the British
DO numerical strength Natal Is the
only member of the group 10 which
British supremacy is based upon p0pu-
latI0u Ia Bechuanaland and RhOdesia
there BE- also British majority hut u
is not large In Cape Colony and the
Orange Free State the Dutch prep0n-
deranCe is overwhelming while IN the
TraDgyaal when the refugees return 90
johannesburg, the two races viii Doe on
terms of equality involving strength
In South Africa as @ whole there are
az least 10000 Dutch in excess Of the
British population. II a confederation be
formed with a scheme of representa-
tive government similar 90 that of the
Dominion Of Canada Or Co that which
will be brought into existence boy the
Australian commonwealth bin there VIII
be- unless an signs fail a Dutch South
Africa with a British yiCerOy The
Dutch Will continue 10 rule Cape Colony
and the orange Free state and In the
Transvaal they win dominate every dis
trict except the mining camps Of the
rand. South Africans predict that there
viii Dee an immense Immigration Of
British settlers as soon as the war
comes TO AN end. and the paramount In
huence OF the imperial government Is
established. This forecast naturally In
cludes the development OF the mining
industry Of the rand on an unprece-
dented scale when johannesburg ceases
o. pay tribune to Pretoria and native
labor is obtained al low prices. There
VIII DO without doubt, a large Increase
Of British population In the mining dis
trlct when the Trausvaal is converted
into a dependency of the crown. but it
is by no means certain that immigra-
ton win reverse the present conditions
Of Dutch preponderance In the other
colonies The British in South Africa
have always been tOwHSmen and the
Dutch have been farmers and cattle
breeders The agricultural industries
are likely 90 remain In undisputed pos
session Of the Dutch burghers who dis
Ike the occupations Of town life and
prefer 10 remain In the country, The
Dutch farmers have married in their
youth and have had large families the
Dutch population has Increased more
rapidly than the British population
durins the last hily years. FroDaDy
there VIII De- no change IN the ielallNe
ratio OF growth during Inc next my
years outside the mining dlsticts. ana
South Africa VIII remain essentially
Dutch ln blood.
The British government viii have at
the end of the war a Dutch empire in
South Africa, ana lt wiz De under moral
obligations 10 allow these communities
of an allen race 90 order thelr own local
administration ana 20 dlTect their Po-
litcal progress Ihe INES OF taclai
cleavage ~ll DE Sharply dehhed, ana
ne Duich VIII stahd iosether ana woe
sniidlN whenever hey are aHoWtu To
exercise their political rights. " may
Doe O decade before Dutcn government
can bo suppIantrd in Cape 'oluhl. au,d
nothing short oi the discovery %, d iresh
series ot sold poMde!'u itels nelWtth