The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-12
FEAR UPRISING
IN THE TRANSVAAL
ENGLAND DISTURBED AND PLANS
TO NIP REVOLUTION m THE
BUD
UNRESTDAILY INCREASES
And Eoer Named Ferteira Urges
PeopIo to Take Up Arms Again
-Cooiie Labor One Source
of Trouble.


London, NOV. 1.-THE government
Is greatly disturbed by the reports re
ceived here Of threatened upri. ing
il the TraAsyaal While IL Is not ad
mi ted Cificially that the moyemen,
is more tian sporadic, the war office
II keeping in close touch with the au
thofhies in Cape Town, and 1t is saii
in we'll informed circles that rigorous +
steps have been planned to nip al Tho
louise any attempt 70 set up revoIu'
Itic..
According to the latest advices re-
.ceived from South Africa, the present
di urhance is headed by Beer
named Ferreira, who is operating in
the northwestern portion OF he col
ong, where he has already achieved
some small successes, and where he
S compelling the Beer farmers TO take
up arms ana join his forces. Ferreira
has sent word broadcast that reyoll-
ton Is at hand and has called on ali
Boer sympathi2ers to arm at once.
Ferleira has been in German South
wes Aflca and is little known. The
first heard Of him was several days
ago, when he entered the 1ransyaal
with q small band of armed followers.
He attacked a police camp in British
territory, and after wounding two 81
the police and driving the others away,
he seized a quantity Of arms Since
then he has received a con iderahle
OF men
Tho present nervousness Of the
British government is due 10 Tho fact
that for some time there has been
rnmors OF increasing unrest among
the Beers Ever since the termination
Of the war he farmers of the yeldt
have accepted the result snnenly, and
ina position to watch the
trend OF events has been expecting a
revolt aa}oaeE or 4it4ee NO ane expect.
ei Il as early as this and there is a
general impression hat the present
is not well enough organ.
2ed to make any great headway. still
il shows the feeling of the people OF
he colony and Is regarded by the gov
as one serious enough to deal
with promptly and firmly for fear it
viii become a menace to British con
rol in tho cape.
Sources of Trouble.
One Of the chief causes Of recent /
liscontcnt has been the employment |
If Chinese in the great Rand gold /
mines The Importation cf Chinese |
vas inauguratcd under the Liberal /
administration, and there was a fierce /
protest again H. So serious did the /
become that when the pres /
mt government came into power. it .
vas TO nd necessary TO take immc.
late steps in the matter in order to
reyent an outbreak. The further IN
reduction of Chinese into the country /
vas ordered TO cease. but before this
vas dtne The situation had become %
riuical that its influence IS stiI felt
Then the old sores left by The war
ave never healed The Dutch hatred
t everything British is inherent. They
.el that they were robbed of their
by force o. arms. Racial
Yelling is nowhere IN the world strong.
r. han it is In the Tran vaoal and
he old Orange Free State. Whom
ords Kitchener and Roberts conquer
. them 10 was only a-ter the natives
ere completely exhausted. and their
admission was grudcingly given.
ANY o. fthe leaders refused to take &
De- oath of allegiance TO the British i
1s. and openly declared tina they
ould pbmit only tin such time as q
Iey coulj again take.the field.
Ihc great weakness o. tFa poor O.
'usc. and one on which the Eue'iss e
"gely depend. is the lack ui leader @
lip since the late war After tho I
ace treay y was signed thousands o. 2
% best fighters left Suid hlr.ca for
@ United States and South America RI
D lC few settled in Mexico With
EN- wer" some OF the ableat Hoee p.
aesals. including such men a. Vii "
an. Pearson. Sryman and Comic 81
.ul Kruger and Stein are dead. and 50
hers OF tho leaders are in Europe.
i's FAR no one has appeared with ans r
cat pretense 90 lea ler hip. "
The official report nf the recent /.
'uhie says that several Beers l-d bv q
man named Fe--e-rs. recea Iy cu- G
wed In German Southwe=r Africa.
tered fh0 northwestern nar. ~ this
.ony few days ago and s1rrr'so1 20
police camp in the vicinity ar W.f-
p. v0u1iinv two tr1 nns-. riz-nz f'
'ir arms and ammunition end =nl- ID
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