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third would be physically unfit for anything but 

 sedentary employment for defensive purposes. 



This being so, it naturally follows that without 

 being unduly suspicious it may be concluded that 

 the Transvaal Government has, or thinks it has, 

 arranged for outside support The enigma as to 

 the quarter from whence it is to be obtained, and 

 as to the objective of hostile aggression on its part, 

 remains unsolved, but is nevertheless worthy of 

 the consideration of the Imperial Government 

 Possibly, when the question as to the amount of 

 the indemnity to be paid to the Transvaal on 

 account of the Jameson Raid comes under dis- 

 cussion, some light may be thrown on these 

 questions, as the extravagantly insulting amount 

 claimed can be considered only as a direct challenge 

 intended to raise an issue, but by no means as an 

 account likely to be seriously entertained with a 

 view to payment I may, of course, be mistaken, 

 but surely all the evidence we have goes to prove 

 that the main object of the Transvaal Government 

 for the present is to gain time to formulate and 

 organise with a view to future hostile action; and 

 if so, it most certainly follows that the first duty 

 of the Imperial Government is to insist on a prompt 



