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which would have been paid in mealies (maize) 

 and other farm produce, collected with difficulty, 

 and paid in reluctantly, as in the cases of former 

 Presidents. No ; if any case of the repudiation 

 of a claim was ever justifiable, the Chartered 

 Company and the Imperial Government would 

 only be exercising a right by refusing to discuss 

 the indemnity question in its present shape, if at 

 all, except perhaps in the form of a petition as 

 distinguished from a demand. 



It might also be as well while existing differences 

 prevail to definitely express the precise meaning 

 of the word suzerainty by Act of Parliament, seeing 

 that the attitude of the Government of the Trans- 

 vaal has now become a source of serious danger 

 to her Majesty's dominions in South Africa, and 

 has already compelled the augmentation of the 

 naval and military forces in this part of the world, 

 the extra charges for which ought to be debited 

 to the Transvaal failing a complete change for the 

 better in the attitude of its Autocrat and his clique. 

 To dilate in detail on the prevalent system cf 

 misrule in that country is beyond my present 

 purpose, but I hope I have said enough to be some 

 guide to the British public in forming its opinion 



