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of the causes, and probably dangerous conse- 

 quences, of the existing muddle in South African 

 affairs which originated in the lamentable and 

 disgraceful course of action of the Imperial 

 Administration in power when white - feather 

 politics were paramount No Englishman wishes 

 to interfere with Transvaal liberties or independ- 

 ence, but the authorities there ought to be candidly 

 told that political liberty and licentiousness are 

 two very distinct things, and that a persistence in 

 the latter line of action will no longer be permitted 

 as hitherto. This is the only sort of language 

 which can be made comprehensible to the ordinary 

 Boer brain, and it is devoutly to be hoped that he 

 will not compel the meaning of it to be hammered 

 into him, but will do justice to the Uitlander, 

 repudiate his Chinese policy and habits of thought, 

 bury the hatchet once for all, and put his sturdy 

 shoulder to the wheel of progress instead of 

 attempting to hinder its revolution as he has 

 hitherto been taught to do. 



For the second time during the last two years 

 Paul Kruger is engaged in a serious quarrel with 

 the Judicial Bench of the Transvaal, with the 

 object of subjecting the decisions of the Courts 



