272 SOUTH AFRICA. 



Law and the substitution of Executive action in its 

 place, although duly formulated by the farce of its 

 endorsement by a Raad he has made wholly sub- 

 servient to his orders for a consideration. A few 

 individuals of this body may be considered as in 

 opposition to Krugerian policy, but they are only 

 an impotent minority, with whom Oom Paul 

 sometimes condescends to get into one of his 

 ludicrous passions, but generally ignores, as he 

 can well afford to do. 



I have described the existent situation in the 

 Transvaal as dangerous, and knowing as I do the 

 characters of some of the prominent members of 

 this precious Raad, and of the atrocious conduct 

 they were prepared to exhibit at a certain 

 memorable crisis in Transvaal history had the 

 expressing the opinion that I am justified m 

 expressing the opinion that I am justified in 

 considering that allegation is well founded. The 

 future of South Africa will be, I think, largely 

 dependent on the action of the Chartered Com- 

 pany, if Rhodesia is proved to be the valuable 

 country it is believed to be. Undoubtedly as a 

 pastoral country it is infinitely superior to the 

 Transvaal, and if the company could see its way 



