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CAi'K COLON? AND SolTH AFRICA. 



moderation, mutual conciliation, and fairness the 



peace -f S.uth Africa might be secured. Mr. Itoee- 

 looee^ leader of the regular Opixwit ion, prannted 



as an amendment a moderate declaration of im; 



. a demand for UM rattan of 



..f the fit lander* in the Transvaal. In the 



end the Bond rwolution was adopt. tes to 



88. but with an amendment deprecating the inter- 



m powers in disputes hi -t 

 the IIHJ-- :ment aji.l the >"tith Ai 



!t<-. In the Legislative ( 'ouncil this reaolntion 

 in the interest of jx-rtce in Suith Africa ami non- 

 tin- affairs of the llorr Itcpuhlic was 

 carried by a two-third majority. A few days later 

 Mr. Merriman. repivseniing tin- friendi of the 

 Transvaal Government, .-tiered a motion of no >n- 

 fldeoce in tin* ;. .\ernmrnt. Although Mr. Itose- 

 * and 14 of his (tarty now voted with the ex- 



treme iMit.-h party, m.-t <>f In- Knglish followers 

 support. -d the mini-' - members of the l'r<>- 



grusuive hutch part/ also stood by the Government. 

 The result was a tie vote of 36 votes on each 

 and the speaker gave his casting v< n the 



Government in office, Mr. Rose-Inness then re- 

 signed as leader of the Opposition, taking, \\iih his 

 diate supporter*, an independent position, 

 while tin- Dutch party, which for years under Mr. 

 Ilofineyr's lead, had been able to control icgisla- 

 iu~d li<-tate (Milicics by giving or withholding 

 its v. the raguhir Opposition under the 



'Ir. >aiier. The A einhly n-olved to 

 limit the introduction of undesirable immiL': 

 A bill was carried giving licensing iK.anls JK.U 

 prohibit the sale of liquor to natives, l.ut it was 

 thrown out by the Legislative Council. The sur- 

 plus revenue for the past year wa< l'.">00,000, and for 

 the ruining on, rdoii Sprigg estimate. I a 



.. "f 'J'i.TI.-i.lHMhmd an expenditure^ 6,488,- 

 000, leaving a surplus of 227,000. He asked i hat 

 the whole surplus be reserved f,,r the extinction of 

 the rinder|>est, which had already consumed . 

 000. The cost of suppressing the' Hechimnaland re- 

 volt was estimated at !'~> ""<>. A ; -.lution was 

 passed authorixing the Prime Minister, who was 

 alMHit to depart for Kngland to represent the colony 

 in the diamond jubilee, to take provisional steps to 

 arrange some basis of contribution by the colony 

 toward t he imperial navy. Accordingly, Sir J. Gor- 

 don Spring offered the" gift on the part of Cape 

 Colony. subject to ratification by the r. 

 bly. of the co>t of a first -class 'bat tie >hip to be 

 io the HritMi navy without condition-;. 



Baaiitoland. The native territory of Hasuto- 

 land, lying U-tween Cape Colony. Natal, and the 

 Orange Free State, has been administered ly a ! 



Commissioner umler th<' direction of the Hi^h 

 Commissioner for S.uth Africa since March 1:5. 

 1884. The area is estimated at 10,298 square miles 

 and the |M.pnlation at 250,000. Kuro|K-an settle- 

 ie land is prohibited. There are Wt Eu- 

 ropeans in Maseru, the chief town. The native* 

 raise wool, wheat, mealies, and Kaffir com. and ha\, 

 many horses and cattN-. The exports, consist ing .f 

 grain, cattle, and wool, were valued MKI in 



IW*. nu- i- derived from a hut tax of 



10*., trading licenses, and the post oflicr.and i- *up- 



i by a contribution .,f ilH.000 from < 

 Colonr. The whole amount was 4.1.r:j in 

 and the expenditures anu.untcd t' 

 Resident Commissioner is G. Y. Lan. 



Kaffir DiMnrhancen, As soon as the < 

 mountcil rifle* departed from Bechuanaland a body 

 of armed and m.untel natives r< ill e-t. d at I'm/ini'- 

 kulu and presente*! their demands to the n. 

 trate. When the unruly rhi-f at the head of the 

 movement was arrested, the natives as<*-ml>Ud at 

 Kokstad to discuss a plan of action, while the whites 



and : ttrei guarded tlie maga/ine. and a 



Mounted rifles was dispatched to the 

 spot from the south. The threatened disturl 



1. On .lune 'Jl the Cape Aeinhly 

 patoed a bill under which a di-oU-dicnt chief . 

 dangerous white can be arrested i-\ j TO< lamation. 



:-llowers of Sigi au in Pondolaiui liccame rest- 

 leas and insulordinate. and in ItuMitoland si 

 troulles\\ ned. Tnlial (juarreN had re- 



sulted in bliHiilshed. and the contending chic! 

 accord 1 1 1 u r 1 > suiiinioiicd l.y the Kevjdent ( '.intnis- 

 -ion. : . him. 



due chief relnaed to attend. Iml ultimately ap- 



d \\ithan imposing cavah-ade of follow . 

 Keehuanalaml I'roi, . |.-i .it. . 



..uialaii-l I't-'itcctofate is altoir 



miles. When British Hechnanaland \\a-anne.\idto 

 Cape Colony in Novemlh ; menti 



made for the government of the pr..tec: 

 The chiefs Khaina, Sebele, and I'.athocii rul 

 respective tribes under the >up-r\ i-i..n of a n 

 eoinmis-ioner. The. ive the hut tax. 



side of the houndar i-them the adininis- 



t rat ion \\as committed to the BritM, South Alnca 

 Compan;-. The natives are peaeealile and indus- 

 trions. devoting theinse|\. ullure and the 



rearing of catt lc. The Koident ( <'iiiiiiis-i<.ii( \ 



loll. 



Nati\e Hehcllion. The natives of the llriti.sh 

 Bechuanaland reserve, reduced to a deploraM- 

 lit ion Ity locust, plagues, rinderpest, and oth 

 -naded t heiusci e p rsuai;. 



they afterward -aiil. by a llocr intriguer named lios- 

 mail, who was. however, fully exculpated ly his 

 Government after an investigation, trial th. i ap.- 

 Government intended to take their lands, which the 

 annexation act of 1805 declared -h-nl-l i 

 alienated or in any way diverted from the j.i;' ; 

 for which they were set" apart. The forcible killing 

 of their cattle, as a precaution against the spread 

 of the rinderpest, they were led to he]je\e was 

 nothing but a device "for wiping out the people. 

 The relaxation of the liquor regulations and other 



actions tolerated by the ( 'ape < ',< .\ -eminent -! n iiL'ih- 

 ened their suspicion that they were to be ;:'! rid of 

 in order to hand over their lands to wh; 

 Rendered desperate by distress and this belief in 

 their impending doom, they began to plunder the 

 outlying farms, and committed several murders, and 

 soon the tribes concerned in these outrages found 

 themselves in open rebellion airain-l th. Govern- 

 ment. This movement spread till it involved about 

 one seventh of t he Ilechuana nation. Fir-i. in I)e- 

 cember. !*!(;. the chief (Jalishwe. in the Tain,. 

 serve of British I'.echuanaland. revolted. His iriU- 

 numbered 'J.OXKl lighting men. and against idem 

 were sent !;."> Cape police. :',s.j mounted riflemen 

 from Kimberley. and 10o Cape volunteers, while 

 the burghers of tin- disturlM-d district defended 

 themselves. Lukas .laiitje's f.. Mowers joined the 

 rebels, who murdered s,.\, ral settlers and storekeep- 

 ers. Molalla. who disputed the supremacy with 

 Galishwe, offered his aid to the Government, while 

 Tooti and the rest of the Itatlap-s tribe joim-il the 

 rebellion and committed outrages southwest of 

 Vryburg. These natives, u ho had never been trou- 

 blesome before, were quickly defeated l-y a -trong 

 force of burghers and volunteer-. The nati 



Griqnaland also became restless. and the farm- 

 ,roughout these regions placed their families 

 in security and went into Inn*/, ,-. A field force was 

 Organized at the Cape, but, volunteers were not sum- 

 moned from the eastern districts, for then 

 there was danger of native di'safTect ion. Mian- 

 while (Jalishwc's following increased largely. The 

 eolonial force, numbering 1.0(? men, advanced on 

 his position in Langeberg, to ward the end of MUK h. 



