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British resentnieiit ; in return you have placed 

 prohibitive duties oii our goods and })roductions, 

 you have oljstiuately hindered the extension of 

 our I'ailways, and you have exckided our chikh^en 

 from civil employment in your State. Whereas 

 we lind that this Imperial Government which you 

 so unreasonably hate, whether in Bechuanaland or 

 in the Chartered territory, admits our goods duty 

 free, actively supports the development of the rail- 

 way system, and invites our children not only to 

 enter its service, but to come into and occupy the 

 lands under its control." In justice it should be 

 added that the sagacious policy of Mr. Rhodes has 

 only been made possiljle by the termination of 

 the Transvaal War in 1881, and by the manner of 

 its termination. The surrender of the Transvaal 

 and the peace concluded by Mr. Gladstone with the 

 victors of Majidja Hill were at the time, and still 

 are, the object of sharp criticism and bitter de- 

 nunciation from many politicians at home, qttoruvb 

 jKirs parva fui. Better and more precise informa- 

 tion, combined with cool reflection, leads me to 

 the conclusion that, had the British Government 

 of that day taken advantage of its strong military 

 position, and annihilated, as it could easily kave 

 done, tlie Boer forces, it would indeed kave re- 

 gained tke Transvaal, but it miglit kave lost Cape 

 Colony. Tke Dutck sentiment in tke Colony kad 

 been so exasperated by wkat it considered to be 

 tke unjust, faitkless, and arbitrar}' policy pursued 

 towards tke free Dutckmen of tke Transvaal, by 

 Sir Bartle Frere, Sir Tkeopkilus Skepstone, and 

 Sir Owen Lanyon, tliat tke flnal triumpk of tke 



