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that he has been domiciled in the country for a certain 

 time and will swear allegiance to the Transvaal Govern- 

 ment. 



A great future awaits the country. Ultimately there 

 will be a confederation of South African States, and I 

 think the Transvaal and Free State will join, provided 

 that such confederation is not under the British flag. 

 In another fifty years the people of South Africa will 

 be united in the bond and sentiment of Africanderism, 

 and the sad records of strife between Britishers and 

 Dutch will be blotted out for ever from their historic 

 pages. 



