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the commander, showed on this, as on prior occasions, great mili- 
tar}' ability, and by his quick movements put down the incipient 
rebellion at Johannesburg, and defeated and captured the En- 
glish forces. All South Africa would have rejoiced in the suc- 
cess of Dr Jameson, and England would have accepted the 
situation. Germany might have objected, though we cannot see 
what right she would have had, for the Transvaal is hundreds of 
miles from her possessions, and the new doctrine of “ Sphere of 
Influence ” could not have applied. 
The Boers have shown great forbearance, wisdom, and good 
judgment in this emergency. In time of peace armed men in- 
vaded their country to overthrow the government. They could 
justly have been hanged, but, at the request of the British govern- 
ment, the president surrendered Dr Jameson and his men for 
trial according to the laws of Great Britain. We doubt if it 
would be eas}’’ to find in all history an instance of like forbear- 
ance and mercy. It should, however, be remembered that the 
fathers of the present Boers .either drove the natives from the 
Transvaal or reduced them to slavery, the higher civilization 
driving out the lower. 
This country, with its delightful climate, fertile soil, forests of 
valuable timber, mines of precious metals, and large deposits of 
coal, will continue to draw large numbers of emigrants from 
England. Further disturbance is therefore sure to arise unless 
the Boers give the Uitlanders the civil rights they claim, and these 
once secured, it is inevitable that the British flag will float over 
the Transvaal. 
Other gold veins are worked in various places on the territory 
of the chartered company. Buluwayo, in November, 1893, the 
chief kraal of Lobengula, has now a population of 4,000, and 
is the center of one of the gold fields. None of these fields has 
thus far proved j)rofitable, but there is every reason to believe 
that gold will be found in great abundance. 
There are political movements which politicians do not initiate ; 
revolutions accomplished without statesmen or captains. In 
these we look in vain for a master-mind, acting either alone or 
with others. Not the least significant are the changes efl’ectod 
by the discovery of gold. The middle of the century witnessed 
a wonderful flevelopment in the United States and Australia; 
its close promises to witness an even greater revolution in South 
Africa. 
