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degree. They are there to stay. It is to 
them "Ous Land "—Oar Land. Tliere they 
were born, there they have bled and there 
they will die. More, they are politically !<olid. 
There are, I admit, minor splits caused by 
the natural haired of the no-surrender party 
of the " Haniis Uppers" and the National 
Scouts. But, I believe, a few years will wipe 
that out, or greatly raodity it. The Dutch 
are one party ; the British are not. Cliques, 
aud Unions, Guilds and Leap;ue3 wrangle 
and curse each other, so that you can never 
count heads among the English, with any 
certainty ot party-reckoning as you would 
among the Afrikander or Dutch. 
LORD MILNKR 3 REMAINING WORK. 
"How do you think the Transvaal will re- 
gard the recent refusal of Lord Mihier to leave 
S. Africa?' 
" I believe that the British section through- 
out S. Africa will rejoice. In spite of an 
attempt to undermine his work, and vilify 
his name and tie his hands, S. Africa 
believes in Milner, and truscs him. It would 
be the basest ingratitude were it otherwise." 
"But there seems to be strong feeling against 
Milnevf 
*' Yes, but among whom ? Some of the 
irreconcilable Dutch and the rebels hate 
him, of course. A burglar hates the Police- 
man who runs him in, and an intriguer hates 
the keen diplomat who sees through his 
humbug. Then again we have a number of 
new arrivals— tiien who have just come to the 
country hoping to reap the crop of the War 
in big fortunes. Many of these have no 
knowledge of the long and weary struggle 
of the past seven years. They do not know 
how splendidly, how keenly, Milner has fought 
for British interests, and how he has 
checkmated the wily schemers who plotted 
the elimination o^ the British factor from 
S. African Politics. Such folk, of course, 
readily lend themselves to the " bazaar-talk," 
as you would call it, of the canteens, or the 
vapourings of the Daily Neivs. But I assure 
you that the real South African, the man who 
has read his History and helped to make it, 
would consider it nothing short of a calamity 
were Milner removed just yet. Besides, that 
is the great aim of the Africander Bond — the 
Merriman Sauer, Pro-Kebel Party in the 
Cape Colony. Their hope is that a change 
of Government at Westminster may result 
in a recall of Lord Milner, and so cause a 
I'eveision of policy. That is the old, old game, 
the far and fatal precedent which for the 
-past half-century has cursed S. Africa. On 
the other hand, we, I mean the British, feel 
that the surest and safest way Lo weld the 
races and establish a safe peace, is to retain 
the present policy and lift South Africa out 
of the cock -pit of miserable party issues." 
THE RACIAL CHANGE. 
"You speak of British vs. Dutch. Is the 
Racial change very ilistinct?" 
" I fear it is. And for the present it is, per- 
haps, inevitable. Men, who have been through 
a bitter war, cannot throw off the entail of 
it at once. And, largely owing to the dia- 
bolical lymg of some of the pro Boer press 
as to the Concentration Camps and "Methods 
of Barbarism, " many of the Dutch woraeu 
cherish enmities where they should feel 
gratitude. It is the cruel irony of things, 
that the very men who, in England, shout, for 
party purposes, about race hatred in S. Africa, 
have done most to arouse and perpetuate 
that very evil. And yet I believe that, as a 
rule, our new fellow subjects mean to "play 
the game." They are, of course, sore at the 
loss of their country, and one cannot ex- 
pect them to be eager to sing "Rule 
Brittaoia ;" but on all sides one finds a very 
hopeful desire to forget, to let the past 
die, and to join hands in a common citizen- 
ship. Perhaps Delarey is the finest type of 
Dutchman we have. If only the wretched 
party-mongers at home would leave us alone, 
and mischievous place-hunters could be put 
down, we would soon work out our political 
salvation." 
BRITISH POLITICAL CHANGES AND SOUTH 
AFRICA, 
"How do you think the changes in the home 
Cabinet will affect you ?" 
" Not in the least. The Hon. Alfred Lyttle- 
ton, the new Colonial Secretary, though 
comparatively unknown to the crowd, is, of 
all men, probably the most likely to secure 
continuity of pclicy for S. Africa. He has 
been an eager student of S. African affairs, 
and has been, since Lord Windsor's retire- 
ment, Chairman of the Imperial S. African 
Association, a Society which has done much 
for British interest in S. Africa. He is a 
strong man, and will make his mark." 
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM. 
" When are you likely to get Responsible 
Government in tlie Transvaal?" 
"I do not know. I do not think we are ripe 
for it yet, nor are we likely to be for some 
time. We have so many divergent and 
powerful interests at work, that, in my 
opinion, we need the strong hand of an im- 
partial Power to prevent one party or the 
other from wrecking the ship, Mr. Chamber- 
lain put the situation tersely in one of his 
speeches when in Johannesburg. Said he in 
effect :— 
" We are quite ready, almost eager to relinquish 
our hold on the reius of Government, but we want 
some guarantee that you will not be exchanging 
Government by Downing Street, for Government 
by Park Lane." 
Our present Legislative Council is some- 
what on similar lines to your own. It is half 
official and half nominated by the High 
Commissioner. On the whole the Council 
is representative of the various interests : — 
Mining, Commercial, Labour, &;c. As the 
result of the first Sessions work we had a 
batch of Laws which were strikingly pro- 
gressive from the point of view of the 
Social Reformer — a Liquor Law, which 
abolishes Barmaids and gives the right of 
Local Option, a new Morality Law, and a 
Sunday Ordinance securing a weekly Day 
of Rest for the miners. Another good thing 
is the abolition of Sweepstakes." 
OPENINGS FOR SETTLERS, 
" And what openings are there for young 
men in the Transvaal ? " 
"T would not advise any one to go to the 
Transvaal just yet "on spec" unless he is a very 
capable artisan, or miner, or has money 
