it was its own representatives who persuaded the Johannesburg conspirators to deliver up their arms.  In the moment of danger many and various hopes were held out by Mr. Krueger in his proclamation of December 30th, 1895.  The danger once past, the promises were forgotten.  He remembered the Jameson Raid only as an excuse for demanding an indemnity of L677,938 3s. 6d. for material damages, and a further L1,000,000 for damages “moral and intellectual.”

In February, 1896, Mr. Chamberlain proposed to him “the autonomy of that portion occupied by mining industries” (see details of the proposal, letter of Mr. Chamberlain, published in Le Siecle, July 5th, 1899.) Mr. Krueger refused contemptuously.  At the same time he got the Volksraad to pass a bill giving him the right to expel any foreigner, at his discretion, at a fortnight’s notice.  Mr. Chamberlain reminded him that this bill was contrary to Act 14 of the Convention of 1884.  Krueger took no notice of this remonstrance, and the bill became law on October 24th.  In December, 1896, Mr. Chamberlain made a renewed protest.

The correspondence continued.  Mr. Chamberlain recapitulated the breaches of the Convention of 1884 committed by the Boer Government.  In the summer of 1897, the act was at last repealed, but always with the unavowed intention of re-enacting it in another form.

Mr. Krueger persistently continued to refuse all demands for reform, becoming more and more insolent, while, thanks to the wealth brought to the exchequer by the gold mines, he continued to increase the very armaments against which the petitioners of 1894 had protested.

To all representations, his answer was “The Jameson Raid.”  To all Europe, his plea was “The Jameson Raid.”  If you mention Transvaal affairs to a Pro-Boer, he shuts you up at once with “what about the Jameson Raid?” He will listen to no arguments; and loses his temper.  If you suggest that the Jameson Raid bears a certain analogy to the expedition of Garibaldi’s One Thousand, he gazes at you with amazement.  If you proceed to remark that the Jameson Raid took place at the close of the year 1895; that we are now in 1900; that it is res judicata; that the British Government left Boer Justice a free hand to deal with the conspirators, he accuses you of having been bought by England.  Not a whisper, of course, is heard about the millions of secret service money placed at the disposal of Dr. Leyds.

The Logical Consequences of the Jameson Raid.

According to the Boers, they are briefly:  (1) The Jameson Raid of Dec. 29th, 1895, gives the South African Republic the right in perpetuity to regard the Convention of 1884 as null and void. (2) The Jameson Raid gives the Government of the South African Republic the right to treat all Uitlanders, especially the British, as Boers treat Kaffirs. (3) The Jameson Raid gives the Government of the South African Republic an undefined and perpetual right to plunder the Uitlanders.