gland the Dutch element in Cape Colony, and influenced their
subsequent attitude towards the Transvaal Boers.

In 1897 a native rising occurred under Galeshwe, a Bantu chief, in
Griqualand West. Galeshwe was arrested and the rebellion repressed. On
cross-examination Galeshwe stated that Bosnian, a magistrate of the
Transvaal, had supplied ammunition to him, and urged him to rebel
against the government of Cape Colony. There is every reason to suppose
that this charge was true, and it is consistent with the intrigues which
the Boers from time to time practised among the natives.

In 1897 Sir Alfred Milner was appointed high commissioner of South
Africa and governor of Cape Colony, in succession to Sir Hercules
Robinson, who had been created a peer under the title of Baron Rosmead
in August 1896.

_Mr Schreiner's Policy_.--In 1898 commercial federation in South Africa
advanced another stage, Natal entering the customs union. A fresh
convention was drafted at this time, and under it "a uniform tariff on
all imported goods consumed within such union, and an equitable
distribution of the duties collected on such goods amongst the parties
to such union, and free trade between the colonies and state in respect
of all South African products," was arranged. In the same year, too, the
Cape parliamentary election occurred, and the result was the return to
power of a Bond ministry under Mr W.P. Schreiner. From this time, until
June 1900, Mr Schreiner remained in office as head of the Cape
government. During the negotiations (see TRANSVAAL) which preceded the
war in 1899, feeling at the Cape ran very high, and Mr Schreiner's
attitude was very freely discussed. As head of a party, dependent for
its position in power on the Bond's support, his position was
undoubtedly a trying one. At the same time, as prime minister of a
British colony, it was strongly felt by loyal colonists that he should
at least have refrained from openly interfering between the Transvaal
and the imperial government during the course of most difficult
negotiations. His public expressions of opinion were hostile in tone to
the policy pursued by Mr Chamberlain and Sir Alfred Milner. The effect
of them, it was believed, might conceivably be to encourage President
Kruger in persisting in his rejection of the British terms. Mr
Schreiner, it is true, used directly what influence he possessed to
induce President Kruger to adopt a reasonable course. But however
excell