tions, the men were arrested, tried, and fined. The fines
were stated to have been remitted at once by Government, but in the
civil action which followed Mr. Donaldson received L500 damages. The
incident had a distinctly beneficial effect, and nothing more was
heard of the maltreatment of defenceless men simply because they
were Britishers."

Nevertheless the hostility between the two races was growing apace,
and every ambition of the Uitlanders was promptly nipped in the
bud.

Reforms were at first mildly suggested. Bridges and roads were
required, also a remission of certain taxes, but suggestions, even
agitations, were in vain. In regard to the franchise question--the
crying question of the decade--Mr. Kruger turned an ear more and
more deaf. There are none so deaf as those whose ears are stopped up
with the cotton-wool of their own bigotry. This bigotry it is almost
impossible for enlightened persons to understand. As an instance of
the almost fanatical ignorance and prejudice with which the
Uitlanders had to contend, we may quote the letter of Mr. Kruger
when requested to allow his name to be used as a patron of a ball to
be given in honour of her Majesty's birthday. He replied:--

"SIR,--In reply to your favour of the 12th inst., requesting me to
ask his Honour the State President to consent to his name being
used as a patron of a ball to be given at Johannesburg on the 26th
inst., I have been instructed to inform you that his Honour
considers a ball as Baal's service, for which reason the Lord
ordered Moses to kill all offenders; and as it is therefore
contrary to his Honour's principles, his Honour cannot consent to
the misuse of his name in such connection.--I have, &c.,

"F. ELOFF,
_Private Secretary_."

On another occasion, when the question of locust extermination came
before the first Raad, the worthies to whom the conduct of the State
was confided showed a condition of benighted simplicity that can
scarcely be credited.

"_July 21._--Mr. Roos said locusts were a plague, as in the days of
King Pharaoh, sent by God, and the country would assuredly be loaded
with shame and obloquy if it tried to raise its hand against the
mighty hand of the Almighty.

"Messrs. Declerq and Steenkamp spoke in the same strain, quoting
largely from the Scriptures.

"The Chairm