to you satisfies me that the British nation is now determined
to settle the Transvaal business in a manner satisfactory to
themselves.

"I accordingly begged of Krueger's friends to put the matter to him
in this way: On the one side there is war with England--on the
other side there are concessions which will avoid war or occupation
of the country. Now decide at once how far you will ultimately go;
adopt the English five years' franchise--offer it voluntarily to
the Uitlanders--make them your friends, be a far-sighted statesman,
and you will have a majority of the Uitlanders with you when they
become Burghers. The answer I got was: 'We have done too much
already and cannot do more.'"

One is aware of the fact that Mr. Krueger contended that the
_non_-English Uitlanders would side with him. Sir Henry Villiers writes:

"I have never been able to understand why Krueger never attempted to
take the Uitlanders into his confidence. He has always kept them at
arm's length with the result that he has entirely alienated them.
It is said that there are 21,000 Uitlanders in Johannesburg who
support him, and yet no meeting has been held at Johannesburg to
compare with the meetings held by his opponents.

"Why should he not appoint as one of his nominees an Uitlander of
position, whose integrity and judgment he has confidence in? If
none such exists, it would only be a proof of his want of tact and
statesmanship in not rallying such people to his side."

Mr. Melius de Villiers who was in Bloemfontein, while paying due
attention to his brother's warnings, wanted only to persuade Krueger to
yield for the time being. Forwarding his brother's letter he wrote to
Mr. Fischer:

"Please impress upon Oom Paul what I think is an important fact,
namely, that the present Ministry in England will not always last.

"By giving way now, we do not do so in perpetuity; but I feel
assured a Liberal Ministry will be willing to reconsider the
relations of the South African Republic to England, and even to
revoke the Convention of London."

"Africa for the Afrikander, from the Zambezi to Simon's Bay" remained
the motto, only Mr. de Villiers looked to the future for its
realization. Yet Mr. Krueger sticks to his policy of deceit taking back
what had been already granted.

Mr. de Villiers is down upon the summary a