Boer Politics :: CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

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Preface.
1. State of the Question.—2. Pro-Boer Argument, and the Jameson Raid.—3. Profits of the Jameson Raid.—4. Logical Consequences of the Jameson Raid	ix.
Chapter I.
Boer Apologists.
1. Disregard of Facts, and Subordination to the Vatican.—2. The Boers, the Natives and Slavery.—3. "Essentially a Man of War and Politics"	1
Chapter II.
English and Boers.
1. The ideal of the Boers.—2. The English in South Africa.—3. "The Crime."—4. British Sphere of Influence in 1838.—5. England, the Transvaal and the Orange Free State	9
Chapter III.
The Annexation of the Transvaal and the Conventions of 1881 and 1884.
1. The "Gold Mines" Argument.—2. Boer Anarchy.—3. The Boers saved by the English.—4.—The Annexation of the Transvaal, and the Conventions of 1881 and 1884.—5. The Convention of 1881 inapplicable.—6. Violation by the Boers	17
Chapter IV.
Articles of the Convention of 1884.
1. KrÜger's point of view.—2. England's Obligations.—3. Equality of Rights among the Whites according to Mr. KrÜger in 1881.—4. Preamble of the Convention of 1881.—5. Articles, 4, 7, and 14 of the Convention of 1884	24
Chapter V.
Law and Justice in the Transvaal.
1. Contempt of Justice.—2. Confusion of Powers	31
Chapter VI.
Police, Justice and Law, according to Boer Methods.
1. Legal and Judicial System of the Transvaal.—2. The Police (the Edgar Case).—3. An ingenious Collusion.—4. The Lombaard Case	36
Chapter VII.
"Security of Individuals" according to Boer ideas.
1. The Amphitheatre Case.—2. Valuation of Bail.—3. The Uitlanders' Petition.—4. Security of the Individual according to Boer Ideas.—5. The Murder of Mrs. Appelbe	42
Chapter VIII.
Boer Oligarchy	48
Chapter IX.
The Gold Mines.
1. "That Gold is mine!"—2. The Proportion of Gold per Ton.—3. Cost of Production.—4. A Gold Mine is an Industrial Exploitation.—5. Distribution of the Gold Production.—6. Cost of Production, and the Transvaal.—What the "Vultures" brought	52
Chapter X.
Financial Policy of the Boers.
1. Receipts of the Boer Exchequer.—2. Budget Assessment of the Burghers.—3. Salaries of Boer Officials.—4. The Debit side of the Boer Budget.—5. New Taxes.—6. Attempt to raise a Loan.—7. Fleecing the Uitlander	59
Chapter XI.
Monopolies in the Transvaal and the Netherlands Railway Company.
1. Article xiv. and the Monopolies.—2. The Dynamite Monopoly.—3. Railways.—4. The Drift Question.—5. Methods of Exaction	66
Chapter XII.
Capitalist Intrigues and the War.
1. A war of Capitalists.—2. A Local Board.—3. A deliberating Council.—4. Timidity of the Chamber of Mines.—5. The Petition and the Despatch of May 10th	73
Chapter XIII.
The Franchise.
1. Impossible Comparisons.—2. Policy of Re-action.—3. The Bloemfontein Conference	80
Chapter XIV.
The Franchise after the Conference of Bloemfontein.
1. A KrÜger Trick.—2. The Bill passed by the Volksraad—3. Pretended Concessions.—4. The Joint Commission.—5. Bargaining.—6. The Conditions, and Withdrawal of Proposals.—7. The Franchise is Self-Government	87
Chapter XV.
The Suzerainty of England and the South African Republic.
1. Who Raised the Question of Suzerainty?—2. The Suzerainty and the Conference of the Hague	95
Chapter XVI.
The Arbitration Question.