| Show CAUSE or OF THE ROW KOW foreign population object to taxation without representation chicago jan 31 3 J T 11 weinberg of 0 johannesburg who Is fit at present so jo in this city says that the invasion of the transvaal aal was in no sense an effort on the part ot of england to annex the celebrated south african old cold fields the people of 0 johannesburg eurg would fight ight to a man against coming under british rule when the I was unknown for its riches in sold gold and diamonds mr weinberg continued the laws concerning the naturalization or oc now comers were the same as in the orange I 1 free ree state and very bielar to th the c naturalization laws of tile the united states but when the country beran becan to fill up with miners and people interested in the eold cold and diamond indus tiles the boera changed the laws law and made mad it impossible tor for lilly any one to become naturalized then it a high tariff was placed on oil everything evely thing that the doers boera were not likely to use ue lar enmity was shown to the mining industries in this ahl way the republic succeeded in levying fully 90 per cent of the taxes on oil tile the new population which was denied ell citizenship Iz enship in order to prevent thu new comers comara giom riom nia ilia wn kfir an enort effort to equal lye the burden it was live years ago aeo sir N eveln berg sall said that the national union to remove these gross abuses was wag organized at johannesburg it took in its membership all the progressive mining mn many of 0 them americans and germans who would bitterly oppose any attempt on tile the part of 0 england englan 1 to annex the country even tile the english re residents identa would any scheme for tho the count rys ryn subjugation in my opinion the national union has given up peaceable means me ans for r fam and Is calling ur dr james i tr t hi help iii it 11 members to overturn tilt th r choll after all live an to cure somo concession from flu boers tin tilt national union lias has doubtless concluded they will never rn make ke all any y headway until the 0 old d gove government r ament la is overturned that it 4 swing to me is UI all that tr dr JameE Jam esons ons invasion means ho has ha evidently determined that he will aid the foreign element clenn nt in upsetting the loer government and tile the next that will be heard will be that thai this I 1 Is s accomplished complis hed tile tho movement has been on foot for or some time and tile the doctor Is not the man that would stop at halfway measures when once started |
