Show TRANSVAALS FUTURE DARK South African Sees Trouble Ahead ns Result of the Boer War A 15 Chapman district engineer of the Cape Colony Government railway South Africa is I a uncut of the Cullen hotel lie takes a very Bloomy view of the future of the Transvaal although al-though he thinks that the majority of the Boers have accepted the results ot the war In good faith anil will do all they can to expedite the work of pacification pacifi-cation and reconstruction The mines have already resumed operation op-eration ald < Mr u Chapman and the work of restoring the farms will be pUHhed cs rapidly as possible but it will he many years before there IK a revival of prosperity In the Transvaal The labor question is threatening to imikc trouble and is almost certain In my opinion to cause an outbreak soon There JH a kick of laborers especially at the mlnJS Nearly all 1 I the I labor Is done by 1 the native Kaffirs and they are a fihlftlcss I ignorant treacherous race Some of the Boers particularly lho o who were close to Kruger and Leyds are far from being reconciled to the Fltuallon and will secretly encourage the native laborers to make trouble fort their for-t white employer The topography of the country throughout the Transvaal Trans-vaal especially in the western part In very much like the State of Utah Hut there Is practically ro water there for Irrigation I purposes and that makes farming very uncertain Even in the mining regions there Is a dearth of water wa-ter and every miner knows what that means I 1 rnnnot for the life of me understand un-derstand why anybody should leave I this country to talco the chances of making a fortune or even earning a livelihood in South Africa This State is a paradise In comparison with the Transvaal for Instance |