The South-African crisis - pagina 50

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He must

means

possess the

of subsistence.

He must

of good moral character.

of becoming

CRISIS.

He must be

affirm his intention

Lastly he must The only questionable conthat which requires him when naturalized citizen of the State.

a

take the oath of loyalty. dition

is

to renounce his former souvereign, a condition which, in practice however,

allowed to lapse. But even in

is

imposing this somewhat objectionable condition the Transvaal

gives

we know,

as

a

no proof of condition

Transvaal

the

barbarism, for

adopted

^)

It

ing

only

a

instead of

5,

10,

and

large

residence 7,

is,

appears then that

the normal conditions

analogous to those of the European States, passed them by

it

simply adopted from the

model American constitution. while

its

it

even sur-

liberal resolutions requir-

of 2 years for enfranchisement

and even 15 years

as in England,

France, and Belgium.

But after the discovery of the mines

comparison and Olive Schreiner has well shown that to

ceases,

understand

the

all

embarrassment of the government of

Pretoria in presence of the unforeseen rush of adventures,

we must imagine

that some fine day 40,000,000

Germans have made an eruption into exploit the mines of Wales and Scotland, and

of Russians and

England to to send

home

the produce of them. Face to face with

that eminently dangerous situation

doubt the

duty

of the

it

was beyond

Yolksraad to be watchful for

common vealth. The swamping commonwealth bv these outlanders was never

the preservation of their of the

i|

all

Revised Stotides of the Untied States, 2nd. Edit., 1876,

tit.

30.

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