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Co.), and was one of the leaders in the Johannesburg insurrection of 1895; Mr. Lionel Philipps, whose recommendations on settlement were fully reported in the Times, is a partner in the same firm; Mr. Hosken, another widely-read authority, is an importer of mining machinery, an ex-director of the Dynamite Company, and a director of the Transvaal Leader, a newspaper started in the spring of 1899 to bring matters to the test of battle; while Messrs. Rudd, Hayes, Hammond, Robinson, Farrar, and other men, whose voices resound through the British press, are directors and employés of those leading Rand companies, which have calculated the millions they hope to make from the results of the war. It is reasonable that these men should be heard, but it is not reasonable that their statements of fact and views of policy should be taken as authoritative, while the facts and views set forth, not merely by Dutch Colonists, but by British travellers like Mr. Bryce and Mr. Selous, are treated with contempt.

The unanimous support of the Christian Churches in South Africa is similarly raised into authority by leaving out of account the Dutch Christian Churches, which are, of course, equally unanimous in denouncing the war. It