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 affairs of the Republic. It is therefore necessary to have recourse to
"Constitutional means" of another description. [Sidenote: Equal
political rights.] The third and last "Constitutional" method which Mr.
Chamberlain has had recourse to in order to forcibly intermeddle in the
internal affairs of the South African Republic is the claim of equal
rights for all the white inhabitants of the South African Republic. In
this claim he has also followed the inspiration of Mr. Rhodes, for after
the Jameson Raid Mr. Rhodes was prepared with a new programme for the
"progressive policy" of South Africa, and made use of the formula "Equal
rights for all white people south of the Zambesi." Mr. Rhodes altered
this cry afterwards, with an eye to the coloured vote in the Cape
Colony, to "Equal rights for all civilised persons south of the
Zambesi." In due time the echo resounded from Downing Street "Equal
political rights for all persons in the South African Republic." This
formula may be either desirable or undesirable as a political aspiration
in South Africa. But it is somewhat strange that Mr. Chamberlain should
be one of the leaders of the party in England which has strenuously
opposed the policy of manhood suffrage. In our case, however, Mr.
Chamberlain does not confine himself to friendly advice, but he
_demands_ the franchise for all Uitlanders. The South African Republic
already possesses a franchise law, according to which every person is
entitled to the full franchise after a seven years' residence in t

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