Word: transvaal
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England was justified in interfering on two grounds. First, upon the relations of Great Britain and the Transvaal, and second, upon the general principles of international law. Dealing with the relations of the parties he pointed out that in 1877 England's sovereignty over the Transvaal was complete beyond question. Not until the conventions of 1881 and 1884 was home rule given to the Transvaal. He went on to show that these conventions were given upon certain specific conditions and that the Transvaal had repeatedly broken these conditions. From these facts there can be but one conclusion, that...
...Hill, the second speaker for Princeton, opened his debate by stating that Bruce had not quoted Weston rightly. Weston had declared that the Transvaal was independent only in internal affairs, whereas Bruce said it was entirely independent. Up to 1884 it was England's policy to prevent the Transvaal from having even a moderate self-government, and after that year the Boers became entirely unaccustomed to independent government. The Jameson raid was the real cause of the present disturbance, which was greatly increased by the pressure of England's claims to suzerainty. If Great Britain had thrown aside these claims...
Wilbur Morse '00, for the affirmative, reiterated the grievances cited by Mayer and then emphasized the fact his colleague had brought out, that interference was necessary in the Transvaal and that it was England's right to interfere. The affirmative believed that the best method to settle the so-called grievances was the grant of an adequate franchise to the Uitlanders. Such a franchise meant security, strength and prosperity for the South African Republic itself. The grievances of the Uitlanders might well be summed up in the phrase "in equality of rights." Examples of this subversion of all interests...
...conclusion, Morse pointed out that a continuation of the subtle hatred among the peoples of the Transvaal would threaten English interests in all South Africa; and that the only way to secure the desired harmony between the Dutch and the English was to grant to the Uitlanders full rights in the South African republic...
...justifiable. The policy of England in South Africa is tending to tear the races asunder, to destroy all relations that ever existed between England and the Boers. Furthermore, the few instances cited by the affirmative show no more proof of a state of mob law in the Transvaal than our 127 lynchings last year prove that the United States is in a state of riot...