They are not even willing to
be. They wish to keep their right of citizenship in their own country,
that they may have the protection of England, and be able to return there
as soon as they have made their fortunes.
However, while they are in the Transvaal, digging their gold out of its
soil, they want to be able to govern the country in their own way, and are
loud in their outcries against the Boers for preventing them from doing
so.
Under the laws of the Transvaal it is very easy to become a citizen.
A man has only to live there two years before he can become a citizen, and
have all the share in the government that he is entitled to.
But this the Uitlanders are not willing to do. They want everything for
nothing.
Does not their request seem outrageous?
The Uitlanders kept up their demands for a share in the government, and
the Boers steadily refused them.
Then the population of Johannesburg began to arm itself, and the Boers
quietly watched them.
At last, word was sent to Dr. Jameson from the leading Uitlanders in
Johannesburg that the Boers were up in arms, and that the people of
Johannesburg were in danger of their lives.
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