The War in South Africa

It is impossible to appreciate the South African problem and the causeswhich have led up to the present war between the British Empire and theBoer republics without some knowledge, however superficial, of the pasthistory of South Africa. To tell the tale one must go back to thebeginning, for there has been complete continuity of history in SouthAfrica, and every stage has depended upon that which has preceded it. Noone can know or appreciate the Boer who does not know his past, for heis what his