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editor of the F ho$ abstained from voting on the grounds
of ito ineffectiveness. It conbinod sympathy for the
Uitlandora with a call for arbitration.
J. ß. Rogers who voted for this"revolution was
found attar the outbreak of war, writing that the Boors
were partly to blare, and urging tho Liberals to close
their ranke and resume the controversy after the war
had been won.
(2)
But the Congregationallut magazine
the Independent had even hcroirt war broke out accepted
the superiority of the British in Africa, "which shall
triumph, the pc'groenive Briton or the reactionary Boer,
the higher civilization or the lessor 7"
t3)
There was
no doubt as to the toot desirable rocult, though British
dominance should be obtuinod ideally by peaceful noon,.
In addition some itonconformmiotu constrnoted hoar
treatment of the natives unfavourably with that of the
British,
- though thin argument woo much loan prevalent
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(1) Indepnnciont, 5th October 1899,
(2) Ibidi 19th October 18990
(3) Ibid1 atü October 1899,