On Monday a meeting was held in the Guildhall, the
Lord Mayor presiding, for the purpose of expressing approval of the policy of the Government in regard to South Africa. The meeting was in every way representative of the City, and on the whole, the speakers kept to the true issne,—namely, the wrongs that are suffered by the Outlanders owing to the corrupt, unjust, and tyrannous rule of the Pretoria oligarchy, though possibly there is something in the criticism that there was too much said about Majuba Hill. For ourselves we hold that Majuba Hill has nothing to do with the matter, and we regret that it should be so often obtruded. At the same time, it is not fair to accuse the people of England of showing a base feeling of revenge in this matter. The real reason why we hear so much about Majuba Hill is because the Boers will never let that paltry skirmish alone. For the last eighteen years the Boers have rubbed in Majuba Hill in season and out of season. It is the first word the incoming Englishman hears in the Transvaal. If, then, we hear too much of it now, the Boers have only themselves to thank.
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