23 MAY 1896, Page 15

JOHANNESBURG.

[TO THE EDITOR Or TEl " SPEOTETOP:]

Sin,—If Mr. Whitaker can find a parallel in the classics to the ineptitude of the capitalists, may I find one to the in- tolerance of the Boers ? I read in Diodorns Siculus, xi. 72 :—

Tc1; Ii cipxZ; ciIrciace; Tor; cipzeciot; Tratretic TO14 ti1,011; 70eq ETT1 ril■CJVO; roArrsuBircrce; orix tesrixsis rceinil; zi; TIPS) c, Ern oeix scpisay-rs; Elie zee; ch-scrrorivrif Which means that they kept all the offices for the old citizens, thinking the Outlanders unworthy or untrustworthy. Civil war resulted. This was at Syracuse. Most other ancient cities did the same. One did not,—Rome. She admitted the Outlanders to equality, with significant results.—I am, Sir,