Government.

The Boers presented a claim to the British Government for damages
sustained by them from the raid. Their claim is for $8,000,000.

They ask three millions for material damage, which means the cost of the
men and arms they used to defeat the raiders, and five millions for "moral
and intellectual damage," which means wounded feelings and general
annoyance.

There was much amusement in the British Parliament when the claim was
made, and the members laughed heartily at the idea of moral and
intellectual damage.

In the same way that we manage these matters in our Senate, the affair was
referred to a committee.

This committee has to inquire into the matter, see if the claim is a just
one, and whether England ought really to pay money to the South African
Republic.

It is this committee which is sitting in Westminster Hall.

All London was interested when Mr. Cecil Rhodes was called before it and
put on the stand as a witness. Mr. Rhodes was the Prime Minister of Cape
Colony, and resigned his position when the trouble came about the Raid.

He is perhaps the most important man in all South Africa. It is his desire
to bring the whole of this territory under English rule, and it is thought
that this ambition was at the root of the Jameson Raid, and that Cecil