NATION-BUILDING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 5

NATION-BUILDING.

> COMPiROMISE AS TO THE CAPITAI» • :,--.';; '^^COL'DLY^CIBIV^:-;;:;--^.:',-:,^ |DY TILEOEirU— PRESS ASaOCIATION^COPYBiaHT.) "■, ' -..; ". ;.■;' ■';.. , ! Capo■ Town,, February;> 4;; . In connection ; with South union, the. compromise reaohed, by the. Convention has been: received without: enthusiasm in South : : Africa. : " It.'is regarded-'as. unwork- ' ;'.'ivThe'.-text' : be. pub-; lished ■on Tuesday. : This >' will' allow-the ..delegates; to reach their npmes ih; time" tb:;. add their explanations■ regarding the'.terms'; ar: rived at. v;:-.:.--■;'.; ■•'•v- , . ';.X--.^\:;' : ~.■;■■■■/, '■.. :.Ge"neral,Botha, President ;of-the' Trans-. vaal; is .hopeful ■ that. -the. Constitution K will be accepted;..' s ! \■; V;- "■....'"'.;.'• ;VC : ,'/:..,r 'CAPETOWN-AND THE.CAPITAL ISSUE. ■'; It. has been:'unofficially stated■ that ,the following compromise W'to the capital'has been arrived .'at; Capetown to' be" the 6eat- of the ■legislature, Pretoria the seat of. the Adminis- • tration,; ; : ■■'■ ■■■.■'■.•<.■ :6y■'-.,',■' ■ ~■ ■;■>.•. ■■':■"..■.'■::•'.:.'..•■.'■■'■ ..■^.Writing.from Cnpetb\rri under.date December 9,; the..special..correspondent of "The'- ' says i—The. question. of. the' capital is at -present . imuch.'in people's minds. The-one great tion.to the ; choip6. of. Capetown;would;"be; the diifioulty. of getting business men from .the rembtor.; colonies to attend the Central Parlia:ment.v This,-I fear,' ma'y but : for every ; other. reason • Capetown ; ; wo.ulo be the best. capitaU: . Thei longer 1.-stay.-here .the; more I:ain■ impressed"; by the' broader .outlook: among .the'.people, of. Cape-., t0wn,.....-.'ln...the Cape Peninsula, and,hardly any- ■ where, else .%-. South Africa, there is.a. comi ■pwatively.leisured:class able to consider;mat-- ; ters.:.maturely :,witHout. taking the hasty' deci- : sions which. are rather characteristio. to South •African;.politiciahs. On the high' veld, or even' in-; the" more; placid ai_r:of 'Natal, where 'the', hurry', of; variable business' and the .untiring development of.- the. country's resources encpur-' age the habit ;of l rapid decision,; the'morning's ■ resolution • often .' becomes the 1 evening's. ana : ; themaV,:;.r,Here. men ; have/ leisure; for thinking ; round, a , subject.'-. :; ' -\ .. • ; -;..: : . '■ ■■'• :.'''■'-. '•• -.' This ■ is'; true': of the : . Capetown. suburbs ani . liiewisa of .Stellenbosch,.which almost .belongs. ,to\'Gape,tewhy,iand.'Tej6aUs'tlie ; 'EiigKßn;.-!lJniver-' :si.ty,-;:townsy.m' beauty ..and^ ; quiet.::-' Here',';tpo.V .' lost-, causes , ' die hard, : arid' hero; is. 'still, found; fDutob/ seiitiment , in :its.fiercest'-formj ;,u eaE;er..to save.\ the" ] .Dutcb, : .: : natio'nal *idea".;by: the- nerpip; , resource.pf-isolation.:.But : even.at,Stellenb6sch ! hasViCpme'a . gradual"'change i: with'.the:-times,; :and"'Suoh.sentiments,' formerly, the;'.rulej;.are; a remarkable 'exception.-; : r:wa's:;much' 'struck, :6ri-visiting SteUenbosoh'.'.with ..the iwider ontloofc;on Soutn , Africatfand- , even •--Imperial, "aifaiis,-and J. believe that-Stellenbosch is;reaUsing,:that! hide-bound (isolation is more; harmful itprthe:' Dutch' than I ;to:others. : -\. This .is , .a : great' step.gained, 1 and ;perhap's" the'most hope--'■'ful-sign'is; tHatsthe;feeling.is' only'.gradually' growingi;and.js,';tlierefpre>:,lik'ely"to be the more , : ■•perman'eit.i,V:.".}v.;.;^;v-K;.'.;^ , ;^(;';l r :;'■;• r;;;;'i ,r : •/^^::^'INPIAN'>B^P^NT;^% :^ February''.fi,. 10.18'■ piin.)^ ?!';? : Wr"':\ : /y- 7 'sf:Londp'n,;'Febnia'fy ; 's;'" ; :^ ; ;Ttie'ypheme-'as toxihe South; "African: p'api;tal;ii based .on the - Calcutta-SiAla .precedent, : ;;th'ev-adoption-,;: if,-the:;l#diari; ,'camp".ofnw/,principle; : iii 'Ca'pe;To^vii'.while,* .the; •FederalParliament^is:ihlsessipn.":';;v ':;i_ 'i > '.[Simla, eituated on a ridge; of'"the Himalayas,;. :has ! long: been :.the seat of the'supremeVgovern-' ,ment pi; India the hotseason;].■.-,■= ■..--; A:;.. '; ■ •■:•■■ .-■.■.'.■.■■.■i-.'-}- '-, .-■■■■■> , :' j -v-'y7i\ ;f .