Whenever President Kruger can get an opportunity to utter a word which
will reach the public ear, he harps upon the independence of the country
being in danger, and the dynamite concession being the corner-stone of
that independence. The cry of the wolf being at the door has enabled
him to enjoy fifteen years of office, with its princely emoluments, and
to the ossified brains of his burghers the same old story may be related
with endless repetitions.