2 SEPTEMBER 1905, Page 2

Further complications are noted in the Johannesburg tele- grams in

Wednesday's Times. It appears that no provision had been made for the extra police supervision rendered needful by the importation of fifty thousand Chinamen, and. the ,mine-

owners are now protesting against the view that they should bear the whole burden. Meantime the constabulary are being strengthened and distributed in a chain of posts along the Rand, "active steps are being taken to round up the deserting Chinamen," and the Government has decided to supply Magistrates in the districts near the mines with arms and ammunition for discretionary issue to the farmers. On the whole, the cost of teaching Chinese coolies to play "Home, Sweet Home" in three months seems likely to be con- siderable.