Such was the remarkable military development, in a Colonial sense, which has arisen out of the Transvaal trouble of 1899 and the ensuing war. Its result is in the womb of the future, but there can be little doubt as to the important effect which the evidences of loyalty and unity thus produced must have, not only upon the constitution of the Empire, but upon its _prestige_ and practical power. The day, indeed, is not far distant when the Colonies will have their full share in the Councils as well as in the defence of British dominions. The voice of Canada in the control of matters affecting the British West Indies and Newfoundland and Alaska, or other American interests touching the Empire, will be then as fully understood by foreign nations to be a great and permanent factor as will be that of Australasia in matters connected with the Indian Empire, the New Caledonia question, or the islands of the Pacific generally. A new and greater power in the world's history is, in fact, being born amid the throes of South African warfare, and the incoming century must witness developments in this connection even more marvellous than those of the one which is passing. PART II. OF VOL. I. TROUBLE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE BOERS INCLUDING THE WAR OF 1899-1900 BY MURAT HALSTEAD [Illustration: GENERAL SIR REDVERS BULLER, C.B. (From Photo, Charles Knight, Aldershot). MAJOR GEN'L SIR W. S. SYMONDS (From Photo, Cowell, Simla)] [Illustration: BOERS HELIOGRAPHING ON THE NATAL FRONTIER] INTRODUCTION [Sidenote: The Origin of the Recent War]