text_original: 1881] ATTEMPTED FEDERATION 477 difficulty : " If we can make up our minds to allow the colonists to manage the natives their own way we may safely confederate the whole country". Of federation, however,; imposed upon them from London, the colonists would hear nothing. The Conference in South Africa never met.
text_transcription: TE DIFFICULTY IF WE CAN MAKE UP OUR MINDS TO ALLOW THE COLONISTS TO MANAGE THE NATIVES THEIR OWN WAY WE MAY SAFELY CONFEDERATE THE WHOLE COUNTRY OF FEDERATION HOWEVER IMPOSED UPON THEM FROM LONDON THE COLONISTS WOULD HEAR NOTHING THE CONFERENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA NEVER MET
phonemes: wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi wˈʌn] ɐtˈɛmptᵻd fˌɛdɚɹˈeɪʃən fˈɔːɹhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti sˈɛvən dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti : " ɪf wiː kæn mˌeɪk ˌʌp ˌaʊɚ mˈaɪndz tʊ ɐlˈaʊ ðə kˈɑːlənˌɪsts tə mˈænɪdʒ ðə nˈeɪɾɪvz ðɛɹ ˈoʊn wˈeɪ wiː mˈeɪ sˈeɪfli kənfˈɛdɚɹət ðə hˈoʊl kˈʌntɹi". ʌv fˌɛdɚɹˈeɪʃən, haʊˈɛvɚ,; ɪmpˈoʊzd əpˌɑːn ðˌɛm fɹʌm lˈʌndən, ðə kˈɑːlənˌɪsts wʊd hˈɪɹ nˈʌθɪŋ. ðə kˈɑːnfɹəns ɪn sˈaʊθ ˈæfɹɪkə nˈɛvɚ mˈɛt.