1. They played a major role in fomenting Uitlander  grievances. 2. He became a prominent member of the Uitlander  community. 3. The raid soon ran into difficulties, beginning with hesitation by the Uitlander  leaders. 4. This gave Milner the pretext to use the " Uitlander  " question to his advantage. 5. By this time the Afrikaners were becoming ever more indignant at the uitlander 's incessant clamouring. 6. In the light of his conversion with Fraser the crucial nature of the uitlander  question was clear. 7. They encouraged uitlander  agitation and pressed uitlander claims, with veiled threat of war, upon Kruger's government. 8. They encouraged uitlander agitation and pressed uitlander  claims, with veiled threat of war, upon Kruger's government. 9. Joubert's position had then become much weakened by accusations of treachery and of sympathy with the Uitlander  agitation. 10. As Johannesburg was largely an Uitlander  city, non-boer leaders there began to discuss the proposals for an insurrection.