ABSTRACT
The corollary effects of the nationalism emanating from the Boer War included rising anti-Semitism against wealthy Jewish Outlanders, who were believed to have instigated the war between the British and the Boers to protect their own capital. Aliens deemed undesirable were to be repatriated. Aliens allowed to stay were to be prohibited from settling in certain districts to prevent overpopulation of such areas. The adoption of the Act was a pyrrhic victory for the Conservatives. The anti-alien lobby was revived and nurtured by the discontent festering in London's East End. The financial cost of the war eroded the foundations of Free Trade principles as well. Britain suffered heavy financial losses during the war and had to use all kinds of strategies to protect its national property. The Royal Commission on Alien Immigration comprised seven members, including Major Evans Gordon.
