Cecil Rhodes, Man and Empire-Maker

by Princess Catherine Radziwill

J

• Jameson, Dr., affection for Rhodes, [72], [148]
  • becomes Prime Minister, [73]
  • death of, [148] (note)
  • enters Transvaal territory, [47] (see Jameson Raid)
  • political aspirations of, [56]
  • Progressive leader, [72]
  • relations with Rhodes after the raid, [54]
  • rumours of his forthcoming raid, [45]
  • the Dutch and, [149]
• Jameson Raid, the, [9], [30]
  • a colossal blunder, [200]
  • aftermath of, [69]
  • its aim, [53]
  • tacitly encouraged by Rhodes, [51], [67]
• Jews, Polish, plight of, [193]
• Jingoes, the, [69], [107], [130], [135], [142], [163], [216]
• Joel, S., [24]
• Johannesburg, a shady operation in, [63]
  • flight from, [191]
  • goldfields of, [24]

K

• Kekewich, Colonel, entrusted with defence of Kimberley, [94]
• Kimberley, diamond mines in, [17], [24], [87]
  • relief of, [116]
  • Rhodes' purchase of plots in, [21]
  • Rhodes' secret negotiations, [76]
  • siege of, [75], [83], [94]
  • the I.D.B. Act in operation, [113]
• Kitchener, Lord, and Boer concentration camps, [159]
  • intervenes in the Schoeman case, [221]
  • Rhodes and, [147]
• Koopman, Mrs. van, author's admiration for, [48]
  • disillusionment of, [47], [74], [146]
  • her alarm at raid rumours, [45]
  • intimacy with Rhodes, [40]
  • Rhodes denies raid projected, [46]
  • under police supervision, [48]
• Kruger, President, [30], [53], [198]
  • and Mrs. van Koopman, [40]
  • candid criticisms of Rhodes, [92], [93]
  • death sentence for Reformers, [51]
  • "refreshers" for, [197]
  • Rhodes attempts alliance with, [90]
  • Rhodes' bête-noire, [150]
  • Rhodes' duplicity, [74]
  • warned against Sir A. Milner, [104]

L

• Ladysmith, relief of, [116]
• Lobengula, King, [36]
  • and Rhodesia, [25]
  • Cecil Rhodes and, [19]
  • his son becomes one of Rhodes' gardeners, [37]
• Loyalists and concentration camps, [174]

M

• Mafeking concentration camp, [186]
• Majuba, defeat of British at, [73]
• Martial law in Cape Colony, [214] et seq.
• "Martyrdom of Man" (Reade's), its influence on Rhodes, [126]
• Matabele Rebellion, the, Rhodes' courage in, [43]
• Matabeleland, [19]
  • acquired by the Chartered Company, [26], [90], [112]
• Matoppo Hills, an historic meeting, [43]
  • Rhodes' burial-place, [72]
• Maxwell, Lady, an appeal by, [164]
• Merriman, Mr., [134], [150]
  • severs relations with Rhodes, [73]
• Methuen, Lord, mandate to Rhodes, [95]
• Milner, Sir (Viscount) Alfred, [4], [58]
  • a hint to Rhodes, [147]
  • and the Boers, [12], [85], [132]
  • and Rhodes, [74], [140], [148]
  • and the De Beers Company, [115]
  • appointed Governor of Cape Colony, [8], [85]
  • dignified speech, [134]
  • efforts for peace, [156]
  • his great object, [86]
  • influence of, [104]
  • misunderstood and misjudged [7], [12], [85], [104], [107], [108], [180], [228]
  • overruled from Whitehall, [135]
  • policy of conciliation, [130]
  • reports from Rhodes on defence of Kimberley, [94]
  • Rhodes' distrust of, [13], [75]
  • the refugees and, [210]
  • the South African League, [90]
  • transferred to Johannesburg, [99]

N

• Napoleon, Pius VII. on, [35]
• Neethling, Mr., and martial law in Cape Colony, [215]