He admits that he sent Dr. Jameson to the borders of the Transvaal with orders to hold himself in readiness for an emergency.
He does not allow that he is responsible for the actual raid itself, because Dr. Jameson acted without orders when making it.
He does not deny, however, that he hoped to overthrow the Boer Government, and President Krüger.
One of the members of the committee asked him if he meant to make himself President in the place of Oom Paul, but he denied that he had any such idea.
He gave, as a final reason why the cause of the Uitlanders was a just cause, that "no body of Englishmen will ever remain in any place for any period, without insisting on their civil rights."
There is quite a sprinkling of Americans among the Uitlanders, but it is to be hoped that they understand the duties of citizenship too well to be among the discontents who demand its privileges without being willing to undertake its penalties.
The Boer Parliament has, since the sitting of the committee in London, refused the Uitlanders' last appeal for a voice in the government, and it is thought that England will refuse to pay the money damages claimed by the Republic.
It is thought that the result of the matter will be a war with the Boers, in which England will struggle to overthrow the other South African governments, and secure the control of the whole of that vast territory for herself.
Matters in Greece are growing more serious. Much has happened within the last few days.