Lord Milner's Work in South Africa / From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902

by W. Basil Worsfold

But, whatever the ultimate result of the Terms of Vereeniging, their immediate effect was to leave the High Commissioner with complete freedom of initiative, but with a no less complete responsibility for the complex and difficult task of economic and administrative reconstruction which now awaited him. How this task—at once more congenial and more especially his own—was discharged is a matter that must be left for a second volume. In the meantime the conclusion of the Surrender Agreement is no unfitting stage at which to bring the review of the first period of Lord Milner's administration to a close.[Back to Contents]

INDEX

"Acting Chief-Commandant" of the Orange Free State, The, his report of De Wet's success in Cape Colony, [431], [432].
Administrative reconstruction, [397], [458], [489], [523] et seq.
Africa. See [South Africa].
Afrikander Bond, The, [46];
programme of, [50] et seq.;
its sphere of action, [55];
its power in Cape Colony, [55];
its origin, [56];
its purpose, [56] to [58], [106];
its first congress, [59];
its "programme of principles," [59];
its change of policy, [60];
members returned to it by the Cape Parliament, [60], [483];
meets at Bloemfontein, [63];
adopts the Hofmeyr programme, [64];
its manner of reuniting European communities in S. Africa, [65];
its first openly avowed aim, [66];
falls back on the policy of 1881, [69];
its influence in the Cape Legislature, [70], [93], [121], [122], [141];
its attempts to obstruct the business of the Cape Parliament, [94], [95];
the parliamentary chief and the real leader of, [97];
Lord Milner's remonstrance to the Dutch of Cape Colony, [84], [91], [92], [98];
the sum and substance of its policy, [106], [107], [119];
address to Lord Milner from the Graaf Reinet branch, [108];
Lord Milner's reply, [109] to [113];
Sir Gordon Sprigg's defiance of, [116];
the funds of, [118];
its domination, [150];
nature of its "mediation" with Pres. Krüger, [162], [169], [195], [274], [276];
demonstrations organised by, [215];
the completeness with which it had undermined British power, [223];
its view of the Salisbury Cabinet, [274];
its activity, [348];
its attitude at the end of January, 1900, [373];
annual congress at Somerset East, [374];
its policy after the occupation of the Republics, [429];
its attitude in February, 1901, [430];
the qualities of its leaders, [435];
its leaders decline to associate themselves with the efforts of the Burgher Peace Committee, [474];
its identification with the Boer invaders, [475];
the character of the men it sent to Parliament, [483].
"Afrikanderdom," the doctrine of, [197].
Afrikander nationalists, The, [48] (note), [267];
the creed of, [48] et seq., [119];
their plan of a united S. Africa, [70];
Mr. Chamberlain's hope of winning their support, [73];
strength of their forces, [74], [96], [104];
their bitterness against Lord Milner, [80];
uneasiness of, [113];
dominate S. Africa, [126];
their motives with regard to the Bloemfontein Conference, [157];
their direct appeal to the Queen, [294];
unmasked, [300];
their speech and action during the war, [343];
they co-operate with the two Republics with a view to pressing their "peace overtures" on the British Government, [360], [361];
their "conciliation" meetings, [361], [382];
renewal of their alliance with the Liberal Opposition, [369];
their objects, [382], [383];
their opposition to the Treason Bill, [395];
their references to Boer successes, [396];
they slander the British troops, [398];
their hatred of England, [429];
assistance rendered by them to the guerilla leaders, [478];
their commission to Messrs. Merriman and Sauer, [495].
"Afrikander party" The, the friends of in England, [375], [379].
Agricultural Department, The, formation of in Orange River Colony, [525].
Agriculture, The development of in new colonies, [536].
"Albany" settlers, The, [15], [271].
Albert, [346].
Albert Times, The, [120].
Aliens Expulsion and Immigration Laws, The, Mr. Chamberlain's demand for the repeal of, [81];
repeal and amendment of, [82], [88], [94].
Aliwal North, [346], [411], [455].
Amershof, Mr. Justice, [103].
Amery, Mr., [291], [300].
Amphitheatre Meeting, The, [131].
Anti-British Press, The, [68], [166], [205] to [207], [225], [272], [349], [374], [380], [391], [403], [409], [477].
Ardagh, Sir John, [319] (note).
Arms, The surrender of, [573];
the possession of, [581].
Army Corps, The, the order to mobilise, [244], [317], [318];
arrival of, [305], [321], [331].
Arnold-Forster, H. O., [516].
Asquith, H. H., his appreciation of Lord Milner, [77], [92], [99];
his utterances, [416].
Attorney-General, The (Cape), notice issued by as to acts of treason, [480].

Baden-Powell, Colonel, afterwards General, [191] (note), [329] (note), [397], [530].
Balfour, A. J., [203] (note), [228], [302], [307].
Balfourian Parliament, The, [319] (note).
Balliol Scholars, [76] (note).
Bantu, The, [11], [12], [25].
Barberton, [452].
Barkly East, [346].
Barkly, Sir Henry, [275].
Bastards, The, [281].
Basuto incident, The, [496] (note).
Basutoland, [83];
British authorities in, warned by Lord Milner, [298];
construction of the railway to from Bloemfontein, [532] (note).
Beaconsfield, Lord, [24].
Bechuanaland Expedition, The, [350] (note).
Bechuanaland, [83];
the administration of the European population of, [35];
the Transvaal's attempt to secure, [64], [74], [93];
the Dutch community in, [346].
Bechuanas, the employment of as indentured labourers, [117].
Beechranger Hottentots, The, [2], [4].
Belgrave, Lord (now Duke of Westminster), [167].
Berry, Dr. (now Sir) Wm., [124] (note).
Bethulie Bridge, [411], [455];
alleged movement of British troops to, [236].
Bezuidenhout, the Boer, [11].
Blignaut, J. N., letter from, [258].
Blockhouse system, The, area inclosed by, [458];
effect produced by, [456], [457];
efficiency of, [576];
extension of, [455];
its help to the railways, [533].
Bloemfontein, Meeting of the Afrikander Bond at, [63];
opening of the railway at, [67];
seizure of correspondence at, [156], [162], [206], [376];
the occupation of, [328], [363], [384];
visit of Lord Milner to, [397];
the effective occupation of the district round, [453];
discussion at of the question of peace between Lords Milner and Kitchener, [471];
civil administration in, [524];
construction of the railway to Basutoland, [532] (note).
Bloemfontein Conference, The, [268];
proposed, [140];
agreed to by President Krüger, [153];
negotiations leading up to, [151] to [165];
meeting of, [167], [168];
the discussion at a closing of, [168], [172];
the result of, [172];
the four months which followed, [174].
Bloemfontein Convention, The, [17], [87] (note);
Sir G. Grey's criticism of, [19].
Bloemfontein Express, The, [50], [54], [63], [67].
Blood, Sir Bindon, [425].
Bodley, J. E. C., statement by, [76] (note).
Boer Administration, The, depraved character of, [212].
Boer Army, The, [336], [337], [340] (note).
Boer aspirations, The, [302].
Boer children, Teaching of during the war, [519] to [523].
Boer Peace commissioners, The, their tortuous diplomacy, [526];
the "Terms of Surrender" communicated to them, [563];
their departure from Pretoria, [569].
Boer deputation in Europe, The, [555].
Boer emigrants, The, [19].
Boer leaders, The, their decision to continue the struggle, [414], [417], [418], [424] et seq.;
their disingenuousness, [557];
penalties to which they were liable, [564];
they treat for peace, [552], [555] et seq.
Boer raiders, The, [438].
Boer revolt of 1880-81, The, [31].
Boer Republics, The (see also [Orange Free State] and [Transvaal]), creation of, [17], [19];
scheme for their union with the British colonies, [24].
Boer spies, [337].
Boer, vernacular, The, [547].
Boers, The, the (3rd) Duke of Portland's despatch relating to their treatment, [9];
their dealings with the natives, [11];
the grant of self-government to, [29];
their resistance to British arms [48];
their bitterness against Lord Milner, [80];
their military forces, [181], [340] (note),
without uniform, [336];
personal dealings with, [194], [195];
their friends in England, [232], [414], [424], [573];
breaches of faith by, [399];
their losses up to November, 1901, [458];
final surrender of, [573] (note).
Bond, The. See [Afrikander Bond].
Bond Press, The, [209].
Booy the Hottentot, [11].
Borckenhagen the German, [49], [50], [66].
Botha, Louis, [564];
dispersal of his army, [322];
defeat of at Diamond Hill, [329];
defeat of at Dalmanutha, [329];
in Johannesburg, [337];
urges his fellow-burghers to lay down their arms, [414], [424];
his determination to fight on, [421];
circular issued by him, [425] (note);
his responsibility for the suffering of the Boers during the guerilla war, [427];
failure of the negotiations with Lord Kitchener, [434];
stimulates his followers, [457];
treats for peace, [471], [552], [554];
meets Lords Milner and Kitchener at Pretoria, [552], [556];
letter to him from Mr. Chamberlain as to the re-opening of the discussion after the surrender of Vereeniging, [562];
advocates submission, [571], [577];
Lord Kitchener's appreciation of his tact and energy after signing the treaty of peace, [573] (note);
his views on the position of the Boer women and children during the later stages of the war, [575];
his testimony to the efficiency of Lord Kitchener's blockhouse system, [576];
his admission as to the impossibility of again raising a revolt in Cape Colony, [577].
"Botha" terms, The, [471], [554].
Bower, Sir Graham, [41].
Brand, President, [28], [275];
discourages the Afrikander Bond, [55];
the rôle played by him in 1881, [153].
Brebner J., [564].
Breed's Nek, [455].
British Administration, the failure of in S. Africa, [1], [22];
distrust of by the British in S. Africa, [37];
the Bond and, [65];
its impotency, [69];
efficiency of impaired by English party politics, [254].
British and Dutch factions, The, bitterness of, [244].
British Army, The, in Cape Colony and Natal, [189], [325];
disadvantage in which it was placed, [253];
its performance in S. Africa, [323];
the number of effectives available, [323];
its difficulties, [330] et seq.;
the slander of, [398], [499].
British colonists, the settlement of on the land, [538].
British Government, representatives of at the Cape, [7];
its treatment of the natives and Dutch in S. Africa, [8].
British Navy, The, the offer of an annual contribution to the cost of, [95];
holds the seas, [311].
British party, A, the creation of, [150].
British policy in S. Africa, [9] et seq.;
up to 1897, [69].
British population in Cape Colony, The, [107], [115], [127];
effect of the Redistribution Bill on, [125];
their approval of Lord Milner's policy, [216];
their dismay at the Imperial Government's reception of the seven years' franchise law, [222];
their support of Lord Milner, [270];
numbers which took part in the war, [324].
British settlers in the country, [61].
Britstown, [354].
Brunt of The War, The, [462] (note).
Bryce, James, The Rt. Hon. M.P., attitude and public utterances of, [259], [314], [360], [415], [496];
misstatement by, [263];
the "settlement" advocated by him, [370];
his view of the Transvaal Government, [579] (note).
Buller, General Sir Redvers, [191];
defeat of, [306];
his responsibility for the early disasters, [318], [319];
his misconception of the state of affairs, [319], [320];
at Maritzburg, [321];
forces at his disposal, [321];
false report of surrender to the Boers, [380].
Bundy, Thomas Dashwood, [212] (note).
Bunu, the affair of, [89] (note).
Burger, Schalk, [89], [101], [159], [564];
denounced by Krüger, [100];
attends the Bloemfontein Conference, [168];
his determination to fight on, [421];
his responsibility for the sufferings of the Boers in the guerilla war, [427];
his official notice of June 20th, 1901, [434];
his complaint against the system of the Burgher Camps, [463] (note);
announces to Lord Kitchener that he is prepared to treat for peace, [552];
granted a safe-conduct through the British lines to consult Mr. Steyn, [552];
meets Lords Milner and Kitchener at Pretoria, [552];
appointed a peace commissioner, [556];
calls upon the meeting to decide upon continuing the war or not, [570];
his account of the origin of the war, [574];
his reasons for treating for peace, [578].
Burgher Camps, deportation of Boer non-combatants to, [459];
high rate of mortality in, [460] to [463];
Lord Kitchener's reply to the official Boer complaint against the camps, [463] (note);
condition of, [503], [505], [513];
establishment of schools in, [519] to [523];
views of the Boers on, [575].
Burgher meetings, The, the minutes of, [560] et seq.
Burgher Peace Committee, The, [412], [422], [423];
its efforts, [427], [429];
treatment of its agents, [427] to [429];
Bond leaders hold aloof from, [474].
Burghersdorp, The theological seminary of, [120].
Burns, John, [315], [496].
Burt, Thomas, [498] (note).
Butler, General Sir William, refuses to transmit a petition for protection from the British residents in the Transvaal, [131], [176];
his sympathy with the views of Messrs. Merriman and Sauer, [174], [184];
his views of a war, [174], [175], [179];
his view of the Uitlander grievances, [175];
the friction between him and Lord Milner, [175], [176];
his view of the attitude of the British inhabitants of S. Africa, [177];
his action during the crisis immediately preceding the outbreak of war, [180];
requested to furnish a scheme of defence, [180], [181];
his scheme, [181] to [183];
his evidence before the War Commission, [175] (note), [181] to [183];
his failure to endorse Lord Milner's request for immediate reinforcements, [183], [319];
his withdrawal from the command at the Cape, [184], [247], [269], [289];
his only point of agreement with Lord Milner, [185];
his estimate of the military strength of the burgher forces, [185];
is informed of the Cabinet's decision as to reinforcements, [190].

Caledon, Lord, one of the first measures as Governor of the Cape, [10].
Cambridge, The Duke of, [494] (note).
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry, his public utterances on the war, [192], [252], [256], [259], [314], [367], [368], [399], [416], [418], [574];
his treatment of Mr. Chamberlain's proposal as to preparations for war, [265], [266];
his attitude in Committee of Supply, [371] (note);
his remarks in the debate on the S. African Settlement, [393];
his charges of inhumanity against the Government and Lord Kitchener, [460], [464] (note);
his reply to the charge brought against him by Sir M. Hicks-Beach, [466], [467];
his speech at Stirling on October 25th, 1901, [467];
his declaration at Plymouth, [499].
"Canadian Precedent," The, [385].
Cape Colony, The, an incident in the settlement of the Dutch E. India Co. at, [2];
isolation of at the end of the 18th century, [6];
the task of governing, [6];
the old European population in, [7];
representatives of the British Government at, [7];
the temporary British occupation of in 1795-1803, [8];
population of at the time of the permanent British occupation, [10];
Franco-Dutch population in, [11];
the "Albany Settlers" in, [15];
the emancipation of slaves in, [15];
disintegrating influences at work in, [28];
transfer to the British Government, [51];
the sphere of action of the Afrikander Bond, [55];
conflict of its commercial interests with those of the Transvaal, [64];
speech of Cecil Rhodes on March 12th, 1898, [67];
anti-British sentiment of the Dutch leaders in, [91];
the political situation at the time of Lord Milner's arrival, [93];
division of parties in, [97];
aspirations of the Dutch in, [105];
the leaders of Dutch opinion in, [106];
public meetings in, [131];
nationalists of, [142], [195];
the vote for responsible government in, [147];
creation of a British party in, [151];
the garrison in, [191];
demonstrations in of confidence in Lord Milner's statesmanship, [215];
petition from to the Queen, [216];
the British forces in, [243];
the Boer aspiration to annex, [258], [259];
organisation of the defences of, [269], [278];
the British population of, [271];
only in name a British colony, [273];
alarming rumours from, [305];
rebellion of the Dutch in, [341] to [372];
proclamation of martial law, [345], [411];
Lord Milner's despatch dealing with the rebellion, [346];
disclosure of a new centre of rebellion, [354], [355];
the second invasion of, [383], [430];
racial relations in, [383];
clearing it of the republican invaders, [384];
the situation in November, 1900, [398];
De Wet enters, [430];
is chased out, [432];
the area to be protected, [445];
response of the British population to arms, [446];
numbers of Boers in the field in, [454];
screened off by blockhouses, [458];
the course of events in, [473];
collapse of the system of responsible government in, [478] to [480];
the Government stipulates for certain conditions as to the procedure of military courts, [481];
number of troops placed by the Government of in the field, [485], [486];
treatment of rebels in, [563], [567].
Cape Argus, The, [243] (note).
Cape Boys, The, the ill-treatment of, [89] (note).
Cape Civil Service, The, disaffection of, [272].
Cape Distriks-bestuur, The, [349].
Cape electoral system, The, [115], [116].
Cape garrison, The, [191], [204], [278].
Cape local forces, The, [281] (note).
Cape Ministry, The (see also [Schreiner Cabinet] and [Sprigg]), its views as to its duties and powers in case of a war, [164];
and the Bond, [193];
attitude of, [198];
"moral support of," [217];
its views upon the settlement of the new colonies, [546].
Cape nationalists, The, [167], [268].
Cape Parliament, The, Afrikander Bond influence in, [60], [70], [393];
Progressive majority in, [393];
prorogation of, [478], [482].
Cape Parliamentary Reports, [395].
Cape Times, The, [48] (note), [220], [379] (note);
report of J. X. Merriman's speech in, [62];
its reported interview with Cecil Rhodes, [114];
its views on the Redistribution Bill, [117].
Capetown, mass meeting at, [204], [250];
alleged plot to seize, [350].
Carisbrook Castle, The S.S., [132] (note).
Carnarvon, [354].
Carnarvon, Lord, his scheme of federal union, [27].
"Carnival of Mendacity," The, [477].
Cartwright, Albert, [380], [381], [477].
Cecil Rhodes, Vindex's, [68] (note).
Century of Wrong, A, Mr. Reitz's, [356].
Cetewayo, destruction of a British regiment by one of his impis [17];
his organisation of the Zulus, [25].
Chaka, [25].
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Joseph, [40], [41], [45], [72];
his inquiry of Lord Rosmead as to the Jameson raid, [42];
his active sympathy with the Uitlanders, [47];
his policy, [72], [73], [125];
his choice of Lord Milner as High Commissioner, [75], [77];
his despatch of March 6th 1897, [81];
accusation against, [82];
asserts Great Britain's suzerainty over the Transvaal, [126] (note);
his intimation to the Pretoria Executive as to the dynamite contract, [130];
accepts the suggestion of a conference at Bloemfontein, and decides to postpone the publication of Lord Milner's despatch on the Uitlanders, [140];
a question put by him to Mr. Philip Schreiner, [146];
authorises Lord Milner to attend the Bloemfontein Conference, [155];
his despatch of May 10th, 1899, [155], [194];
agrees with the line proposed to be taken by Lord Milner at the Bloemfontein Conference, [157];
his alleged determination to force a war on the Transvaal, [184];
his declaration in the House of Commons on the failure of the Bloemfontein Conference, [188];
his desire to avoid war, [196];
the support given by him to Lord Milner, [200];
his speech of June 26th, 1899, at Birmingham, [202], [204];
urges delay in passing the limited Franchise Bill, [210];
believes the crisis to be at an end, [221];
prepared to accept Krüger's illusory Franchise Law, [222];
statement by him in the House of Commons on the new franchise law, [227];
proposes to the Transvaal a joint commission, [229];
his action after the repudiation by the Pretoria Executive of the arrangement made between Mr. Smuts and Sir Wm. Greene, [238], [239];
he repudiates the claim made by the S. African Republic to be a sovereign international state, [240];
his despatch of September 8th, 1899, [240], [241];
his speech at Highbury on August 27th, [249];
his proposal to Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman as to preparations for war, [265], [266];
repudiates the charges of bad faith brought against Sir Wm. Greene, [290];
his anxiety for a peaceful settlement, [293];
his statement at Birmingham, on May 11th, 1900, as to the number of the forces in S. Africa, [325];
his statement at Birmingham of the nature of the settlement the Government had determined on, [367];
sends a despatch to Lord Milner on the subjects of compensation of loyalists and punishment of rebels, [384];
his reply to the views of the Schreiner Cabinet on the questions, [386];
his views upon the disfranchisement of the rebels, [389];
replies to the arguments of the Schreiner Ministry in favour of a general amnesty, [395];
his speech containing the chief points in the proposed proclamation to the fighting burghers, [420];
abandons the proposal, [421];
sanctions the issue of Governor's warrants at the Cape, [479];
refuses an appeal for the suspension of the Cape constitution, [479];
assents to Lord Milner's application for leave, [488];
importance attached by him to the views of the Cape and Natal Governments on the question of the settlement of the new colonies, [489], [490];
receives Lord Milner, [490], [491];
report presented to him by the Land Settlement Commission, [516];
agrees to a tax on the mining industry, [542];
his reply to Lord Milner's telegram on the financial position, [543];
concurs in Lord Milner's proposals for land settlement, [544];
approves Lord Milner's suggestion as to the enlargement of the Legislative Councils, [545];
declines to re-open the discussion after the signature of the Vereeniging surrender, [562].
Channing, M.P., Mr., [489] (note).
Chartered Company, The, [36], [66], [83].
Churchill, Winston, Mr., his statement on the use of the word "natives" in the "Terms of Surrender," [568] (note).
Civil Administration, the establishment of, in the new colonies, [397], [519];
its progress, [489], [524].
Claremont, speech of Sir J. Rose Innes at, [361], [362].
Cloete, Judge, his opinion of Lord Glenelg's reversal of Sir B. D'Urban's frontier policy, [14].
"Closer Union," the policy of, [49], [70].
"Coercive measures," Boer, [425].
Colenso, [306], [321];
a result of the defeat at, [8];
the Free State Boers moving on, [305].
Colesberg, [346], [348].
Colonial Conference, The, of 1897, [95].
Colonial Office, The, the administration of, [23];
a leakage from, [153].
Colonial questions, the study of, [24];
necessity of, [254].
Colonial rebels, The, penalties to be inflicted on, [563], [567];
surrenders of, [573] (note).
Colonies, The, offers of military aid from, [251], [324].
Commando Nek, [455].
Commissie Van Toezicht, The, [349].
Committee of Inquiry into the Raid, The, the report of, [97].
Concentration Camps. See [Burgher Camps].
Concessions Commission, The, [376], [377] (note).
"Conciliation," movement, The, [343], [359], [361], [373] to [412];
Lord Milner's record of the origin of the movement, [373];
injurious influence of the movement on the Colony, [381];
the Englishmen who took part in, [383];
the initiation of, [375], [415].
Conciliation Committee, The, in England, [415].
Conservative Governments, [255].
Conventions, The, Sir George Grey on, [19];
Lord Milner on, [86], [87] (note), [358], [360].
Cornhill Magazine, The, [263] (note).
Coronation of King Edward VII., J. E. C. Bodley's, [76] (note).
Courtney, Leonard (now Lord), his public utterances on the war, [232], [251], [257] to [259], [360], [363], [496], [497];
advocates the autonomy of the Republics, [370], [415];
letter to him from President Krüger, [372].
Cronje, surrenders at Paardeberg, [328].
Cronwright-Schreiner, Mrs., [146].
Crown Colony Government, formal initiation of, [490], [501], [544].
Customs Union, The, [36].

Daily Chronicle, The, a statement in as to the crisis in S. Africa, [154].
Dalmanutha, defeat of Louis Botha at, [329], [414].
Davies, "Karri," Major W. D., [88].
De Aar, [305], [354], [455].
De Jong, Mr., [402] (note), [477].
De Kock, Meyer, shot, [427].
Delagoa Bay, The proposed railway line to, [29];
its purchase recommended by Sir Bartle Frere, [29];
appearance of a British squadron at, [82];
consignment of ammunition to, [236];
railway communication with Pretoria re-opened, [329].
De la Rey, J. H., [434], [552], [556], [562] (note), [564];
Lord Kitchener's appreciation of his tact, [573] (note).
De Patriot, [48], [50] (note), [56], [57], [63].
De Rand Post, [213].
Derby, Lord, publication of his telegram of Feb. 27th, 1884, [262].
De Transvaalse Oorlog, [54], [57] (note), [58].
De Villiers, A. B., [382], [404], [406].
De Villiers, Melius, [160], [232];
advocates a cessation of hostilities, [401].
De Villiers, Sir Henry, [28], [95] (note), [102];
his letter of May 21st, 1899, to Pres. Steyn, [159];
his visit to Pretoria in 1899, [159], [160];
his complaint of the obscurity of the new franchise law, [218], [219];
his letter to Mr. Fischer urging Pres. Krüger's acceptance of the joint inquiry, [232], [311];
his appeal to Pres. Steyn not to declare war, [292].
"Development Loan," The, [540].
Devonshire, The Duke of, comment on Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman's attitude in Committee of Supply, [371] (note).
De Wet, Christian, [420], [434], [562] (note), [564], [575];
his blow at Sannah's Post, [363];
his responsibility for the sufferings of the Boers during the guerilla war, [427], [428];
his laager near Lindley, [427];
enters Cape Colony, [430], [577];
chased out of it, [432];
his Three Years' War, [433] (note);
the pursuit of, [471];
his report to L. Botha on the rising in the Cape, [475];
meets Lords Milner and Kitchener at Pretoria, [552], [556];
signs the Vereeniging Agreement, [567] (note);
advocates a continuance of the war, [571], [578];
Lord Kitchener's appreciation of his tact, [573] (note).
De Wet, Piet, protests against the treatment of the agents of the Peace Committee, [427];
desires the Afrikander leaders to associate themselves with the Burgher Peace Committee, [474].
De Wet, Sir Jacobus, [82].
Diamond Hill, defeat of the Boers at, [329].
Diamond Jubilee, The, celebration of on the Rand, [86], [90].
Diamond Mines, The, earnings of, [23];
Mr. Merriman's association with, [149].
Diamonds, The discovery of, [23].
Disarmament, The operation of, [413] to [469];
views of the Natal Ministry on, [549].
Dodd, Mr., arrest of, [131].
Doornkop, The surrender of Dr. Jameson's troopers at, [68] (note).
Dordrecht affair, The, [496] (note).
Downing Street, The impossibility of governing S. Africa from, [1], [22], [34], [35];
Mr. Chamberlain and, [47].
Doyle, Sir A. Conan, his War in South Africa, [469] (note).
Duncan, Mr., [515], [527].
Du Plessis, H. A., his protest against the treatment of the Boers who were in favour of peace, [428].
Durban, [271].
D'Urban, Sir Benjamin, the reversal of his frontier policy, [12] to [15].
Durham, Lord, his report on Canada, [480].
Dutch, The, their first conflict with the natives of S. Africa, [3.]
Dutch, The Cape, rebellion of, [341] to [372];
the aggravation and use of their disaffection, [373];
disarmament of, [413] to [469];
their sympathy with the Boer raiders, [432], [433];
their restlessness and embitterment, [443];
their general attitude, [444].
Dutch East India Company, The, an incident in their settlement at the Cape, [2];
a century and a half of their government, [5];
the corner stone of their policy, [5];
their instructions to Van Riebeck, [5], [9].
Dutch language, The, the use of, [565], [581].
Dutch party, The, interests of, [273].
Dutch Press, The, the nationalist propaganda of, [69], [106], [107], [119].
Dutch Reformed Church, The, [120], [215], [410], [411], [428].
Dutch Republic, A, The establishment of, [255], [356], [357].
Dutch South African, The, the original stock from which they are descended, [5];
their essential unity, [24];
Lord Milner's anxiety to see their best side, [90];
anti-British sentiment of, [91], [104];
their moral conquest of Cape Colony, [107].
Dutch, The republican, [17], [19], [28], [36];
conditions under which they were incorporated into the system of British S. Africa, [545].
Dutch vote, The, [150].
Du Toit, Rev. S. J., [50] (note), [54];
his articles in De Patriot, [56];
rejected by the Bond, [58];
reference to him in J. N. Blignaut's letter, [258].
Duxbury, Mr., [212] (note).
Dynamite Contract, The, [130].

Ebden, Mr. Alfred, [173].
Edgar, Tom Jackson, [130], [131] (note), [132], [175].
Educational reconstruction, The work of, [519] to [523].
Eerste Fabriken, [456].
Eighty Club, The, an address to by Mr. Morley, [371] (note).
Eliot, Mr., [306].
Ellis, M.P., John, [498] (note).
Emigrant Farmers, The, [15] to [17].
England, The military unpreparedness of, [185];
ignorance of the situation in S. Africa, [251], [253], [283], [316], [323], [331];
hatred of, [312].
England in Egypt, [76].
English language, The, war against, [58].
English State Church, The, Afrikander view of, [53].
"Equal rights for all white men," The policy of, [1], [32].
Esau, brutal murder of, [427] (note).

Farelly, Mr., [126] (note), [214].
Farmer, Canon, [259].
"Farmers' Protection Association, The," [59], [60].
Farrer, Lord, [498] (note).
Faure, Pieter (now Sir), [93], [105].
Fiddes, G. V., [167], [515];
his report on the work of the departments of education, public works, and district administration, [526].
Fischer, Abraham, [126] (note), [161], [203], [204], [210], [239] (note);
acts as interpreter at the Bloemfontein Conference, [168];
his advice to Krüger, [217];
in constant communication with Mr. Schreiner, [217] (note);
dissociates himself from the "mediation" policy of the Cape nationalists, [234];
works at the completion of the military preparations of the Republics, [234];
revises the Boer reply to the British despatch of Sept. 8th, 1899, [242];
recasts the ultimatum, [291];
attempt to influence him to terminate the war, [495].
Fischer-Hofmeyr Mission, The, [203] to [210], [236], [275], [555].
Fish River, The, grants of land beyond, [13].
FitzPatrick, Sir Percy, [264], [273].
Five Lectures on the Emigration of the Dutch Farmers, [16] (note).
Forestier-Walker, Lieut.-General, appointed to the Cape command, [184], [247], [269];
military measures of, [288].
Fouché, [432].
Fowler, Sir Henry, [416].
Franchise for the Uitlanders, The five years', [37], [156], [157], [170], [172], [238];
conditions attached to the proposed new franchise, [238].
Franchise Law, The, [209] et seq.;
the Volksraad discussion on, [213];
demonstrations upon, [215];
Krüger recommends a further modification of, [217];
the new law passed, [218];
obscurity of its provisions, [218] to [220];
flagrant insincerity of, [234];
Mr. Smuts offers a simplified seven years', subsequently a five years' franchise in lieu of the proposed joint inquiry, [237], [238];
conditions attached to the proposed new franchise, [238];
the Home Government kept inactive by, [288].
France, The attitude of, [311].
Franco-Dutch population at the Cape, The, [11];
secession of part of, [17].
Fraser, Edmund, difficult position of, [175].
Fraser, J. G., his opposition to the policy of "closer union," [49];
beaten for the Presidential election, [70].
Free State Dutch, The, [18].
Frederickstad, [455].
French, General, his advance on Colesberg, [348];
libel on, [477];
surrenders of rebels to, [573] (note).
French, Mr., [306].
Frere, (the late) Sir Bartle, [24], [25], [261];
his diagnosis of the S. African situation, [26];
his difference with the Beaconsfield Cabinet, [26];
his recall, [27];
the vindication of his statesmanship, [27];
his knowledge of S. African conditions, [28];
drafts a scheme of administrative reform, [28];
his private memo, written from the Cape in 1879, [29];
events following his recall, [34], [255];
letter from to Sir Gordon Sprigg, [263].
Frere, Sir Bartle, and Mr. John Morley, [261].
Friend, The (Bloemfontein), [235].
Froneman, Commandant, [428].