Footnote 132: C. 9,521.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 133: Then Mr. Conyngham Greene. C. 9,521.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 134: C. 9,521.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 135: Ibid.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 136: The despatch was presented to the British Agent, and telegraphed, through the High Commissioner, to the Home Government. Its diplomatic ambiguity was due to Mr. Fischer's influence.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 137: C. 9,521.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 138: C. 9,521.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 139: C. 9,530.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 140: The despatch of 2,000 additional troops to Natal had been sanctioned on August 2nd, in response to the earnest appeal of the Natal Government. Hence at this time there were (roughly) 12,000 Imperial troops in South Africa. It is noticeable that, although the despatch only reached Lord Milner on the morning of the 9th, the Cape Argus had contained a telegram, giving an account of the troops warned in India and England, on the evening of the 8th.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 141: C. 9,521.[Back to Main Text]