The Story of an African Crisis: Being the Truth about the Jameson Raid and Johannesburg Revolt of 1896, Told with the Assistance of the Leading Actors in the DramaA. Constable, 1897 - 308 strán (strany) |
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Strana xiv
... the Cape Police , " It's all right , old chap ; you can do what you like : the wires are cut ! " It was the idea 1 For probable explanation see chap . vi . , p . 62 . 66 which Dr. Jameson and Sir John Willoughby , in xiv INTRODUCTION.
... the Cape Police , " It's all right , old chap ; you can do what you like : the wires are cut ! " It was the idea 1 For probable explanation see chap . vi . , p . 62 . 66 which Dr. Jameson and Sir John Willoughby , in xiv INTRODUCTION.
Strana 51
... wire to me there ought to be 150 complete equipments on the way down - you better find out from him when they are likely to arrive ; but I have wired to Willoughby that he is not to send down any men or anything further , as those ...
... wire to me there ought to be 150 complete equipments on the way down - you better find out from him when they are likely to arrive ; but I have wired to Willoughby that he is not to send down any men or anything further , as those ...
Strana 61
... Cape Town , and was waiting the signal at Pitsani like a dog straining at the leash , the telegraph wire became the medium of communication be- tween the three foci of the plot . Johannesburg and AN AFRICAN CRISIS 61.
... Cape Town , and was waiting the signal at Pitsani like a dog straining at the leash , the telegraph wire became the medium of communication be- tween the three foci of the plot . Johannesburg and AN AFRICAN CRISIS 61.
Strana 67
... Wire where is the hitch . Santrog [ = Jameson ? ] very impatient , cannot naturzug [ = give extension ? ] . Our schallhorn [ = foreign ? ] supporters 1 urge immediate flotation . " Next day he again wired that he was worse , was in fact ...
... Wire where is the hitch . Santrog [ = Jameson ? ] very impatient , cannot naturzug [ = give extension ? ] . Our schallhorn [ = foreign ? ] supporters 1 urge immediate flotation . " Next day he again wired that he was worse , was in fact ...
Strana 70
... wire to Pre- toria , rather than that to the Colony . But where is the authority for these precise arrangements ? When the liberation of Sicily was hanging in the balance , the Sicilians were ready to fly to arms if Garibaldi landed ...
... wire to Pre- toria , rather than that to the Colony . But where is the authority for these precise arrangements ? When the liberation of Sicily was hanging in the balance , the Sicilians were ready to fly to arms if Garibaldi landed ...
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action Afrikander ammunition arms asked Bechuanaland Boers burg burghers Cape Colony Cape Town Cecil Rhodes Chamberlain Chapter Colonel Rhodes Colonial Office column command Company Company's crisis December deputation despatch Dutch English feeling fight flag force friends Goldfields grievances Groote Schuur guns hand Harris High Commissioner Hofmeyr honour horses Imperial Government Jacobus de Wet Jameson January Johannes Johannesburg leaders Joubert Kimberley Krugersdorp Lionel Phillips Mafeking Majesty's Government manifesto matter Maxims meeting ment mining morning movement National Union nesburg night o'clock once Oom Paul Paul Kruger persons Pitsani political position President Kruger Pretoria Pretoria Government proclamation question Raad raid raiders railway Rand Reform Committee revolution rifles rumours Schreiner sent Sir Hercules Robinson Sir Jacobus Sir John Willoughby South Africa South African Republic story Street surrender taken telegram telegraph thing tion Transvaal Transvaal Government troopers troops Uitlander Volksraad wire
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Strana viii - Or all, they said, as earnest as the close ? Which yet with such a framework scarce could be. Then rose a little feud betwixt the two, Betwixt the mockers and the realists : And I, betwixt them both, to please them both, And yet to give the story as it rose, I moved as in a strange diagonal, And maybe neither pleased myself nor them.
Strana 294 - ... they will not be subject, in respect of their persons or property, or in respect of their commerce or industry, to any taxes, whether general or local, other than those which are or may be imposed upon citizens of the said Republic.
Strana 294 - Convention, no other or higher duties shall be imposed on the importation into the South African Republic of any article coming from any part of her Majesty's dominions than are or may be imposed on the like article coming from any other place or country...
Strana 293 - The South African Republic will conclude no Treaty or engagement with any State or nation other than [the Orange Free State, nor with any native tribe to the eastward or westward of the Republic, until the same has been approved by Her Majesty the Queen.
Strana 194 - Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable Sir Julian Pauncefote, a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and of the Most Distinguished Order of St.
Strana 293 - April 1877. No person who has remained loyal to Her Majesty during the late hostilities shall suffer any molestation by reason of his loyalty ; or be liable to any criminal prosecution or civil action for any part taken in connexion with such hostilities; and all such persons will have full liberty to reside in the country, with enjoyment of all civil rights, and protection for their persons and property.
Strana 294 - They may carry on their commerce either in person or by any agents whom they may think fit to employ.
Strana 275 - We are the vast majority in this State. We own more than half the land, and, taken in the aggregate, we own at least nine-tenths of the property in this country; yet in all matters affecting our lives, our liberties, and our properties, we have absolutely no voice. Dealing now first with the legislature, we find taxation is imposed upon us without any representation whatever, that taxation is wholly inequitable, (a) because a much greater amount is levied from the people than...