Boer Politics

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icles 7 and 14 of the Convention of 1884. I find that I was mistaken. He has said a few words about the la

rs construe the application of these conditions of the Convention of 1884? As early as 1885 Mr. Gladstone found himself obliged to send Sir Charles Warren to prevent the Boers from i

s in the habit of boasting that he had shot an unarmed Englishman since the beginning of the war, and had fired on several others) to abstain from collecting hut

ment the aggressors were condemned to pay a fi

e was condemned, with each of the Hottentot servants accompanying him, to receive twenty-five lashes, and to pay a fine. Rachmann protested, declared that the field cornet was exceeding his authority, intimated an appeal, and offered bail of ￡40; notwithstanding, he received the twenty-five lashes. George Meyer, the field cornet, knew

tice towards Europeans and European subjects; let u

d children, to continue working for him. The Kaffir appealed to the field cornet Prinsloo, who treated him as an unruly slave. The Court condemned Prinsloo for abuse of power. Some days la

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ere any more respect shown by the Volksraad for contracts, and, on one occasion, it solemnly accorded to the Government the right to annul clauses

olution disabling the aggrieved individual

y 400 feet). At the last moment it was announced that the claims would be decided by lottery; several persons having made known that they inte

é, pronounced that this law was unconstitutional, and gave judgment in favor of Brown

ithout testing whether they were in accord or contradiction with the Constitution; and in the event of the President not being satisfied with the replies of the judges, it further

eavour to avert the crisis. Mr. Krüger promised to refrain from enforcing La

new law; President Kotzé wrote to Krüger reminding him of his promise

s passed had solemnly protested that no honourable man could conti

lation, and of the manner in which Mr. Krüger, that man "of int