Boer Politics

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'Amphitheatre Case' is

his mode of

the presence of the police. In conformity with this wish, the State Attorney telegraphed to the Johannesburg police to keep away. But scarcely had the meeting commenced before th

th of January, 1899, one month after the death of Edgar. Secondly, what was the object of this meeting? Dr. Kuyper is silent on these points

ting in a large building, called the Amphitheatre, generally used as a circus. He informed them that the meeting was convened for three objects: 1. To protest against the ar

y distasteful to the Transvaal Government, they did not forbid the meeting. Only, all persons who should c

which was held at four o'clock in the after

, Second Public Prosecutor. These men were placed in groups about the Amphitheatre. No sooner had the meeting begun, than, on a signal given by Mr. Broeksma, chairs were broken, and, under the orders of Sergeant Smith, of the municipal police, of Er

er of stating and interpreting facts

sburg, who had begun by saying to the magistrates of the Transvaal 'keep away your police!' and who, later, crawli

amusing that the "worthy apostles of

xamination of facts, one may judge of what the Boers are capable, ignorant and r

modes of es

illegal meeting in the public market square, a public place, where no speeches had been made, but where the petition to the Queen had been openly read, before they had taken it to

tlanders'

March 28th, 1899, forwarded a copy to Mr. Chamberlain it contained 21,684 signatures. Sir Alfred Milner did not und

the signatures. They were such as to inspire confidence. He states that among the whole number, only 700 are of illiterate or colou

lf, which, at first, it stated, contained 9,000 signatures; some time later, on the 30th of May, the British Government

n. His signatories affirmed that security of property and individuals wa

Individual accord

f Johannesburg had shown an example of that prudence we see too often among capitalists, and had dismissed Mr. Wybergh, the President of the South African League, who was one of their employés. The President of the Chamber of Mines, Mr. Rouliot, in his statement of January 26th, 1899,

der of Mrs

by a Mr. Wilson, a chemist. They were set upon by a band of men in the pay, it is said, of canteen keepers, sellers of liquor to the natives. Mrs. Appelbe received such severe injuries that she died on the Thursday following. Mr. Wilson, who was badly wounded in the head, eventua