io self- pity t h t ffgre t :pr ea ure is bI'OU ht to he r upon hi t rem va Mackenzie fro hi post .

For though he might make stand in ackenzie ' s favour when he S in LondoD, in Capo To , surrounded s be was by viru1 at politicians , independ DOO of thought and action became almost 1 impossible at 10 at to ~n of bis Datur • (S . P. By' ' t The orthward Trek. p.37) . ,,",-,,,,,

It is her4 Qot to symp this th D of weak Will-po p19

rend on the same wire whioh shows CQnsoious

s to

subterfuge calls ackenzie to C pe !own - "To oome do here at onoe to confer with e. I have asked • odes to prooeed fr~~ Kimberley to Vryburg, ~nd he 1s uthorised to act D puty Co 1 sioner in your ab enoe.' (0.4213 .. 13).

It had been dec:tded jOintly by the H1ah Commie ioner nd ackenzie 10 eo.rol a force of 200 polioe to ss1st ckenz1e to keep

order in the 13 chuanal d -Tr n e.l bor er.. j or Stanley had been PPointed to raise and organise tlU orce. ore

han ere re u1red to fill the re ui,redquot oone me in, but 0" 'ng to intrigues and plots among the le~ding politicians ill

C pe Town, t~ force was not enrolled, url'o~ely to hinder the , "

developmetat of Imperial interest • abrosat.e the Imp r1 1 protection. and finally r'emove tho Imp-er1al Co issioner, from Bechuanaland. , or 8S Rhodes happily put it "to eliminate th Iperial f ctor.-

the year 1884 , s~ 'I the f 11 of ~ho a Scanlan ' a ndnistry because he f voured tho diroct I perlal cont~Ql ot B sotol nd, Trans"ol and other coutrles formely ruled W C po Colony.

A~ ,(,.F~P'''' c len ~ ~frlJ',:')'JIJ iQ f your of c:hu osland coming

directl uner Imperial control. aleo. ckeDzie and the High Co 'seioner re of thia mind also, but Scan1en f s eucoe eor Sir Thoma Upin ton BDd his ministry .9re opposed to this peri 1

' policy. So e of bis '~1stersf8voured the 60ntrol of suoh countrie£ by Cap Colony_ Among auch minist 1's w r Rhodes nd Grah Bo r. and subse uently the High Com sioner Hercules ob1nson s induced 0 adopt t1l1s vie t hil som others of the ministry openly advocated th t Bechuana18~d should be given to the '1'1' Dsvaal irre pect1ve of ntehlwa'o and Qkurwano t s desires or the in011n tion of the Colonial Office, and des ito th terms ot the

s,;,;....... ',' .-~-" -

London Cony ntion. Jan Hof eyr voioing tile "4jiews of tho ond or Afrik er p rty sell 8 the wishes of the ~ranevaal uthor1t1ea ­

'1~.Je},~ Kruger, evf/;yrlrJc1 J._S. du !01t~ t Joubert/ - advoc ted th1a, course ..,

E ch of these comp ting influences had its pp rent ri e and fall, 1 ts phase of cendency and ph se of failure. tone st get the struggle ould pp ar to be bet een, Imp rlal1sm on the one hand nd Colonl 118m ,nd Republicanism on the other. At another stage, bet eao Colon1 lism and Imperialism in one oamp and Bepubllc nis 1n the oppos1te oamp. The first round went to Imperl lis • the ecood h s gone to Colonialism, the fin 1

round •••••••••• /

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l~ olor~r1'cpt tJl ~ JCj~ I 1\.A!> ~ roundl " to epub11eanis m.

In th ir opposition to a~kenzie · s ardent Imperi 1iem, Rhodes and Upington seemed r but r 11y only seem d in their Colonialism to be supporting Kruger's ad Hofmeyer ' Republicanism, hile ~uger ,

• it; ,t

Hofmeyr and the Bond generally consciously apd consistently supports ' Co10n1 11em a a step to Rep'l lioanism ..

From the oves nd double- cro ings Of' this oontrov ray Sir Heroules Robinson has emerged ith his lanoe broken nd his armour rather dill ged as a man of r , ther . fee~e will-po er , pliant administrator , or some one h a put 1 t - 'fa lath painted to look like teel rod ' , a leader by name but a fol10 er by < ture . while

lod aho ' ed the first signs of his develop' en to politic 1 maturity, and what as to be his main char oteristio as n~n of iron determin tion and granite Will , t ot ally devoid of scruples .

e.u1~ His grea.t rival Puul IU:-uger says of him - ORe is the o4urs of fries ••••• • He found bri1i ry useful 11y hen fine sp eobes ere insU£fioittl~ t for his purpos an he was not the man to spare money 11' some objeot as' to be obta1ned~.. . hod",s ss capital inc r D t e . 10 m tter ho base . no matter how cODtcmptible: be it lyin t bribery or tre ohery , all and every ~~ans 1ere eleome to hi if they led

>. 'R~ t o the att in nt of his objeot ( e oirs p . 219); that he d oeived

'. -=--- -all urope and rica into the belief that he was in love :tth the tch-Mr1kaner, and that he ha the colonial a~ .. 8 ain t the Impori 1 interests near at his heart .

But of course the esident hated ho'deo bi tterley, h ted him as Ralph 1111 a says" ith a detestation he acoorded to fa (How I b e a Governor p . l59) , p-~d it~_ all kno that hatred and nvy will ind1 cri ~ .n tely ssaul t lli object with -the VI apon ne rest to hand. ro bly ho ever , Rho esvisioD at any stege of his politic 1 develop ~nt was bro dar and 1 rger tb n ~bat of his

. conte porari a, nd embr ced Dutoh-Afrikaner int r sts and ritisb oolonial f ctors in its sweep of progres iva revelation culminating in a oompromi e if ot a union of two oppos~d ~deal - Imperialism'

• 1 -~ discussion Oommies1oner ,

vie s so completely changed since the Convention and ita progr e t o hl ch

1n U 1 n ot

o ckenzie found the latter. s

Conference of the London ho ' had pla ed him e1

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undertaking directly to the me bers of the C p p r11ament and indir ct1y to th ranav a1 offici 1a to ' have c enzie removed OD n pretext from his off ice because he s un opu1ar lth them and ·must be punish a, as it ere, for ,his stubborn resistanoe

al-to the Tr navss l Depu tion~ the d1 cues l on of th London Conventiol -ftj thus in oomp11 nc Commission r by the ~QV

'" i thdra 1 is ur (fa.

it letter address to Higb rnment of the Tr n v in bicb ackenzieta

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Under these c1rcu stancos , ckenzie on tho 19t h Au re i stion aa puty Commissi on r :

t t endered his

Rhodes who succeeded h reversed bis policy completely in his desire to conciliate the burghers of tellaland, and t the same time as umed aD unoymp thetic ttitude to ards th Eats D whom he as suppos d to protect , nd fro hearsay evidence 1 ed ~ nkurwane for cattle thefts, while that chief h d actull~ lost 40,000 cattl •

On the th '\.of Au uot Rhod s roto to Goy van Pittiu to noti! him that he h d been apPointed put Co a loner, nd that be intended to visit oo1grond with view to effecting some reconciliation bet een the Gosnenite and 10 t hiwa. He lao wrote to ontoni in a similar strain . aend1n the letter, however , through van Pittius for re sons only no n to himself . ben Rhodes ' , messengers reached Rooigrond th y re put under surveillance for

day , brought before the w councl1 and forbld4on free mov ment and communication, and fin 11y hown the BY by hich to return ,

n no os er as vouchsafed toth message the had brou ht .

Leat ing Barkly est ho as ' Bccomp nied by Iltebele Thompson ent to L1cbtenburg . et Co dent - Gener 1 et Joubert ho h d

been ppoint d Transv 81 Spec1 1 Commissioner for Buchu Deland. ith him he proceeded to 001grond , rriving ther on the 25th. To

hi dis not only was no notice t ken by th Go hen1tes of th arrival of Her ajesty ' Deputy Co saioner but be s 1 0 tr ated

with studied indi lty. ~here actually battle on against ontsh:t. a and it a "carr1~d n uninterl'up · ly .

Rhodes nd Jou ert cou d not groe on the terms of\ " eace bet~een the Goehonite and ontshiw bee use Joubert wanted the c1 i s of the Goshenit a to ontshi a ' s c.ountry l' co :teed 1nspite of the ratification of the London Convention by th Volkoraad on tb,e 8th of August . e pointod to Joubert that the Gosheni tes r~ nothing el 0. tn~D ranavaa1 burghers et the Commandant

Gen ral made no attempt restrain the • 1ng the hol night " h D th t 0 commissioners ere t Rooi ond, Ge¥ ven 'ttius

and his men Itep t up a bo b~dment of l ontshi • s to • at bele t'

~hompeon t ho ~as present say that Ge ' s ttac ing loree consisted j~·v.ar~~~ -500 BOt'ra and l , ~~ ... n . _~ive ~ ff (Autobio phy p. 35) nd th t a

~~~ ~gon 10 d of rifles d a un1tion under JOUbert ' s en as brought fro L1ehtenburg for use 8inet .ontshiwa. .

. Ge v n Pittius drc up conditions hieh he sk d Rho es

to gre to prel imin ry to cl1cus tng p e ce terms . Thea we.re (1) A ;tolnt protector te .. b the Tr nava 1 , the Or nge ree c;tato and the Cape Colony over :a chuanelend. () odes to ckno ledge the independence o£ the Goshen epublic , (3)' ontshi a to recoive

am 11 portion of the 1 nd and to pya indemnity of £25 , 000 (4) ontshi to ov from his stron hold of afikeng Bod to destroy 11 hiD defences and fortifications , (5) Tbe Tr neva 1

.. d •• • • • • • /

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aDd the Oape to guarant a111es .

th good behaviour of oDtshiw and his

odes characterised these conditions S pr eposteI'ous , but a1d be ould submit them to the High Commie lODer, asked for truc~

of fourteen d Y8, but bei g ea1red to gree to further conditione he rejected the lot as ina is 1ble.

Before he left Rooigrond Rhodes reoeived a let t. r by

es enger from ontahi in which the chief info ad him that he was . reduc d to tho l nst extremity, but having repo ad f ith 1n the promises de to him ~ Hor ajesty's protection he had refu ed eve~ overture' made to him by the oers, th t he . ,t111 re~i d on the pledge of Her a jesty's repres ntatives, and that if he bou~d be compell d to submit to his en mies , whioh he ' ould only do 1D order to save th lives of _the women nd ohildre Qf his tribe , he wishod hil!l to understand that any tre ty to hich h , igbt offer his name would be ung from hi under the o1rcumetaD~es herein det ile4 nd gould in hiG opinion havo no bindinp effeota. "

In r~plY Rhodes told out hi th t Her . jesty ' s Government were determined upon ful£ll11u the ob11g tiona to arils him. into which th y had entered, nd although it as ot in his pOler to afford him i mmediate succour nd ake the u en ' s protection effccti~ at th t moment, he ust not consider himsolf a andoned (c.4213. 107) .

In anger Rhodes left ooigrond the next d but not b fore he expr Bsed bi d1sspp01ntmetat at to cooper te with him, and aroing Gan v n 1ttiu Goshenite ar t war 'ith Her . jesty and that the ltish Govern ent to turn them out by fore

to erds evening, Joubert ' s failure that he and hie

he ould advise (0 4 13. 117) .

Soon after Rhodes'departure from ooigrond. ontshiw ote to Goy van Pitt1us to ask for peace . Van iekerk who had come from Hartz Rivel to meet Rhodes, bu mi aed him helped va Pittius and Joubt.rt in drafting t e pe ce ter for ont bi "to prevent further ~Ql dsbt •• . ,!~ If

ooteh! a is aaid to have greed that General Joubert was to be ediator and arbiter between him and the Goahen Govern ent . In other orda, Jcubert as to be the fin 1 djudicator betweeD on shi _ and Joubert, od 0 ch party W 8 to forfeit the sum of 10, 000 to the

q,,~ . 'VMv PL-{tuo...o -o ~er for any breach of the agree ent, the jUdg s to e Athe administrator of Goohon nnd the ~ransvaal Government. ontshiwa W3S not to be represente . The Transvaal uthor!tle were the solo nd best jud~oa on matter in hie they ere vitall inter ete~ The terms submi ttod to Montshiwa were:

1. That the bound ries of the epublic of Gosh were to be as proclaimed in the Snyman treaty of the 24th October 1882, which w s to be re-affirmed.

2 . ontshiwa was to be alloted ten f arms 30. 000 morgen without •• • • ••• • /

Without rejudioe to oshete or his hite volunteers.

3. ontshiwa h d to solma ledge that he hEld broken tbe terms of tbe nyman treaty formerly ade with him in October 1882, nd that he no agreed to surrender hi self, his people d his 1 nds unconditionally to the Government of the land of Goshon .

4. . ont hi a to bre do all for-titl0 'tiona nd defences, in nd aroun fikeng, v cats tbem, and surrender to 'the Government of the 1 nd of Goshen all hi ar material , on pain of r n wel of host!li ies, xpense for which ou d be levi d upoo him.

5. ontsh1wa ~a(l to g1 e th nks that no furth r levy of rep r tiona or r in s ad upon hi beyond that atipul ted in th of October 1882.,

6. That the 1 nd of Go hen hould be clmowl dged as free and indep ndent. and 0 guaranteed by tbe outh ric n

epublic n by Gre t Britain .

In this adly humorou ontshi as m de to a1 his death w rr nt (0.4213 94). ~h1 s in Sa t mber .1884. 3ust tb ae onths after ~ntshiw and h1 , _~ntry ere s~ppo to be under British proteotion.

Montahi ate f ith io the Br1ti~b Governm' nt we rodigious; it as almost monomar.ii t - the queer sri '-hing vent that had

so r p1dly succeeded £lac oth~r inca 1880, disoreditable to the British Go.vernment anti injurious to those who h d llied th ms Iv s with it shook von that f ith to its foundtions . s the British · Gov rnment fter all so po rful' , s it hone ~? as it in . o roast ? or w ro the Bv:i. tish offioials ignorant 3ust like himself or ere th·ey just stupid? Sir Phillip odehouse, ir Henry :Barkl" Sir :Bartle ere " Pioh_~A outb Y. 1111a . e,n L oyon , oophilua

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Sb pton~t Sir GeorgeOolley, Ch rles arren, Sir elyn ood, "ieroule Robinson. jor ller, Jobn ackenzi and Cecil ' odos •

. Ooc and all they bad d ' hi with gergeoue prom1soo of redemptiot'h t ',',:. I

On'o fter another they had fie like sh do B " era the tage and ... I -

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then v nished. each one leaving . him aree o1'f than before, more OOJlllPrtmi ad 1tb. hi ne ies . poorer in men'''' .. money and 1 ad bee u e .. of his impllci t trust in their futil.e ords nd mer futile gQV r Inellt hich kept on t eding him \i1;h e ;pty pr~mi ea • . . ;.

September: %'0 Ro.oigrond Joubert proce~ .d to Stella! l'l

, . he g in met Rhode,ff . .ler he also found Gr(j :so er. the> Imp rial: ,'. , , S cretary . The two ~iti h officers told Joub rt that "They cou~~

,~t poe i bly roco is in y 81 his peace 'agree ent with ..... ,A1-/1ZWJi£. ant hi a and the 0-0 lled L n of Gosben.j 'Joub rt su~denly .. ~:~. . . r.~ /lUI'-<- ('...,~ H'"~

.. ,I' .called to Pretoria to attend to his portfolio ndVwas supnrae d :,':.,' as 5p o1a1 00 aaioner on the western border b the Ref .,end ¥t phallus du TOitj t tend h rdft orker , ·an ••• ile ••• /

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. g11e eocles1 st1c di gbi t ry f Cape Colony ft, one of tho founders '

of the Bond, founder of the Af:r1k ns Cultural Society •. ex- editor ot Die Patriot , now editor Qf Die Repub11ak , Dl.reotor of ducat:Lon in t be South African Republic . member of the 1884 putat10n to th Colonial Office . no one knew 3ust b 'and ho • and no Speoial

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Commiee1oner for the -West_~~'lransvaal. He on the 16th Septa bel" issued Q proal tieD siBbed b th President ..-uger:" ere a it ha appeared eSirable and neo saar to put f n end to the disoontent

nd bloodsbed on the eotern border of this' Republic , nd wher~ a spec! 1 commis ' 10ners have been 41sp tch d by tho govomment of th1,s

R..,pub11c ad Her 11 Jesty the eeD of Great 1 t in and Ireland, n~'·

whereas it h s appeared that the", rtiea eOhcero d D moly ·ontohi1f DO: .osh t h ve wi thall their ubj ects ' d' rights vo)il~tar1ly

placed the sel e un ar the protection of tli OVerDftlObt of the South African Republio, so do I . StephaQu JOh rUles P ul.u or, Pr 1dent of the q~1ih Af'r1c n .epub110 in th interests of hum · nity, abd for the protection of the public ordor n a f ty . and th visfi to es~ bl1shil'lg permanent peaoe on 'tms 1d estern bound r"., of this Republic, her b prool im. ordin and e known that th chi fa "oshete a4 ontsbj,. a . 1th their Gets nd rl hts f Elhall . M ·· <,

be reg rded,\ t ,ndin , under the protection n control of the 80verarncnt of th outh fricab If public. . -'-"

This proal tioD i m de provisionally , subject to the oont 1 ad in Article IV of tho Cony ntion of oodon.

God es rYe L nd 8D4 Peopl ."

1th this p.rool m tion waa published . fantstio 1 tter alloget\ to have be n 1 t'ten ol'ltshiwa. but vehem 't1tly denied b the chief.

1'1 ng

ueust 30th 1884 '

o ~. Joubert fro Chief ~on shiwa:

Greeting. en I tho ohiof s " yosterday evening "ttl t you ha listened to 'e nd h d agreed to pe 09 he t v r tb n iu . I thooea'id 1 ar a.l will be undor th . ov r nment of th'a 1!r p opla aDd my land. and . country . tbought the peace will now be lr1

• en I 'bt you t is r.nO-rni~g 1 -: ... t . I anel people c:1 < "

countrl Will co 0 under the Tr n va , nd I as griev~~,o , hear . you k bout tb ·of ckeDzie for I no no t h t / work is fl."au~ whioh has brouBht 0 iato the ar, nd therofor my h art w s sore to hear that th t Will hinder you fro receiving e ith co ntry and people under you . ~erc is ckenzi no ? ill h help e if I til <\ead? o. I will hear noth1n of him. I see t t there

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is but one t h1D to riDg p ace into 1 Qd and giV my ople r st . T.herefore I reject tho ill ord of ckenz1e and I pray Y'OU to bring

. me und r the . proteotion and ·l of th · Tr n$v 1 South African public, 180 not to a nd?D me Without ng po 0 8 b·t OOD me nd·

the volunteers. I put myself in our hands . I have c 11 d you in .'

s mediator, and I content 1'th ~t you. o. I de ire but 0

thing. that is to come unde~ be proteotion of the Republic ' s law .,.. . With my people d coun y; nd npw • Iou &rt, ou must bring e un4er it, and thi let ar $)-'f lll1 o! my heart, end the e words I ahall ape 0 longs 1 ltv .. 1A th world, . ~n her 1's na~.

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,,;ill n ver g i t) be without tho proteotion of the Republic . , . , _.,..;4

S1 . oel: ark x of • i1! x

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perfeotly ludicrous a'oel olums3' in its etta mcry of Ts 1 ne thought roces . s d ex ra s1<m. d ft-om '

. ' . 'internal . evidence :1 teaD, be 6onf1doDtly aSSG ted that it 1tten by ont hiw,a or ft1' other o · a flu It is

en fr ud. .~.

012 the lrd of October . the energetic 00'010 :1 etia St du TOi t boisted tbe T w8ru~v al V:1erkl ur fl " t oolgrond,

dv motley ero " bd declerod that ontah1a t · .oountry h d always

belonged to the Tr nay ' 1 b right of con t,l . t o~er zilikazi . it as doubly so bee use ont hiw had both ceded it to tho Tr n v 1. r8 ts of hu 1ty 04 civilis tion .

e th re inte-

Pr aidcnt Krug r . ,,=~) keen student of hums llature, being rather uno $1 bout th1 nnex tioD implied. in th Pr<)elam t10n

: bo h0lf-.E,~~ tho tlag. Del nl ed t th '.~ rge meetings of , ,.< ':\::.~, ",'protest/ against these . assures ~ tCape To :) ent one tel gram f.te~· . nQther to the Seer tary of State for the Colon1 S t to a ure hi '~

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of th '" stops he had t kon . Tho fir t tel he ent on the 6th. ,: / . .

Sap mber . the econd. on tho 17th, nd then the third on the 1st >', 'f > " I,. r ,1

.of Octob r. t long 1 - it seo ad antGrn1't1 - on the 7 h ~y£ "~ .\: Ootober sn ppy tic wire, c e to sa; ,t . i'

. '. You 111 ree iv tbe Hi Commis

or months, h rei tiona bet eell Pr 1dent Kruger ad 00 ndant G Berel Joubert. the t 0 highe t officero of the 0

, • Afric b Republic h d been atrained. !rho two" ere hardly on spe kin . v< v< v< V" v V

tGl'IIlS . no 011 . the ~~t/~#I1¥I"~";:/"Nlh'f1 I'f"/-. }tlt1I?jI.? 1/ (' '"-~ ,. ~~IgI,{#W%l/./~K!it.~11 :Ui"~rt as . gf), ~eaalle from th~ ' eotern borde d=Du 'p"/~~/~ de to

suporsede • •••• •• /

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and fafte d upon !.:ruger. but this was only toZ!- ' while , for t a . -?"-

later day he turned right round and lionised Rhodes - Kruger ' s 'hi tterest and 11£el.ong enemy ~d evon tayect It'j th hi after Rhodes · had st bbe4 the Dutch Afr1k Der in the back ' by the Jameson Ba1d !

( l%~Rbodes p. 63) and the former ntt- British fire-eater of the nd · who had in tigat d uger · 8 bort! v ' . l3echuanal nd Proclam tiOD now wrote Let U ot isnore tbe guidance of Providenoe· God bas given us England as guard1an - ore considerate one than 1ST 81 found in Pharaoh of 014r :( illiams: Bhode~ p . 156.)

The aommuDcatioD w~1ob President !'User s told to expect , from the High Corm;nise1oner s not loog delayed. nd it left the President and the Tr navasl in no doubt as to 'its meaning. s demand b the Higb Commissioner of the immediate brogat:1on of the annext10n of the 30th August . It read 'ffI am directed by Her ' 8joety t a Government to call upon the Govertl nt of the Transvaal to 4isa110 the recent acts by which the South Atria n Republic has ssumed jurisdict1on . over J ontshiwa s a, v101ation of the c.0nventior of 1884 ·which the Colonial Office could not reco8Di8~," .

To this unequ1voc 1 ordr the Tr nav a1 Govorn ntbo ed .1 ediately . and in ten d ys the offel'ldin proclam tion s i th­drawn. but the ' volunteers ' contiDued at Roolgrond nd c rried out their pl ne of dividing ooteni a ' s country among thomsolves.

/ prObablY tthe au gestion of Bhoes , tho H~"lh COmmissioner went further . He rocommended on the 13th Octob r the xpulsion of the Goshen "freebooters by force of rma i: necessary. nd that S1r Cba~leB arren bould be placed in char e of a mi11tary expeditioo for this purpose .

okenz1e ~s vindicated. His po11cy w1tt regard to 71u.vJ.

iechuaoa1and W8Sj upheldand his v1sion w s no seen to have beeD prophet10 . He" s 'triumphant . H.e s on the crest of thew ve , and in the oth m eti.lgs which he ddressed in Oape To t he la1d

tv the whole s1tu tiOD bare , b 1dly d mero11e$sly , - ( Yf t: The ortb erd Trek. p. 44) .

Very different er the feelings of h1s opponents - the . Afrlkander Bon nd the Transvaal offieialsnd the Cape ' ini.stry .

~~!hey received t his news With oons~rt 10n .. There was no by tari and panic among them resulting in h If-n c p18n~ to preve t tbe

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mili t ry expedi tiOD by arr nging matters pe ce bly in 13 ohuan 10 4. They went ith a for10n hope of succeeding where th keener brains ~nd deeper kDo ledge of ackenzie and Rhodes d filed .

t-he 4th of November Prime inister Upington and C pe , Treasurer Gordon pr1gg left C pe Town for the orth , pr otic on their OWl'l t , nd contr ry to tho gener 1 public wi h to attempt co promise in m tter air ady over- compromised. Th y

mot anku ne t Taung , who complained that Rhode had xcised his, ••••••• /

his country and given it to the volunteer at St ellaland. oshete thuD aDO also told them th t he preferre the etoria Convention

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bound ry to the on,e decidC!d on by the London Convention which placed him in the ransv 1 Without consulting him, nd positively

g iost his ' wishes . en the inisters arrived t R2Oigro~the

found th t the Go henites had allooated mong th mv~<-r of onteni. ' s land ccording to their pe c terms dict ted to ontehi by Joubert aDd Gey v n P1ttiu on .. th 30th Augu t . fhe

findings and r commend tiona of the minister . po k for th,emsolves_

"It pp ar to the 0 pe mini tr,y" . they wrote , "that the object of H r j sty' s Gover nt oan be secured b~ giVing ontshiw and his people who re not numerous th ground or rly njoye by him an thom at ikeng, Seh~ • and Selere' . • ~th ple gr zing grounds OD the nk of t e olopo ' R1v r . or t his purpo e the grounds t f1keng, elere P ub ust e v c ted by 11 hite settlers; but as ~ert in four or fiv person 8C u1re b fore form 1 establishm nt of British prot etlon, bOD fide rights , by purah se lor otherWise , to farms in the d1 tr10ts proposed to be eleared, land e uiv lent in value eh 11 be granted to such occup~ers el ewhere . .t - -

~l rights to land en'joyed bhit settlers unde,r Govern ent I

or transfer before formal est bli bment of iti h ,protection to be r ap cted. " If these .propos meEU) any thin , , it aems to be the das~re or int nt10D t ,o give the .~oJ' rt of ontshi ' s people to th Gosh nit s nd only to cur to ont h1 a nd his people the 1 bds ctually used them for cultiv tiOD ad gr zing hen t is countr y as prool ime4 British proteotor ~ by ack nzie in 3 . All Barolong land hioh w s then alr dy occupied b,y Gey v n ittius

nd hie volunteers to be arAed totbe latt$r.

The mini t.r strea ed later, to the H1gh Commis 1oner, with tbe e rnestnes of riof d poun ele or a coa~-oyed prosecutor that

ontshiwa would h ve ampl sround b their " rangem nts hich propo ad to t ke p rt of 8 untry , .od, - so th t his people were Dot Dumerou , nd t~at the proposed ettlemeot wa b tter for

ont hi a than the for er treatie • ~ , , . Tbese r vinga

. of the popul tion of

.. 'f'

ere ~owe;~r dis pproved by the Briti b section Cape Co~oftY. aDd dism1s~ db the High

Oommissioner , who ch raoterised them as "equivalent to reco ition as a de f eto government of the freebooters who h va made r on the British roteotorate and to cknowled emont of tho bODa fide ch r cter of the claims of the brigands t .o 1 nd in ontshiw ' s country" (C . 4275 90) .

On their r turn jouro y to Cape fown, the ministers suffere the indignity of being hooted and his d along their route , D

belng burnt in ffi in fx'ont of the hotel in hieb they found

acco od t10n ••••••• 1 .,

Collection Number: A979 Silas T MOLEMA and Solomon T PLAATJE Papers PUBLISHER: Publisher:- Historical Papers, University of the Witwatersrand Location:- Johannesburg ©2012

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