War in South Africa and the Dark continent from savagery to civilization : The strange story of a weird world from the earliest ages to the present, including the war with the Boers .. . is that ofthirty thousand shareholders in the Chartered Company ten thousandare Frenchmen. It would be a strange thing to deal with their prop-erty without a most absolute case against them. Nor do I think it desirable that the general administration of thesenew territories should be transferred to the Colonial Office, whichcould not do the work necessary for their speedy development. Whilethe company will be
War in South Africa and the Dark continent from savagery to civilization : The strange story of a weird world from the earliest ages to the present, including the war with the Boers .. . is that ofthirty thousand shareholders in the Chartered Company ten thousandare Frenchmen. It would be a strange thing to deal with their prop-erty without a most absolute case against them. Nor do I think it desirable that the general administration of thesenew territories should be transferred to the Colonial Office, whichcould not do the work necessary for their speedy development. Whilethe company will be allowed to continue its useful work of developingthe country, the military and police forces will be removed from its con-trol and placed under Crown officers, taking orders from the HighCommissioner, but being paid by the Chartered Company. No magis-trate will be allowed to be appointed without legal or colonial experi-ence. The authority on the border of British Bechuanaland will be thecommandant of a military force under the service of the Queen. Thesemeasures, I feel confident, will effectually prevent further raids. I had nothing to do with Mr. Cecil Rhodes return to
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