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 .. . ence in Rhodes has receivedsuch a rude shock that his repudiation of the proceedings at Buluwayoought to be received with the greatest caution. Even now we havenews that an armed force is collecting on our borders. If this is trueI trust that not the word of Rhodes, but the influence of the Govern-ment will suffice to prevent further incursions. Will you, with a view tochecking further lying reports, publish t


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 .. . ence in Rhodes has receivedsuch a rude shock that his repudiation of the proceedings at Buluwayoought to be received with the greatest caution. Even now we havenews that an armed force is collecting on our borders. If this is trueI trust that not the word of Rhodes, but the influence of the Govern-ment will suffice to prevent further incursions. Will you, with a view tochecking further lying reports, publish this? Mr. Chamberlain replied: I thank you for your message, which I will publish as you press has not given credence to the rumors about cruelty of yourmagnanimity. I have sent an Imperial officer to Buluwayo to see thatmy orders are obeyed, and to prevent a further raid. You may restconfident that I will strictly uphold all the obligations of the Londonconvention of 1884. The same day a cable dispatch from Johannesburg was received atthe office in London of the Johannesburg Standard, stating that inreply to an address presented to him by a deputation, President Kruger.


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