INDEX

Africa, South, charm of, 22 conquest of, 1 drunkenness in, 223 English colonists, 14 prior to Boer War, 6 Union of (see Union)

Afrikander Bond, 86, 99 and Rhodes, 73, 82, 84 and Sir A. Milner, 134

Afrikander party compel Rhodes' resignation, 50

Aliwal North concentration camp, 182

America's response to concentration camp appeal, 165

B

Barkly West, Rhodes elected for, 28

Barnato, Barney, 24, 137 his awe of Rhodes, 60

Beit, Alfred, 24

Bender, Rev. Dr., Chief Rabbi of Cape Town, 194

Bloemfontein, concentration camp at, 182, 184

Bloemfontein Conference, the, 13, 16, 140 failure of, 67, 104

Boer War, concentration camps, 157 et seq. not a war of annihilation, 3 prime cause of, 128, 137, 139, 178 Rhodes' prophecy, 67

Boers, the, mistrust of England after the Raid, 200 pre-war hygienic conditions of, 160 (Cf. also Dutch)

Botha, General, 83 imperialism of, xii, 229

British Empire, South Africa added to, 3

British Government, the, a missed opportunity, 41 and Boer concentration camps, 162

British South Africa Company, constitution of, 44 (See also Chartered Company)

Brooke-Hunt, Miss, in Pretoria, 186

Buller, Sir Redvers, and siege of Kimberley, 94, 95

C

Cape Colony, diamond fields, 3 loyalty to England, 129 martial law in, 214 et seq. mutiny of Dutch in, 8 overcrowded prisons, 217 Rhodes as Premier, 30, 43, 44 Sir Gordon Sprigg as Premier, 99, 121

Cape to Cairo Railway, 81, 124, 229

Cape Town, influx of refugees, 191 et seq.

Chamberlain, Joseph, 104 policy of, 133

Chartered Company of South Africa, 25, 26, 78, 80 sinister rumours, 45

Concentration camps, 141, 142, 157 hygienic conditions of, 160 inner organisation, 173 Miss Hobhouse's charges, and Mrs. Henry Fawcett's reply to, 165, 181 necessity for, 161 rations, 171

Cronje, General, 94

D

De Beers Consolidated Mines, 24, 80, 112 power of Company, 114

Delagoa Bay, 91

Dop tax, the, 223

Dutch, the, and Dr. Jameson, 149 and Sir A. Milner, 151 enmity with English, 11 mutiny in Cape Colony, 8 popularity of Rhodes with, 30, 43, 73 reconciliation with English, 129 (Cf. also Boers)

E

Eckstein, F., 97, 197

England acquires the Transvaal, 1 the question of concentration camps, 159

English, the as colonists, 14, 15 enmity with the Dutch, 11 reconciliation with the Dutch, 129

F

Fawcett, Mrs. Henry, reply to Miss Hobhouse, 181

Frenchman, a, and a Johannesburg mining property, 64

G

Glen Grey Act, the, 126

Graaf Reinet, martial law in, 216

Green Point (Cape Town) concentration camp, 170

Groote Schuur, the house and gardens, 153

H

Hammond, John Hays, 138

Hely-Hutchinson, Sir W.F., 99

Hobhouse, Miss, pamphlet on concentration camps, 165 et seq.

Hofmeyr, Mr., 38, 43, 83, 84, 86, 135, 150, 155 popularity of, 136

I

I.D.B. Act, the, unwisdom of, 113

Imperial Commission report on concentration camps, 166

J

Jameson, Dr., affection for Rhodes, 72, 148 becomes Prime Minister, 73 death of, 148 (note) enters Transvaal territory, 47 (see Jameson Raid) political aspirations of, 56 Progressive leader, 72 relations with Rhodes after the raid, 54 rumours of his forthcoming raid, 45 the Dutch and, 149

Jameson Raid, the, 9, 30 a colossal blunder, 200 aftermath of, 69 its aim, 53 tacitly encouraged by Rhodes, 51, 67

Jews, Polish, plight of, 193

Jingoes, the, 69, 107, 130, 135, 142, 163, 216

Joel, S., 24

Johannesburg, a shady operation in, 63 flight from, 191 goldfields of, 24

K

Kekewich, Colonel, entrusted with defence of Kimberley, 94

Kimberley, diamond mines in, 17, 24, 87 relief of, 116 Rhodes' purchase of plots in, 21 Rhodes' secret negotiations, 76 siege of, 75, 83, 94 the I.D.B. Act in operation, 113

Kitchener, Lord, and Boer concentration camps, 159 intervenes in the Schoeman case, 221 Rhodes and, 147

Koopman, Mrs. van, author's admiration for, 48 disillusionment of, 47, 74, 146 her alarm at raid rumours, 45 intimacy with Rhodes, 40 Rhodes denies raid projected, 46 under police supervision, 48

Kruger, President, 30, 53, 198 and Mrs. van Koopman, 40 candid criticisms of Rhodes, 92, 93 death sentence for Reformers, 51 "refreshers" for, 197 Rhodes attempts alliance with, 90 Rhodes' bête-noire, 150 Rhodes' duplicity, 74 warned against Sir A. Milner, 104

L

Ladysmith, relief of, 116

Lobengula, King, 36 and Rhodesia, 25 Cecil Rhodes and, 19 his son becomes one of Rhodes' gardeners, 37

Loyalists and concentration camps, 174

M

Mafeking concentration camp, 186

Majuba, defeat of British at, 73

Martial law in Cape Colony, 214 et seq.

"Martyrdom of Man" (Reade's), its influence on Rhodes, 126

Matabele Rebellion, the, Rhodes' courage in, 43

Matabeleland, 19 acquired by the Chartered Company, 26, 90, 112

Matoppo Hills, an historic meeting, 43 Rhodes' burial-place, 72

Maxwell, Lady, an appeal by, 164

Merriman, Mr., 134, 150 severs relations with Rhodes, 73

Methuen, Lord, mandate to Rhodes, 95

Milner, Sir (Viscount) Alfred, 4, 58 a hint to Rhodes, 147 and the Boers, 12, 85, 132 and Rhodes, 74, 140, 148 and the De Beers Company, 115 appointed Governor of Cape Colony, 8, 85 dignified speech, 134 efforts for peace, 156 his great object, 86 influence of, 104 misunderstood and misjudged 7, 12, 85, 104, 107, 108, 180, 228 overruled from Whitehall, 135 policy of conciliation, 130 reports from Rhodes on defence of Kimberley, 94 Rhodes' distrust of, 13, 75 the refugees and, 210 the South African League, 90 transferred to Johannesburg, 99

N

Napoleon, Pius VII. on, 35

Neethling, Mr., and martial law in Cape Colony, 215

O

Orange Free State, flight of the populace, 158 illusions of the Dutch in, 176 resources of, 8

P

Pius VII., Pope, on Napoleon, 35

Polish Jews, plight of, 193

Pretoria, British flag hoisted at, 226 Rhodes tabooed at, 211 Rhodes visits Kruger at, 91 soldiers' institutes at, 186

R

Radziwill, Princess Catherine, and Rhodes, 110, 146 and Rhodes' suspicions of Sir A. Milner, 107 conversations with Sir A. Milner, 106, 232 Rhodes' characteristic note to, 59 talks with Rhodes on Reade's "Martyrdom of Man," 127 visits concentration camps, 163

Rand, the, Downing Street and, 179 Dutch illusions as to Britain's intentions, 177 flight from, 191 et seq. gold fields of, 90 magnates of, 137 el seq., 197

Reade, Winwood, influence of his "Martyrdom of Man" on Rhodes, 126

Rhodes, Cecil, agitates for suspension of constitution, 118, 155, 213, 224 beginning of his fortune, 21 created a Privy Councillor, 43 death, 129, 153, 224 end of his political career, 47, 50, 57, 73 enters political life, 28 patriotism of, 10,17, 31, 76, 82, 152, 230

Rhodes, Herbert (brother of Cecil Rhodes), 20

Rhodesia, annexation of, 24, 25, 28, 35, 36, 78 exploitation of, 198 question of its mineral wealth, 177 Rhodes as "King" of, 122

Roberts, Lord, complimentary lunch to, 134 Rhodes' abuse of, 147

Rowntree, Mr., and the concentration camps, 187

Russia, Wallace's work on, 126

S

Sandringham, Rhodes at, 126

Sargent, E.B., 183

Sauer, Mr., 86, 117, 134, 150, 155, and Rhodes, 73 leader of Bond party, 100

Schoeman, Mr., illegal arrest of, and Lord Kitchener's intervention, 200, 201

Schoeman, Mr., and Loyalists, 219

Schreiner, Mr., 38, 86, 133, 150 confidence in Rhodes, 32 indignation with Rhodes, 50, 73 questions Rhodes, 45 Rhodes and, 23, 74

Schreiner, Olive, on annexation of Rhodesia, 36 Rhodes and, 33

Simonstown, camp for prisoners of war at, 172

Smuts, General, Imperialism of, xii

Sonnenberg, Mr., and Rhodes, 26

South Africa (see Africa, South)

South African League, 86, 88, 97, 99 a petition to Sir Gordon Sprigg, 99, 102 and Sir A. Milner, 90

Southern Cross, the, 22

Sprigg, Sir Gordon, and the South African League, 99 diamond and dop taxes, 224 Premier of Cape Colony, 99, 121, 132

Stead, W.T., admiration of Rhodes, 212 and Sir A. Milner, 209

Steyn, President, and Mrs. van Koopman, 40

T

Transvaal, the, flight of Boer inhabitants, 158 gold mines, 1, 3, 17 loyalty to England, 129 object of Jameson Raid, 53 racial qualifications, 137

Transvaal Republic, intrigues in, 1

U

Uitenhage, martial law in, 218

Uitlanders, the, and concentration camps, 163 quarrel with, 30 their part in the Boer War, 16, 97, 137, 139

Union of South Africa, 228 an accomplished fact, 131, 228 magnates' views, 207 organisation of, 2 Sir A. Milner's part in constitution, 14 united effort for, 225

W

Wall, David de, 99, 101, 146

Wales, Prince of (Edward VII.), 126

Wallace, Mackenzie, meets Rhodes, 126

Wernher, Beit and Company, 97, 197

Wet, De, 83

Westminster Gazette, Mrs. Fawcett's reply to Miss Hobhouse in, 181