A Century of Wrong

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Francis William Reitz. A Century of Wrong

A Century of Wrong

Table of Contents

Preface

Footnotes

Introduction

The Cape of Good Hope

Footnotes

The Founding of Natal

Footnotes

The Orange Free State

Footnotes

The South African Republic

Footnotes

The Conventions of 1881 and 1884

Capitalistic Jingoism – First Period

Footnotes

Capitalistic Jingoism – Second Period

Footnotes

Conclusion

Appendix A. Lord Derby's Dispatch on the Convention of 1884

Appendix B. (Translation) The Annexation of the Diamond Fields

Appendix C. The Reply to Mr. Chamberlain's Dispatch on Grievances

Appendix D. The Final Dispatch of Mr. State Secretary Reitz

Appendix E. The Text of the Conventions, 1852, 1881, and 1884

Sand River Convention, 1852

Convention of Pretoria, 1881

London Convention, 1884

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Francis William Reitz

Published by Good Press, 2021

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When Mr. Reitz wrote his book he did not know that immediately after the Raid the British Government began to accumulate information, and to prepare for the war with the Republic which is now in progress. The reason why Mr. Reitz did not refer to this in A Century of Wrong was because documents proving its existence had not fallen into the hands of the Transvaal Government until after the retreat from Glencoe. Major White and his brother officers who were concerned in the Raid were much chaffed for the incredible simplicity with which he allowed a private memorandum as to preparations for the Raid to fall into the hands of the Boers. His indiscretion has been thrown entirely into the shade by the simplicity which allowed War Office documents of the most secret and compromising nature to fall into the hands of the Boers, showing that preparations for the present war began immediately after the defeat of the Raid. The special correspondent of Reuter with the Boers telegraphed from Glencoe on October 28th as follows: –

The papers captured at Dundee Camp from the British unveil a thoroughly worked out scheme to attack the independence of both Republics as far back as 1896, notwithstanding constant assurances of amity towards the Free State.

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