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Yves Guyot Guyot. Boer Politics
Boer Politics
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
PREFACE
The Question
Pro-Boer Argument
The Profits from the Jameson Raid
The Logical Consequences of the Jameson Raid
CHAPTER I
1.—Disregard of Facts and Subordination to the Vatican
2.—The Boers, the Natives, and Slavery
3.—Essentially a Man of War and Politics
CHAPTER II
1.—The Ideal of the Boers
2.—The English in South Africa
3.—"The Crime."
4.—British Sphere of Influence in 1838
5.—England, the Transvaal, and the Orange Free State
CHAPTER III
THE ANNEXATION OF THE TRANSVAAL AND THE CONVENTIONS OF 1881 AND 1884.[6]
1.—The "Gold Mines" Argument
2.—Boer Anarchy
3.—The Boers saved by the English
4.—The Annexation of the Transvaal and the Conventions of 1881 and 1884
5.—The Convention of 1881 inapplicable
6.—Violation by the Boers
CHAPTER IV
ARTICLES OF THE CONVENTION OF 1884.[7]
1.—Krüger's Point of View
2.—England's Obligations
3.—Equality of Rights among the Whites according to Mr. Krüger in 1881
4.—Preamble of the Convention of 1881
5.—Articles 4, 7 and 14 of the Convention of 1884
CHAPTER V
LAW AND JUSTICE IN THE TRANSVAAL.[9]
1.—Contempt of Justice
2.—Confusion of Powers
CHAPTER VI
POLICE, JUSTICE, AND LAW ACCORDING TO BOER METHODS.[10]
1.—Legal and Judicial System of the Transvaal
2.—The Police
3.—An Ingenious Collusion
4.—The Lombaard Case
CHAPTER VII
SECURITY OF INDIVIDUALS ACCORDING TO BOER IDEAS.[11]
1.—The Amphitheatre Case
2.—Different modes of estimating bail
3.—The Uitlanders' Petition
4.—Security of the Individual according to Boer ideas
5.—The Murder of Mrs. Appelbe
CHAPTER VIII
BOER OLIGARCHY
CHAPTER IX
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GOLD MINES.[12]
1.—That Gold is Mine!
2.—The Proportion of Gold per Ton
3.—Cost of Production
4.—A Gold Mine is an Industrial Undertaking
5.—Distribution of the Gold Production
6.—Cost of Production and the Transvaal
7.—What the "Vultures" brought
CHAPTER X
FINANCIAL POLICY OF THE BOERS[14]
1.—Receipt of the Boer Exchequer
2.—Budget Assessment of the Burghers
3.—Salaries of Boer Officials
4.—The Debit Side of the Boer Budget
5.—New Taxes
6.—Attempt to Raise a Loan
7.—Fleecing the Uitlanders!
CHAPTER XI
MONOPOLIES IN THE TRANSVAAL AND THE NETHERLANDS RAILWAY COMPANY.[16]
1.—Article XIV. and the Monopolies
2.—The Dynamite Monopoly
3.—Railways
4.—The Drift Question
5.—Methods of Exaction
CHAPTER XII
"CAPITALIST INTRIGUES" AND THE WAR.[17]
1.—A War of Capitalists
2.—A Local Board
3.—A Deliberative Council
4.—Timidity of the Chamber of Mines
5.—The Petition and the Despatch of May 10th
CHAPTER XIII
THE FRANCHISE.[19]
1.—Impossible Comparisons
2.—Policy of Reaction
3.—The Bloemfontein Conference
CHAPTER XIV
THE FRANCHISE
AFTER THE CONFERENCE OF BLOEMFONTEIN.[20]
1.—A Krüger Trick
2.—The Bill passed by the Volksraad
3.—Pretended Concessions
4.—The Joint Commission
5.—Bargaining
6.—The Conditions, and Withdrawal of Proposals
7.—The Franchise is Self-Government
CHAPTER XV
THE SUZERAINTY OF ENGLAND AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC.[21]
1.—Who raised the Question of Suzerainty?
2.—The Suzerainty and the Conference of the Hague
CHAPTER XVI
THE ARBITRATION QUESTION.[22]
1.—How the Transvaal interprets Arbitration
2.—Mr. Chamberlain's Conditions
CHAPTER XVII
THE BOER ULTIMATUM.[23]
1.—Dr. Kuyper's Logic
2.—Despatches of the 8th and 22nd September
3.—The Ultimatum
CHAPTER XVIII
DR. KUYPER'S FINAL METAPHOR.[24]
1.—Where are the Peace Lovers?
2.—The Moral Worth of the Boers
3.—A Lioness out of Place
4.—Moral Unity by Means of Unity of Method
APPENDIX A
ENGLAND, HOLLAND AND GERMANY.[26]
APPENDIX B
Dr. Kuyper's Admission
Offer To Dr. Kuyper
II. Reply of Dr. Kuyper
III. Another Letter
IV. M. Brunetière's Refusal
V
APPENDIX C
THE LAST PRO-BOER MANIFESTATION
APPENDIX D
SOUTH AFRICAN CRITICS
APPENDIX E
THE TRANSVAAL AND THE PEACE CONFERENCE HELD IN PARIS FROM SEPTEMBER 30th TO OCTOBER 5th, 1900
Sitting of October 1st
LONDON: Boyle, Son & Watchurst, PRINTERS, WARWICK SQUARE, E.C. FOOTNOTES:
