The Transvaal and Bechuanaland (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Transvaal and Bechuanaland The Governor of the Transvaal and the Governor of Griqualand, and those of our own officials who were best acquainted with the facts, had previously warned us, and facts had demonstrated the impolicy and injustice of the system then deliberately re-adopted, notwithstanding the protests of both Boers and natives. Hence we are blaming the victims for the result of our own folly. The Transvaal Government have always claimed this so-called Bechuanaland as a part of their state, and their subjects have always resided in it. When they went there, more than half a century ago, they found the place almost entirely depopulated. It had been overrun by Moselikatsie, the great Matabele or Zulu chief, and its native inhabitants driven away. Moselikatsie also attacked the emigrant farmers, but they ultimately conquered him and drove him out of the country. In 1871, in direct contravention of the Sand River Convention, made in 1852 with the Transvaal Republic, and the Bloemfontein Convention, made in 1854 with the Orange Free State, we appropriated the Diamond Fields, and made Bechuanaland a field for the rivalry of the Dutch and English officials and adventurers of South Africa. Well did Mr. Froude characterise it as "perhaps the most discreditable incident in British colonial history." We have dearly paid for our selfish and discreditable course of conduct. It has brought about most of our South African troubles, and the many wars which have cost us and the Cape Colony so much, and been so barren of any useful results. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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