Boer Politics

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Author

Guyot, Yves, 1843-1928

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Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

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English

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DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

Subject

Transvaal (South Africa) -- Politics and government

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eBook-No.

17968

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Release Date

March 12, 2006

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BOER POLITICS
2. 2.By YVES GUYOT — Translated from the French — London : JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET 1900
3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.PREFACE. — The Question. — Pro-Boer Argument. — The Profits from the Jameson Raid. — The Logical Consequences of the Jameson Raid.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. — BOER APOLOGISTS. [2] — 1.— Disregard of Facts and Subordination to the Vatican. — 2.— The Boers, the Natives, and Slavery. — 3.— Essentially a Man of War and Politics.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. — ENGLISH AND BOERS. [5] — 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.
8. 8.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.
9. 9.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.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. — LAW AND JUSTICE IN THE TRANSVAAL. [9] — 1.— Contempt of Justice. — 2.— Confusion of Powers.
11. 11.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.
12. 12.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.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — BOER OLIGARCHY.
14. 14.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.
15. 15.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!
16. 16.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.
17. 17.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.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. — THE FRANCHISE. [19] — 1.— Impossible Comparisons. — 2.— Policy of Reaction. — 3.— The Bloemfontein Conference.
19. 19.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.
20. 20.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.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. — THE ARBITRATION QUESTION. [22] — 1.— How the Transvaal interprets Arbitration. — 2.— Mr. Chamberlain's Conditions.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. — THE BOER ULTIMATUM. [23] — 1.— Dr. Kuyper's Logic. — 2.— Despatches of the 8th and 22nd September. — 3.— The Ultimatum.
23. 23.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.
24. 24.APPENDIX A. — ENGLAND, HOLLAND AND GERMANY. [26]
25. 25.APPENDIX B. — Dr. Kuyper's Admission. — Offer To Dr. Kuyper. — II. Reply of Dr. Kuyper. — III. Another Letter. — IV. M. Brunetière's Refusal. — V.
26. 26.APPENDIX C. — THE LAST PRO-BOER MANIFESTATION.
27. 27.APPENDIX D. — SOUTH AFRICAN CRITICS.
28. 28.APPENDIX E. — THE TRANSVAAL AND THE PEACE CONFERENCE HELD IN PARIS FROM SEPTEMBER 30th TO OCTOBER 5th, 1900. — Sitting of October 1st. — FOOTNOTES:

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