and he (the President) would stand by them and support them.
Mr. JEPPE said: His Honour has again asked me to advise the people of
Johannesburg what to do regarding the extension of the franchise. He
says they must first naturalize and then come again. Then he holds
out hopes that their wishes will be met. Why then does he not support
Mr. Meyer's proposal, which affects naturalized people only? What
is it I am to advise the people of Johannesburg? I have had many
suggestions from different members. You, Mr. Chairman, seem to
support the hundred men from Lydenburg who suggest ten years'
residence as a qualification. Mr. Jan Meyer suggests that those who
came early to the goldfields should memorialize separately, and he
would support them. Others say that only those who are naturalized
should petition, and that if a few hundreds petitioned instead of
35,000, their reception would be different. Well, we have had one
petition here wherein all these conditions were complied with. It was
not signed by anyone who had not been here ten years, or who is not
naturalized, or who could at all be suspected of being unfaithful,
nor could any exception be taken to it on the ground of numbers,
since it was signed by one man only, Mr. Justice Morice, and yet it
was rejected. Gentlemen, I am anxiously groping for the light; but
what, in the face of this, am I to advise my people?

Mr. JAN DE BEER endeavoured to refute Messrs. Jeppe's and Loveday's
statements, when they said a man could not become a full member until
he was forty. They were out of their reckoning, because a man did not
live until he was sixteen. He was out of the country. In the eyes of
the law he was a foreigner until he was sixteen. (Laughter.) The
member adduced other similar arguments to refute those of Messrs.
Jeppe and Loveday, causing much laughter.

Mr. LOVEDAY replied to the President, especially referring to his
Honour's statement that he (Mr. Loveday) was wrong when he said that
a person would have to wait until he was forty before he could obtain
the full rights. He (Mr. Loveday) repeated and emphasized his
statements of yesterday.

The CHAIRMAN said there was no doubt about it. What Mr. Loveday said
regarding the qualifications and how long a man would have to wait
until he was qualified to become a full burgher was absolutely
correct. It could not be contradicted. The law was clear on that
point. There was no doubt about it.

Mr. JAN DE BEER: Yes; I see now Mr. Loveday is right, and I am wrong.
The law does say what Mr. Loveday said. It must be altered.

The debate was closed on the third day, and Mr. Otto's motion to
accept the report of the majority of the Committee, to refuse the
request of the memoralists, and to refer them to the existing laws,
was carried by sixteen votes to eight.




APPENDIX G.

TERMS OF DR. JAMESON'S SURRENDER.


_Sir Hercules Robinson to Mr. Chamberlain._

Received April 6, 1896.

_Government House, Capetown,
March 16, 1896._

SIR,

I have the honour to transmit for your information a copy of a
despatch from Her Majesty's Acting Agent at Pretoria, enclosing a
communication from the Government of the South African Republic,
accompanied by sworn declarations, respecting the terms of the
surrender of Dr. Jameson's force, a summary of which documents I
telegraphed to you on the 12th instant.

At my request, Lieutenant-General Goodenough has perused these sworn
declarations, and informs me 'that,' in his opinion, 'Jameson's
surrender was unconditional, except that his and his people's lives
were to be safe so far as their immediate captors were concerned.'


I have, etc.,
HERCULES ROBINSON,
_Governor and High Commissioner._

Enclosed in above letter.

_From H. Cloete, Pretoria, to the High Commissioner, Capetown._

_Pretoria, March 11th, 1896._

SIR,

I have the honour to enclose for the information of your Excellency a
letter this day received from the Government, a summary of which I
have already sent your Excellency by telegraph.

I have, etc.,
H. CLOETE.

_Department of Foreign Affairs,
Government Office, Pretoria,
March 10, 1896._

Division A., R.A., 1056/1896,
B., 395/96.

HONOURABLE SIR,

I am instructed to acknowledge the receipt of the telegram from his
Excellency the High Commissioner to you, dated 6th instant, forwarded
on by you to his Honour the State President, and I am now instructed
to complete with further data my letter to you of 4th instant, B.B.,
257/96, which I herewith confirm, containing the information which
the Government then had before it respecting the surrender, and which
was furnished in view of your urgent request for an immediate reply.

In order to leave no room for the slightest misunderstanding, and to
put an end to all false representations, the Government has summoned
not only Commandant Cronjé, but also Commandant Potgieter, Commandant
Malan, Field-Cornet Maartens, Assistant Field-Cornet Van Vuuren, and
others, whose evidence appears to be of the greatest importance, and
places the matter in a clear and plain light.

The information which the Government has found published in the
papers is of the following purport:

'THE DOORNKOP SURRENDER: ALLEGED CORRESPONDENCE.

'_London, Monday,_ 11.15 _a.m._

'Mr. Hawksley, the Chartered solicitor, who is defending Dr. Jameson,
published the following letter to-day, which passed between Sir John
Willoughby and Mr. Cronjé, the Dutch Commandant at the time of the
Krugersdorp surrender:

'_From Willoughby to Commandant._

'"We surrender, providing you guarantee a safe conduct out of the
country for every member of the force."

'_From Cronjé to Willoughby._

'"Please take notice, I shall immediately let our officers come
together to decide upon your communication."

'_From Cronjé to Willoughby._

'"I acknowledge your letter. The answer is, If you will undertake to
pay the expenses you have caused to the Transvaal, and will lay down
your arms, then I will spare the lives of you and yours. Please send
me reply to this within thirty minutes."'

I have now the honour to enclose for the information of His
Excellency the High Commissioner and the British Government sworn
declarations of:

1. Commandant Cronjé, substantiated by Field-Cornet Maartens and
Assistant Field-Cornet Van Vuuren.

2. Commandant Potgieter.

3. Commandant Malan.

4. J.S. Colliers, substantiated by B.J. Viljoen, and the interpreter,
M. J. Adendorff.

These sworn declarations given before the State Attorney agree in all
the principal points, and give a clear summary of all the incidents
of the surrender, and from the main points thereof it appears, _inter
alia_:

That the second letter, as published above, and which is alleged to
be from Cronjé to Willoughby, was not issued from Cronjé, but from
Commandant Potgieter, who has undoubtedly taken up the proper
standpoint, and has followed the general rule in matters of urgency,
such as the one in hand, and where the Commandant-General was not
present in person on the field of battle, first and before treating
wishing to consult with his co-commandants in as far as was possible.

That a note such as appears in his declaration was sent by Commandant
Cronjé.

That neither Commandant Malan nor Commandant Potgieter were present
at the despatch of it.

That the reply thereon from Willoughby was received by Commandant
Cronjé, as appears in that declaration.

That Commandant Cronjé then, in compliance with the note sent by
Commandant Potgieter, as well as the other commandants and officers
mentioned in the declaration of Cronjé, rode up.

That Commandant Cronjé then explained his own note.

That thereupon also Commandant Malan joined his co-commandants and
officers, and at this time Commandants Malan, Cronjé, and Potgieter
were present.

That after consultation, and with the approval of Commandants Cronjé
and Potgieter, Commandant Malan, by means of the interpreter
Adendorff, had the following said to Dr. Jameson:

'This is Commandant Malan. He wishes you distinctly to understand
that no terms can be made here. We have no right to make terms here.
Terms will be made by the Government of the South African Republic.
He can only secure your lives to Pretoria, until you are handed over
to Commandant-General at Pretoria.'

That Dr. Jameson agreed to these terms and accepted them.

That thereupon by order of Dr. Jameson the arms were then also laid
down.

That Commandant Trichardt then appeared with the orders of the
Commandant-General to himself.

It now appears that these orders are those which were contained in
the telegram of which I already sent you a copy by my above-quoted
letter of the 4th March, 1896, and which, after the final regulation
of matters such as had then taken place, was not further acted upon
because as regards the surrender negotiations were in fact carried on
in accordance with the orders of the Commandant-General.

While putting aside the question of the surrender there is little to
be said about the other points contained in the telegram under reply,
there is one which is considered of sufficient importance by this
Government to even still draw the attention of His Excellency the
High Commissioner thereto. His Excellency says: 'I may therefore
explain that an armistice had been agreed to pending my arrival.'

The Government here can only think of one other misunderstanding,
they having at the time of the disturbances at Johannesburg never
recognized any acting party, for which reason therefore the
concluding of an armistice was an impossibility.

In conclusion, I have to tender thanks both to His Honour the
Secretary of State and His Excellency the High Commissioner for the
unprejudiced manner in which they, as against insinuations of a low
character, have made known their feelings with respect to the good
faith shown by His Honour the State President in his negotiations in
connection with the question of the surrender of Dr. Jameson's force.

I have, etc.,
C. VAN BOESCHOTEN,
_Acting State Secretary_.

_His Honour H. Cloete,
Acting British Agent, Pretoria._

_Appeared before me,_ HERMANUS JACOB COSTER, _State Attorney and
ex-officio J.P. of the South African Republic_, PIETER ARNOLDUS
CRONJÉ, _Commandant of the Potchefstroom District, who makes oath and
states:_

I was, together with H.P. Malan (Commandant of the Rustenburg
District), and F.J. Potgieter (Commandant of the Krugersdorp
District), one of the commanding officers of the burgher forces
in the fights against Jameson. When I noticed the white flag, I
instantly ordered De la Rey to approach the enemy. Instead of De la
Rey, Hans Klopper, one of the men of Commandant Potgieter, went. He
brought back a note from Willoughby to me. The contents of the note
were that if we left them to themselves he promised to withdraw over
the boundary. In reply I sent him per Hans Klopper the following
note:

'John Willoughby,--I acknowledge your note, and this serves as reply,
that if you guarantee the payment of the expenses which you have
occasioned the South African Republic and surrender your flag
together with your weapons I will spare the life of you and yours.
Please send reply within thirty minutes.'

When this reply was written by me neither Malan nor Potgieter were
present. Thereupon he answered that he accepted the terms, and
surrendered himself fully with all his arms into my hands. After
receiving Willoughby's answer, I rode to Jameson's troops in order to
meet the other commandants, in accordance with a note sent by
Commandant Potgieter to the enemy. I went with Field-Cornets Maartens
and Van Vuuren to Jameson's troops, and met Jameson. When I met him
I gave him to clearly understand our agreement namely that he must
plainly understand that the last clause was that I guaranteed his
life and that of his men until I had handed him over to General
Joubert. Thereupon I asked him if he was willing to lay down his flag
and his arms, to which he replied, 'I have no flag; I am willing to
lay down my arms.' Thereupon I asked him if he could declare upon
oath that he had no flag, whereupon he declared under oath that he
had no flag. Then Commandant Malan arrived, and then the three
commanding officers, Malan, Potgieter and I, were present on the
spot.

Before I began speaking to Malan, Jameson called Willoughby to be
present. Thereupon Malan and I spoke together about the surrender
of Jameson. Whereupon Malan said, 'We can't decide anything here.
Jameson must surrender unconditionally, and he must be plainly given
to understand that we cannot guarantee his life any longer than till
we have handed him over to General Joubert.' I fully agreed with
Malan, and the interpreter Adendorff was then instructed by the three
commandants jointly to convey plainly in English to Jameson what the
three commandants had agreed upon. After this had been done, Jameson
bowed, took his hat off, and said in English that he agreed to the
terms. Thereupon he issued orders to Willoughby to command the
subordinate officers to lay down their arms. Then the arms were laid
down. Later on, after the arms had been laid down, Commandant
Trichardt arrived with orders from the Commandant-General, and his
terms were the same as those we had already laid down.


P.A. CRONJÉ.

Sworn before me on this 7th day of March, 1896.


H. J. COSTER,
_State Attorney and Ex-officio J.P._

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We, the undersigned, Jan. Thos. Maartens, Field-Cornet of the Ward
Gatsrand, District Potchefstroom, and Daniel Johannes Jansen van
Vuuren, Assistant Field-Cornet of the Ward Bovenschoonspruit, declare
under oath that we were present at everything stated in the foregoing
sworn declaration of Commandant P.A. Cronjé, and that that
declaration is correct and in accordance with the truth.


JAN. MAARTENS,
D.J.J. VAN VUUREN.

Sworn before me on this the 7th day of March, 1896.


H. J. COSTER,
_State-Attorney and ex-officio J.P._

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_Appeared before me_, HERMANUS JACOB COSTER, _State Attorney and
ex-officio J.P. of the South African Republic_, FREDERICK JACOBUS
POTGIETER, _Commandant of the Krugersdorp District, who makes oath
and states:_

On the morning of January 2, I received a written report from the
enemy in which was stated that he would surrender, but that he must
be allowed to go back over the line. I answered thereon in writing
that I would call the officers together and would then immediately
notify him. The report received by me I immediately transmitted to
Commandant Cronjé. A short time after I saw Commandant Cronjé with
the burghers going towards the enemy. I thereupon also went towards
the enemy and met Commandant Cronjé there. I then attended the
discussion as set forth in the declaration given by J.T. Celliers,
dated March 6, 1896, and confirmed by Messrs. Michiel Joseph
Adendorff and Benjamin Johannes Vilgoen.

The purport of that discussion is correctly rendered.


F.J. POTGIETER,
_Commandant, Krugersdorp_.

This sworn before me on this the 6th day of March, 1896.

H.J. COSTER,
_State Attorney and ex-officio J.P._

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_Appeared before me_, HERMANUS JACOB COSTER, _State Attorney and
ex-officio J.P. of the South African Republic_, HERCULES PHILIPPUS
MALAN, _who makes oath and states:_

I was together with P.A. Cronjé, Commandant of the Krugersdorp
District, one of the commanding forces in the fights against Jameson.
On the morning of January 2, a despatch rider from Commandant
Potgieter came up and informed me that Jameson had hoisted the white
flag, and that I must quickly attend a meeting with the other
commandants. When I came up to Jameson I found Cronjé and Potgieter
there; and, as I saw that Cronjé had been speaking to Jameson, I
asked Cronjé 'What is the subject you have been speaking about? I
also wish to know it.' Cronjé told me that he had agreed with Jameson
that Jameson would pay the expenses incurred by the State, and that
he (Cronjé) would spare the lives of Jameson and his people till
Pretoria was reached.

Thereupon I answered, 'We cannot make any terms here. We have not the
power to do so. Jameson must surrender unconditionally, and we can
only guarantee his life until he is delivered over by us into the
hands of the Commandant-General. Then he will have to submit to the
decision of the Commandant-General and the Government.' When I had
said this, Commandant Potgieter answered, 'I agree with that.'
And Commandant Cronjé said, 'So be it, brothers.' Thereupon the
interpreter (Adendorff) was instructed to translate to Jameson
what had been spoken. He did so. Jameson thereupon took off his hat,
bowed, and replied in English that he agreed thereto. Jameson then
ordered Willoughby, who was present from the moment that I arrived,
to command the subordinate officers to disarm the men, and thereupon
the arms were given up.


H.P. MALAN, _Commandant._

Sworn before me on this the 9th day of March, 1896.


H.J. COSTER,
_State Attorney and ex-oficio J.P._

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_Appeared before me_, HERMANUS JACOB COSTER, _State Attorney and
ex-officio J.P. of the South African Republic_, JAN STEPHANOS
CELLIERS, _of Pretoria, who makes oath and states:_

I came up to Jameson and his troops on the second of January (after
Jameson had hoisted the white flag), together with B.G. Viljoen,
Krugersdorp, and another Viljoen, whose place of residence is unknown
to me. I asked one of Jameson's troopers where he was. He showed me
the direction and the place where Jameson was. Jameson thereupon
approached me, and I greeted him. While this took place Commandant
Cronjé, the interpreter (Adendorff), and another man whose name is
unknown to me, came. Cronjé was thereupon introduced by Adendorff,
who spoke English, to Jameson. Thereupon Cronjé said to Jameson, 'I
understand that you and your men will surrender yourselves with your
flag and everything you possess?' Jameson said thereupon, 'I fight
under no flag.'

Cronjé then replied, 'Then I must believe you upon your word that
you have no flag?' Jameson then said, 'I declare under oath that I
possess no flag.' This conversation was interpreted word for word by
Adendorff. Shortly afterwards Commandant Malan also arrived there. He
asked, 'What is up here? Tell me the news also.' Then Cronjé told
Malan that Jameson would surrender conditionally, whereupon Malan
said in effect, 'There can be no question of a conditional surrender
here, because we have no right to make terms. The surrender must take
place unconditionally. If terms must be made, it must take place at
Pretoria. We can only guarantee his life and that of his men as long
as they are under us, and until the moment when they are handed over
to the Commandant.'

General Cronjé answered thereupon, 'So be it, brother.' Then
Adendorff asked if he had to interpret this to Jameson, whereupon
Malan said, 'Yes,' and thereupon said in English to Jameson, 'This
is Commandant Malan. He wishes you to distinctly understand that no
terms can be made here. We have no right to make terms here. Terms
will be made by the Government of the South African Republic. He can
only secure your lives to Pretoria, until you are handed over to the
Commandant-General at Pretoria.'

In reply, Jameson took off his hat, bowed, stepped backwards and
said, 'I accept your terms.' Thereupon Jameson ordered Willoughby to
command the subordinate officers that the troopers should lay down
their arms. The arms were then laid down.


J.S. CELLIERS.

Sworn before me on the 6th March, 1896.


H.J. COSTER,
_State-Attorney and ex-officio J.P._

We, the undersigned, Benjamin Johannes Viljoen and Michiel Joseph
Adendorff, the persons mentioned in the preceding declaration,
declare under oath that the facts stated therein, which we witnessed,
as stated above, are true and correct.


B.J. VILJOEN.
M.J. ADENDORFF.

Sworn before me on the 6th March, 1896.


H.J. COSTER,
_State-Attorney and ex-officio J.P._

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COLONIAL OFFICE TO WAR OFFICE.

_Downing Street, April 21, 1896._

SIR,

I am directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to request that you will
lay before the Marquis of Lansdowne the undermentioned papers on the
subject of the surrender of Dr. Jameson's force to the Boers.

1. A despatch from Sir Hercules Robinson, enclosing sworn
declarations taken by the Government of the South African Republic.
A telegraphic summary of these declarations was laid before Dr.
Jameson, whose observations are contained in--

2. A letter from the solicitor for Dr. Jameson and his fellow
defendants.

3. A despatch from Sir Hercules Robinson, enclosing a sworn
statement.

Lord Lansdowne will observe from Sir H. Robinson's despatch of the
16th March that the declarations taken by the Government of the South
African Republic were submitted to the General Officer commanding at
the Cape, who gave his opinion that the surrender was unconditional.

Mr. Chamberlain would be obliged if Lord Lansdowne would submit these
papers to his military advisers, and obtain from them their opinion
as to the terms of the surrender, which Mr. Chamberlain thinks was
completed on Sir John Willoughby's acceptance of Commandant Cronjé's
terms, and was therefore subject to these terms and conditions.


I am, etc.,
R. H. MEADE.

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WAR OFFICE TO COLONIAL OFFICE.

Received April 28, 1896.

_War Office, London, S.W.,
April 27, 1896._

SIR,

I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to acknowledge
receipt of your letter of the 21st inst., on the subject of the
surrender of Dr. Jameson's force to the Boers.

In reply, the Marquis of Lansdowne, having consulted with his
military adviser, desires me to observe that, whatever position Mr.
Cronjé may hold in the Transvaal army, he decidedly on the occasion
in question acted as an officer in authority, and guaranteed the
lives of Dr. Jameson and all his men if they at once laid down their
arms.

The terms prescribed were accepted by Dr. Jameson's force, and they
surrendered and laid down their arms, and no subsequent discussion
amongst the Transvaal officers could retract the terms of this
surrender.

I am therefore to acquaint you, for the information of the Secretary
of State for the Colonies, that the Secretary of State for War
concurs with Mr. Chamberlain in considering that the surrender was
completed on Sir John Willoughby's acceptance of Commandant Cronjé's
terms, and was subject to these terms and conditions.

I am, etc,
ARTHUR L. HALIBURTON.




APPENDIX H.

SIR JOHN WILLOUGHBY'S REPORT TO THE WAR OFFICE.


The subjoined document is printed in the form in which it was
supplied to the author by a journalist, to whom it had been given as
a fair statement of the case. The marginal remarks are the notes made
by a member of the Reform Committee to whom it was shown.

OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE EXPEDITION THAT LEFT THE PROTECTORATE AT THE
URGENT REQUEST OF THE LEADING CITIZENS OF JOHANNESBURG WITH THE
OBJECT OF STANDING BY THEM AND MAINTAINING LAW AND ORDER WHILST THEY
WERE DEMANDING JUSTICE FROM THE TRANSVAAL AUTHORITIES. By SIR JOHN C.
WILLOUGHBY, BART., Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding Dr. Jameson's
Forces.

[After they had dated the 'urgent' letter, and had wired to Dr.
Harris (December 27): 'We will make our own notation by the aid
of the letter which I shall publish.']

On Saturday, December 28, 1895, Dr. Jameson received a Reuter's
telegram showing that the situation at Johannesburg had become acute.
At the same time reliable information was received that the Boers in
the Zeerust and Lichtenburg districts were assembling, and had been
summoned to march on Johannesburg.

[The same time as he got the telegrams from Johannesburg and
messages by Heany and Holden on no account to move.]

Preparations were at once made to act on the terms of the letter
dated December 20, and already published, and also in accordance with
verbal arrangements with the signatories of that letter--viz., that
should Dr. Jameson hear that the Boers were collecting, and that the
intentions of the Johannesburg people had become generally known,
he was at once to come to the aid of the latter with whatever force
he had available, and without further reference to them, the object
being that such force should reach Johannesburg without any conflict.

[Twaddle--in the face of Hammond's, Phillips's and Sam Jameson's
wire not to move]

At 3 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, December 29, everything was in
readiness at Pitsani Camp.

The troops were paraded, and Dr. Jameson read the letter of
invitation from Johannesburg.

He then explained to the force _(a)_ that no hostilities were
intended; _(b)_ that we should only fight if forced to do so in
self-defence; _(c)_ that neither the persons nor property of
inhabitants of the Transvaal were to be molested; _(d)_ that our sole
object was to help our fellow-men in their extremity, and to ensure
their obtaining attention to their just demands.

Dr. Jameson's speech was received with the greatest enthusiasm by the
men, who cheered most heartily.

The above programme was strictly adhered to until the column was
fired upon on the night of the 31st.

Many Boers, singly and in small parties, were encountered on the line
of march; to one and all of these the pacific nature of the
expedition was carefully explained.

[Start from Pitsani.]

The force left Pitsani Camp at 6.30 p.m., December 29, and marched
through the night.

At 5.15 a.m. on the morning of the 30th the column reached the
village of Malmani (39 miles distant from Pitsani).

[Junction effected at Malmani with B.B.P.]

Precisely at the same moment the advanced guard of the Mafeking
Column (under Colonel Grey) reached the village, and the junction was
effected between the two bodies.

For details of the composition of the combined force, as also for
general particulars of the march to Krugersdorp, see sketch of the
route and schedule attached (marked A. and B. respectively).