The English And the Dutch in South Africa a Historical Retrospect
The English And the Dutch in South Africa a Historical Retrospect
Withers Hartley
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Unfortunately they did not understand that another somer- sault had been turned, that Lord Carnarvon's previous utterances had, therefore, no longer any weight, and that the justice of the annexa- tion was not regarded as a matter for discussion. Lord Carnarvon, however, soon put them right on this point. He wrote to Shepstone on July 1 2th, 1877 : *' You will be prepared to learn that I lost no time in explaining to the delegates that it is altogether impossible for Her Majesty's Government to... entertain the idea of reversing the action taken by you in proclaiming the Queen's sovereignty in the new province. " Under these circumstances discussion was, of course, bound to be bootless, and the deputies 12 178 The English and the Dutch returned empty-handed. They had gathered, however, that Lord Carnarvon doubted their assertion that the majority of the Boers were averse to the annexation, and they still hoped that, if they could come back to London with definite proofs on this point, their freedom might be restored.
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