Cecil Rhodes, Man and Empire-MakerRadziwill, Catherine, Princess
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Cecil Rhodes, Man and Empire-Maker
Radziwill, Catherine, Princess
Rhodes, Cecil, 1853-1902; South Africa -- Politics and government
Cape Colony, diamond fields, 3
loyalty to England, 129
martial law in, 214 _et seq._
mutiny of Dutch in, 8
overcrowded prisons, 217
Rhodes as Premier, 30, 43, 44
Sir Gordon Sprigg as Premier, 99, 121
Cape to Cairo Railway, 81, 124, 229
Cape Town, influx of refugees, 191 _et seq._
Chamberlain, Joseph, 104
policy of, 133
Chartered Company of South Africa, 25, 26, 78, 80
sinister rumours, 45
Concentration camps, 141, 142, 157
hygienic conditions of, 160
inner organisation, 173
Miss Hobhouse's charges, and Mrs. Henry Fawcett's reply to, 165, 181
necessity for, 161
rations, 171
Cronje, General, 94
D
De Beers Consolidated Mines, 24, 80, 112
power of Company, 114
Delagoa Bay, 91
Dop tax, the, 223
Dutch, the, and Dr. Jameson, 149
and Sir A. Milner, 151
enmity with English, 11
mutiny in Cape Colony, 8
popularity of Rhodes with, 30, 43, 73
reconciliation with English, 129 (_Cf. also_ Boers)
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Eckstein, F., 97, 197
England acquires the Transvaal, 1
the question of concentration camps, 159
English, the
as colonists, 14, 15
enmity with the Dutch, 11
reconciliation with the Dutch, 129
F
Fawcett, Mrs. Henry, reply to Miss Hobhouse, 181
Frenchman, a, and a Johannesburg mining property, 64
G
Glen Grey Act, the, 126
Graaf Reinet, martial law in, 216
Green Point (Cape Town) concentration camp, 170
Groote Schuur, the house and gardens, 153
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Hammond, John Hays, 138
Hely-Hutchinson, Sir W.F., 99
Hobhouse, Miss, pamphlet on concentration camps, 165 _et seq._
Hofmeyr, Mr., 38, 43, 83, 84, 86, 135, 150, 155
popularity of, 136
I
I.D.B. Act, the, unwisdom of, 113
Imperial Commission report on concentration camps, 166
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Jameson, Dr., affection for Rhodes, 72, 148
becomes Prime Minister, 73
death of, 148 (note)
enters Transvaal territory, 47 (_see_ Jameson Raid)
political aspirations of, 56
Progressive leader, 72
relations with Rhodes after the raid, 54
rumours of his forthcoming raid, 45
the Dutch and, 149
Jameson Raid, the, 9, 30
a colossal blunder, 200
aftermath of, 69
its aim, 53
tacitly encouraged by Rhodes, 51, 67
Jews, Polish, plight of, 193
Jingoes, the, 69, 107, 130, 135, 142, 163, 216
Joel, S., 24
Johannesburg, a shady operation in, 63
flight from, 191
goldfields of, 24
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