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
Radziwill, Princess Catherine, and Rhodes, 110, 146
and Rhodes' suspicions of Sir A. Milner, 107
conversations with Sir A. Milner, 106, 232
Rhodes' characteristic note to, 59
talks with Rhodes on Reade's "Martyrdom of Man," 127
visits concentration camps, 163
Rand, the, Downing Street and, 179
Dutch illusions as to Britain's intentions, 177
flight from, 191 _et seq._
gold fields of, 90
magnates of, 137 _el seq._, 197
Reade, Winwood, influence of his
"Martyrdom of Man" on Rhodes, 126
Rhodes, Cecil, agitates for suspension of constitution, 118, 155, 213, 224
beginning of his fortune, 21
created a Privy Councillor, 43
death, 129, 153, 224
end of his political career, 47, 50, 57, 73
enters political life, 28
patriotism of, 10,17, 31, 76, 82, 152, 230
Rhodes, Herbert (brother of Cecil Rhodes), 20
Rhodesia, annexation of, 24, 25, 28, 35, 36, 78
exploitation of, 198
question of its mineral wealth, 177
Rhodes as "King" of, 122
Roberts, Lord, complimentary lunch to, 134
Rhodes' abuse of, 147
Rowntree, Mr., and the concentration camps, 187
Russia, Wallace's work on, 126
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Sandringham, Rhodes at, 126
Sargent, E.B., 183
Sauer, Mr., 86, 117, 134, 150, 155,
and Rhodes, 73
leader of Bond party, 100
Schoeman, Mr., illegal arrest of, and Lord Kitchener's
intervention, 200, 201
Schoeman, Mr., and Loyalists, 219
Schreiner, Mr., 38, 86, 133, 150
confidence in Rhodes, 32
indignation with Rhodes, 50, 73
questions Rhodes, 45
Rhodes and, 23, 74
Schreiner, Olive, on annexation of Rhodesia, 36
Rhodes and, 33
Simonstown, camp for prisoners of war at, 172
Smuts, General, Imperialism of, xii
Sonnenberg, Mr., and Rhodes, 26
South Africa (_see_ Africa, South)
South African League, 86, 88, 97, 99
a petition to Sir Gordon Sprigg, 99, 102
and Sir A. Milner, 90
Southern Cross, the, 22
Sprigg, Sir Gordon, and the South African League, 99
diamond and dop taxes, 224
Premier of Cape Colony, 99, 121, 132
Stead, W.T., admiration of Rhodes, 212
and Sir A. Milner, 209
Steyn, President, and Mrs. van Koopman, 40
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Transvaal, the, flight of Boer inhabitants, 158
gold mines, 1, 3, 17
loyalty to England, 129
object of Jameson Raid, 53
racial qualifications, 137
Transvaal Republic, intrigues in, 1
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Uitenhage, martial law in, 218
Uitlanders, the, and concentration camps, 163
quarrel with, 30
their part in the Boer War, 16, 97, 137, 139
Union of South Africa, 228
an accomplished fact, 131, 228
magnates' views, 207
organisation of, 2
Sir A. Milner's part in constitution, 14
united effort for, 225
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