Lord Milner's Work in South Africa: From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 — John Shaqi
Lord Milner's Work in South Africa: From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902Worsfold, W. Basil (William Basil)
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Lord Milner's Work in South Africa: From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902
Worsfold, W. Basil (William Basil)
Milner, Alfred Milner, Viscount, 1854-1925; South African War, 1899-1902
(_b_) Natal is territory which accrued to a contingent of the
Boer nation by purchase from the Zulu king, who received the
consideration agreed for.
(_c_) The British authorities expelled the rightful owners from
Natal by force of arms without just cause.
The task of the Afrikander Bond consists in:
(_a_) Procuring the staunch adhesion and co-operation of every
Afrikander and other real friend of the cause.
(_b_) To obtain the sympathy, the moral and effective aid, of one
or more of the world's Powers.
The means to accomplish those tasks are:
Personal persuasion, Press propaganda, legislation and diplomacy.
The direction of the application of these means is entrusted to a
select body of members eligible for their loyalty to the cause
and their abilities and position. That body will conduct such
measures as need the observance of special secrecy. Upon the rest
of the members will devolve activities of a general character
under the direction of the selected chiefs.
One of the indispensable requisites is the proper organisation of
an effective fund, which is to be regularly sustained. Bond
members will aid each other in all relations of public life in
preference to non-members.
In the efforts of gaining adherence to the cause it is of
importance to distinguish three categories of persons:
(1) The class of Afrikanders who are to some extent deteriorated
by assimilative influences with the English race, whose
restoration to patriotism will need great efforts, discretion,
and patience.
(2) The apparently unthinking and apathetic class who prefer to
relegate all initiative to leaders whom they will loyally follow.
This class is the most numerous by far.
(3) The warmly patriotic class, including men gifted with
intelligence, energy, and speech, qualified as leaders, and apt
to exercise influence over the rest.
* * * * *
Among these three classes many exist whose views and religious
scruples need to be corrected. Scripture abounds in proofs and
salient analogies applying to the situation and justifying our
cause. In this, as well as in other directions, the members who
work in circulating written propaganda will supply the correct
and conclusive arguments accessible to all.
Upon the basis of our just rights the British Government, if not
the entire nation, is the usurping enemy of the Boer nation.
In dealing with an enemy it is justifiable to employ, besides
force, also means of a less open character, such as diplomacy and
stratagem.
[Sidenote: Anti-british methods.]
The greatest danger to Afrikanderdom is the English policy of
Anglicising the Boer nation--to submerge it by the process of
assimilation.
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