Knowing what you do now of the position at Johannesburg, do you think it was within their power to send out 300 mounted men?--I cannot give an opinion upon that; I think all their actions were perfectly _bona fide_. There is one telegram here which has been brought up against me very unpleasantly, which I wish I had never sent, where 'fear' is imputed in the telegram as it stands here. My explanation is that I was irritated at the time at the trouble going on, and that I used it inadvertently, or possibly there is a mistake in deciphering the code word; as to that I cannot tell, but I am sorry that it should appear so in the telegram, because I never imputed fear or cowardice to anyone in connection with anything. {26} July 1899. The originals have since been photographed and are here reproduced. {27} Colonel Francis Rhodes. {28} Lionel Phillips. {29} (July, 1899.) Is it not probable that the deleted figures '2,000' in Colonel Rhodes' letter (see photograph) may account for some of the talk about 2,000 armed men? {30} After the arrival in England of the officers of Dr. Jameson's force, a report dealing with the military aspect of the expedition was sent by Sir John Willoughby to the War Office. It has been printed and--to a certain extent--circulated, and cannot therefore be regarded as private. But apart from this it is a document so peculiar--so marked by mishandling of notorious facts--that it deserves no consideration other than it may earn on merits. It is printed _in extenso_ with notes by a member of the Reform Committee. See Appendix H.