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... Lord Carnarvon being so easily persuaded to sanction an annexation , which was unfairly represented to him as necessary for their preser- vation . In the beginning of August 1876 , the President decided to contain Secocoeni within his ...
... Lord Carnarvon being so easily persuaded to sanction an annexation , which was unfairly represented to him as necessary for their preser- vation . In the beginning of August 1876 , the President decided to contain Secocoeni within his ...
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... Lord Carnarvon wrote to our Governor at the Cape , on January 25 , 1877 , to cause him to represent to President Burgers " the regret and indignation with which her Majesty's Government view the proceedings of the armed force which is ...
... Lord Carnarvon wrote to our Governor at the Cape , on January 25 , 1877 , to cause him to represent to President Burgers " the regret and indignation with which her Majesty's Government view the proceedings of the armed force which is ...
Page 206
... Lord Carnarvon were duped into the belief that could alone be held to justify the sending of such a message to a neighbouring and friendly Government . There were no atrocities calling for such censure committed during the war ; and it ...
... Lord Carnarvon were duped into the belief that could alone be held to justify the sending of such a message to a neighbouring and friendly Government . There were no atrocities calling for such censure committed during the war ; and it ...
Page 216
... Lord Carnarvon or Sir Theophilus Shepstone for this . They may have had higher and greater motives than they are willing to assign for what they have done . They may have been convinced of its necessity ; and it is hardly fair now ...
... Lord Carnarvon or Sir Theophilus Shepstone for this . They may have had higher and greater motives than they are willing to assign for what they have done . They may have been convinced of its necessity ; and it is hardly fair now ...
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... Lord Carnarvon and Sir Henry Barkly to the South African Republican Government , might be applied nearer home . Up to this moment , no bitterness had entered into the conduct of the war . The last war with Secocoeni had not been ...
... Lord Carnarvon and Sir Henry Barkly to the South African Republican Government , might be applied nearer home . Up to this moment , no bitterness had entered into the conduct of the war . The last war with Secocoeni had not been ...
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