H.P.  MALAN, Commandant.

Sworn before me on this the 9th day of March, 1896.

  H.J.  COSTER,
  State Attorney and ex-oficio J.P.

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Appeared before me, HERMANUS JACOB COSTER, State Attorney and ex-officio J.P. of the South African Republic, JAN STEPHANOS CELLIERS, of Pretoria, who makes oath and states:

I came up to Jameson and his troops on the second of January (after Jameson had hoisted the white flag), together with B.G.  Viljoen, Krugersdorp, and another Viljoen, whose place of residence is unknown to me.  I asked one of Jameson’s troopers where he was.  He showed me the direction and the place where Jameson was.  Jameson thereupon approached me, and I greeted him.  While this took place Commandant Cronje, the interpreter (Adendorff), and another man whose name is unknown to me, came.  Cronje was thereupon introduced by Adendorff, who spoke English, to Jameson.  Thereupon Cronje said to Jameson, ’I understand that you and your men will surrender yourselves with your flag and everything you possess?’ Jameson said thereupon, ’I fight under no flag.’

Cronje then replied, ’Then I must believe you upon your word that you have no flag?’ Jameson then said, ’I declare under oath that I possess no flag.’  This conversation was interpreted word for word by Adendorff.  Shortly afterwards Commandant Malan also arrived there.  He asked, ‘What is up here?  Tell me the news also.’  Then Cronje told Malan that Jameson would surrender conditionally, whereupon Malan said in effect, ’There can be no question of a conditional surrender here, because we have no right to make terms.  The surrender must take place unconditionally.  If terms must be made, it must take place at Pretoria.  We can only guarantee his life and that of his men as long as they are under us, and until the moment when they are handed over to the Commandant.’

General Cronje answered thereupon, ‘So be it, brother.’  Then Adendorff asked if he had to interpret this to Jameson, whereupon Malan said, ‘Yes,’ and thereupon said in English to Jameson, ’This is Commandant Malan.  He wishes you to distinctly understand that no terms can be made here.  We have no right to make terms here.  Terms will be made by the Government of the South African Republic.  He can only secure your lives to Pretoria, until you are handed over to the Commandant-General at Pretoria.’

In reply, Jameson took off his hat, bowed, stepped backwards and said, ‘I accept your terms.’  Thereupon Jameson ordered Willoughby to command the subordinate officers that the troopers should lay down their arms.  The arms were then laid down.

J.S.  CELLIERS.

Sworn before me on the 6th March, 1896.

  H.J.  COSTER,
  State-Attorney and ex-officio J.P.

We, the undersigned, Benjamin Johannes Viljoen and Michiel Joseph Adendorff, the persons mentioned in the preceding declaration, declare under oath that the facts stated therein, which we witnessed, as stated above, are true and correct.