N
Napoleon, Pius VII. on, 35
Neethling, Mr., and martial law in Cape Colony, 215
O
Orange Free State, flight of the populace, 158
illusions of the
Dutch in, 176
resources of,
8
P
Pius VII., Pope, on Napoleon, 35
Polish Jews, plight of, 193
Pretoria, British flag hoisted at, 226
Rhodes tabooed
at, 211
Rhodes visits
Kruger at, 91
soldiers’
institutes at, 186
R
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
S
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
T