The South-African crisis - pagina 42

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THE SOUTH-AFRICAN

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ClilSIS.

Americans (615) i) nor the subjects of any other nation have laid any complaint. The dis2862), nor the

contented

faction

reigned only amongst the English

and when war was declared, as we have

men

of every nationality

came forward

seen, strong

to take

arms

defend the Republic against the English invasion.

to

now examine

Let us category;

the

the grievances under the second

Edgar, the

Lombard, and the amphi,

theatre case. These three cases are merely police affronts.

On Dec, IS^^^ 1898 an English subject named Forster was violently assaulted by Edgar. The police came up and as Edgar had taken refuge in his house, Sergeant Edgar then assaulted him, striking him a violent blow with a dangerous instrument, and Jones in self-defence fired at Edgar and killed him. Placed on trial before a jury by Jones

entered to arrest

him.

order of the Procurator the policeman was acquitted.

These are the

which Mr. Chamberlain so far exaggerated as to describe them: "The most striking

recent

facts

instance of arbitrary action by

support of such actions by the courts".

officials 2)

and of

Well! Well-

examine the police reports of London and Paris and surely entries of blunders of like character will not fail you. Or, better

still,

inform yourself of what passed in CpJifor-

nia at the time of the discovery of gold in that State, or of

what

is

and judge

going on at the present time in Klondyke

for yourselves of the value of this' 'Edgar case"

Lombard also was a policeman of Johannesbergof the same rank as Jones and a little brusk in his 1)

Census. Sanitaiy committee of Johannesljurg,

"]

Green-Book, p.

19.

p.

IX.

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