The South-African crisis - pagina 43

THE SOUTH-AFRICAN

his

methods.

A

39

CRISIS.

series of charges of all sorts of outrages

against

men and women was

charges

which

Mr,

lodged

Chamberlain

has

against

him,

had carefully But when

inserted at full length in his Blue Books.

and where were these charges made? Not before the court at Johannesburg but at the house of the British

agent at Pretoria and a whole month after the alleged outrages had taken place. The government of Pretoria

entrusted three persons of distinction with

forthwith

an enquiry into the prisoner's conduct. journeys this commission listened to

and their witnesses

:

and the

ants and witnesses were

result

the complainants

was that complain-

found to have been guilty

all

kind of infringement

of every

all

During long

of the law, but that

the policeman Loaibard, although rough in his manners,

had never committed the reproach

least

outrage.

The only

remaining to his charge was that he had

served

search-warrants during the night and without

special

mandate.

The Amphitheatre case is still more ridiculous. The South African League wished one day to hold a meeting in the Amphitheatre and informed the State Procurator, through Mr. Wyberghe, that they wished not to

be

troubled

Conformably to

with the presence of the

police.

this desire the Procurator telegraphed

to the police at Johannesburg to refrain from putting in

an appearance.

when

Scarcely

had the meeting begun

the opponents of the League invaded the Hall;

a scuffle issued and the stewards

who

kept watch at the

door could not separate the combatants quickly enough.

Hence, complaints to London that the government of

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