Download or read book Behind the Scenes in the Transvaal written by David Mackay Wilson and published by London, Cassell. This book was released on 1901 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Behind the Scenes in the Transvaal Classic Reprint written by David Mackay Wilson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Behind the Scenes in the Transvaal Transvaal by telling certain stories of a personal character. The temptation to deal with some of the many matters I have seen mishandled by other authors has been very great but I have resisted it, rigorously confining my records or criticisms to matters with which I have been in immediate personal contact. I have been most careful, in collecting any evidence I may have used, to distinguish between hearsay and direct know ledge, and I have introduced no matter of which I cannot speak with absolute authority. I have in my possession ample documentary evidence for all my principal statements, and much more. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Behind the Scenes in the Transvaal written by David Mackay Wilson and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xix. A few pacts about the orange river colony. Although I never lived permanently, nor stayed for any lengthened period, in the Orange Free State, I have, from time to time, done a fail amount of travelling in that fertile country--first in the good old days of that wise and far-seeing President, John Brand; again during the Presidency of Reitz; and, later still, when Steyn was at the helm. Of President Brand it is not for me to speak: his fame is world-wide as a clearsighted statesman and a great man. It was a sad day for the Free State when Reitz was chosen as his successor: dissension among the different clans of families at once set in, and common interest in the welfare of their country, which had for so many years kept the people together, ceased to exist. Personally, Reitz was not a strong man: he allowed things to drift, was slovenly in his administration as well as in his person, and he selected as his closest friends men who were good convives, and who could spin a racy yarn. Had the scales been removed from the people's eyes when the insidious Afrikander Bond was getting a hold on the Government and its leaders; had they but chosen Reitz's opponent for the Presidency, the Rev. A. Van der Lingen, the Free State would never have been involved in a devastating and purposeless war. Concerning Steyn's record I can say little that is good. He belonged to the Wessels' family, who were numerous, wealthy, bigoted to the utmost degree, and full of conceit by reason of their broad acres and thousands of cattle. Always putting his own selfish ambition before the welfare of the State, he crowned his treachery to his country by embarking in the recent war. That, at least, is the view which I personally hold of his character and c
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