Adamantia : the truth about the South African diamond fields : or, a ...

Suppressio veri 8uggestio falsi. 251the Free State. (z) And as,though requested by my predece880rto farnish him with aplan, descriptive of the boundariesclaimed by your Government,and proofs of such of themas you were in a position to prove,you "are tkclinerl, or at leadomitted, to furnish any suchproof, I feel bound, provisionally,to form my opinion upon theevidence beforo me."This being so, and the ChiefWater boer having always actedin a faithful and friendly mannertowards Her Majesty's Government,I think I should not beacting fairly by him if I BlwtlltlaliolD, without remonstrance oroppOlil;on, what at present, andin the absence of proof to the "contrary, I must consider as an1llyuBtijialJle w.croaclmunt uponiii. irukpencHnt rigAt8. Aud Itherefore notify to you that I donot acknowledge the claim ofsovereignty put forward in yourproclamation within the limits ofthe territory in dispute betweenyou and Waterboer over allysubjects of her Majesty residentor being therein."The concourse of people at thecliamond fields, however, hasl"eceived my close consideration,and with a view to prevent thecommission of crime or outrageas,erta llu EXERCISE, at any lime,01 that clliif', BOIJ,reigntg orwllu territory in fjUe.tim - tMCamplJelllanu !(z) From this point to tho endof his despatch, General Hay exhibitsthe animUB of the ColonialGovernment, its wilful perversionof notorious facts, all of whichmust have been more familiarto it than to the public; its arrogant,hostile, and aggressive dis-. position to the Free State, and(proved by its subsequent ncts)its determinntion to obtain thoprecious diamond fields by supporting,per JaB It neftll, the insignificant,petty chief, Waterboer.The faC!' that the "plan" and!" proofs" asked for by his predecessor,tlJaB throUflh tlu relJuutof tlu Free State, and that by theduparturs of the said predecessor,and the withdrawal of the casefrom arbitration, in consequence,the matter had terminated, t""'"pprel8erl, and it is falsel,.stated that the Free State "declined" to supply evidence !What does General Hay meanby the gasconade, if he "shouldtallow" the Free State to hold itso\vn against Waterboer withoutcc opposition? "By what known right, titltl,orauthority,or special order fromthe British Government, does heundertake to SUppOl't Waterboer"against the Free State?Does he in ignorance or by-Digitized by Goog Ie