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the Boers down to the ground; he was pow aý it
They never appreciated its, They have not that nice
feeling that we underotand. 2 never not a Boor during
my ton yer*n residence that did not dem uº and they
have been spoiling; for n rupture ever since the Gold
wan found, "
(1)
Fervently Inperialict sentiments were oxpre8ned in
letters ritten to Chamberlain at the tiro of the House
of Commons furoro in Autumn 1900 over the invootaouta
made by members of the Chamberlain foxily in ar iamonto
firma*
(2)
Seventy throe lettcre of sympathy poured
in,, tt Chamberlain in the two days in December following
the Commons debate. They were, judging from the atcmpod
letter headinra and typo of notepaper, mainly from the
well-to-do; one fifth were from Church of England
cler ymon. In the longer letters typical state=onto
were - "The British Umpire in the only real civilizing
force on the earth. If it were broken the whole vast
(1) 13rycee FIS8. Box on South African War,, Edwin Ztevona to
I3ryco, 30th I1rch 1900
(2) JC 12/2/? /3-75. See JC 12/2/2/2, for the book round to
tho 60anda1e