University of Warwick institutional repository: http://go.warwick.ac.uk ...

336,
defeated and captured. The Raid was of source disavowed
by the British Government, but the telegram Eisre the
German Emperor congratulating Kruger on having prosorvod
hts independence exacerbated feelings of humiliation on
the defeat of Jameson. Chamberlain diagnosed the mood
of the, jingon when he wrote on 4th January, - "I think
that what to called an "Act of Vigour" in required to
soothe the wounded vanity of the nations It does not
much matter which of our numerous- foes wo defy but wo
ought to defy someone*"
týý
The Daily Mail launched into unabashed oupport
of Jaronon, undeterred by the fact that he had technically
committed an unprovoked not of aggroooion against a
foreign power. A typical commont wan, - "In apito of
Radical denunciations and official gravity Dr. Jim haa
found a warn corner in the heart of every £ngii an with
a drop of fighting blood in hin heart, and the people
had they the opportunity, would welcome him home with a
roar of welcome that will ring over eon and land till its
echoes reach Boer earn in dintent Pretoria, "
t 1) Chamberlain MOM. JC 5167/19, Chamberlain to S:: liubury, 1
4th Janaury 1896.
(2) Daily mail. 22nd February 1896.
(`)