Cecil Rhodes, Man and Empire-Maker

INDEX

• Africa, South, charm of, 22
  • conquest of, 1
  • drunkenness in, 223
  • English colonists, 14
  • prior to Boer War, 6
  • Union of (see Union)
• Afrikander Bond, 86, 99
  • and Rhodes, 73, 82, 84
  • and Sir A. Milner, 134
• Afrikander party compel Rhodes' resignation, 50
• Aliwal North concentration camp, 182
• America's response to concentration camp appeal, 165

B

• Barkly West, Rhodes elected for, 28
• Barnato, Barney, 24, 137
  • his awe of Rhodes, 60
• Beit, Alfred, 24
• Bender, Rev. Dr., Chief Rabbi of Cape Town, 194
• Bloemfontein, concentration camp at, 182, 184
• Bloemfontein Conference, the, 13, 16, 140
  • failure of, 67, 104
• Boer War, concentration camps, 157 et seq.
  • not a war of annihilation, 3
  • prime cause of, 128, 137, 139, 178
  • Rhodes' prophecy, 67
• Boers, the, mistrust of England after the Raid, 200
  • pre-war hygienic conditions of, 160 (Cf. also Dutch)
• Botha, General, 83
  • imperialism of, xii, 229
• British Empire, South Africa added to, 3
• British Government, the, a missed opportunity, 41
  • and Boer concentration camps, 162
• British South Africa Company, constitution of, 44 (See also Chartered Company)
• Brooke-Hunt, Miss, in Pretoria, 186
• Buller, Sir Redvers, and siege of Kimberley, 94, 95

C

• Cape Colony, diamond fields, 3
  • loyalty to England, 129
  • martial law in, 214 et seq.
  • mutiny of Dutch in, 8
  • overcrowded prisons, 217
  • Rhodes as Premier, 30, 43, 44
  • Sir Gordon Sprigg as Premier, 99, 121
• Cape to Cairo Railway, 81, 124, 229
• Cape Town, influx of refugees, 191 et seq.
• Chamberlain, Joseph, 104
  • policy of, 133
• Chartered Company of South Africa, 25, 26, 78, 80
  • sinister rumours, 45
• Concentration camps, 141, 142, 157
  • hygienic conditions of, 160
  • inner organisation, 173
  • Miss Hobhouse's charges, and Mrs. Henry Fawcett's reply to, 165, 181
  • necessity for, 161
  • rations, 171
• Cronje, General, 94

D

• De Beers Consolidated Mines, 24, 80, 112
  • power of Company, 114
• Delagoa Bay, 91
• Dop tax, the, 223
• Dutch, the, and Dr. Jameson, 149
  • and Sir A. Milner, 151
  • enmity with English, 11
  • mutiny in Cape Colony, 8
  • popularity of Rhodes with, 30, 43, 73
  • reconciliation with English, 129 (Cf. also Boers)

E

• Eckstein, F., 97, 197
• England acquires the Transvaal, 1
  • the question of concentration camps, 159
• English, the
  • as colonists, 14, 15
  • enmity with the Dutch, 11
  • reconciliation with the Dutch, 129

F

• Fawcett, Mrs. Henry, reply to Miss Hobhouse, 181
• Frenchman, a, and a Johannesburg mining property, 64

G

• Glen Grey Act, the, 126
• Graaf Reinet, martial law in, 216
• Green Point (Cape Town) concentration camp, 170
• Groote Schuur, the house and gardens, 153

H

• Hammond, John Hays, 138
• Hely-Hutchinson, Sir W.F., 99
• Hobhouse, Miss, pamphlet on concentration camps, 165 et seq.
• Hofmeyr, Mr., 38, 43, 83, 84, 86, 135, 150, 155
  • popularity of, 136

I

• I.D.B. Act, the, unwisdom of, 113
• Imperial Commission report on concentration camps, 166

J

• Jameson, Dr., affection for Rhodes, 72, 148
  • becomes Prime Minister, 73
  • death of, 148 (note)
  • enters Transvaal territory, 47 (see Jameson Raid)
  • political aspirations of, 56
  • Progressive leader, 72
  • relations with Rhodes after the raid, 54
  • rumours of his forthcoming raid, 45
  • the Dutch and, 149
• Jameson Raid, the, 9, 30
  • a colossal blunder, 200
  • aftermath of, 69
  • its aim, 53
  • tacitly encouraged by Rhodes, 51, 67
• Jews, Polish, plight of, 193
• Jingoes, the, 69, 107, 130, 135, 142, 163, 216
• Joel, S., 24
• Johannesburg, a shady operation in, 63
  • flight from, 191
  • goldfields of, 24

K

• Kekewich, Colonel, entrusted with defence of Kimberley, 94
• Kimberley, diamond mines in, 17, 24, 87
  • relief of, 116
  • Rhodes' purchase of plots in, 21
  • Rhodes' secret negotiations, 76
  • siege of, 75, 83, 94
  • the I.D.B. Act in operation, 113
• Kitchener, Lord, and Boer concentration camps, 159
  • intervenes in the Schoeman case, 221
  • Rhodes and, 147
• Koopman, Mrs. van, author's admiration for, 48
  • disillusionment of, 47, 74, 146
  • her alarm at raid rumours, 45
  • intimacy with Rhodes, 40
  • Rhodes denies raid projected, 46
  • under police supervision, 48
• Kruger, President, 30, 53, 198
  • and Mrs. van Koopman, 40
  • candid criticisms of Rhodes, 92, 93
  • death sentence for Reformers, 51
  • "refreshers" for, 197
  • Rhodes attempts alliance with, 90
  • Rhodes' bête-noire, 150
  • Rhodes' duplicity, 74
  • warned against Sir A. Milner, 104

L

• Ladysmith, relief of, 116
• Lobengula, King, 36
  • and Rhodesia, 25
  • Cecil Rhodes and, 19
  • his son becomes one of Rhodes' gardeners, 37
• Loyalists and concentration camps, 174

M

• Mafeking concentration camp, 186
• Majuba, defeat of British at, 73
• Martial law in Cape Colony, 214 et seq.
• "Martyrdom of Man" (Reade's), its influence on Rhodes, 126
• Matabele Rebellion, the, Rhodes' courage in, 43
• Matabeleland, 19
  • acquired by the Chartered Company, 26, 90, 112
• Matoppo Hills, an historic meeting, 43
  • Rhodes' burial-place, 72
• Maxwell, Lady, an appeal by, 164
• Merriman, Mr., 134, 150
  • severs relations with Rhodes, 73
• Methuen, Lord, mandate to Rhodes, 95
• Milner, Sir (Viscount) Alfred, 4, 58
  • a hint to Rhodes, 147
  • and the Boers, 12, 85, 132
  • and Rhodes, 74, 140, 148
  • and the De Beers Company, 115
  • appointed Governor of Cape Colony, 8, 85
  • dignified speech, 134
  • efforts for peace, 156
  • his great object, 86
  • influence of, 104
  • misunderstood and misjudged 7, 12, 85, 104, 107, 108, 180, 228
  • overruled from Whitehall, 135
  • policy of conciliation, 130
  • reports from Rhodes on defence of Kimberley, 94
  • Rhodes' distrust of, 13, 75
  • the refugees and, 210
  • the South African League, 90
  • transferred to Johannesburg, 99

N

• Napoleon, Pius VII. on, 35
• Neethling, Mr., and martial law in Cape Colony, 215

O

• Orange Free State, flight of the populace, 158
  • illusions of the Dutch in, 176
  • resources of, 8

P

• Pius VII., Pope, on Napoleon, 35
• Polish Jews, plight of, 193
• Pretoria, British flag hoisted at, 226
  • Rhodes tabooed at, 211
  • Rhodes visits Kruger at, 91
  • soldiers' institutes at, 186

R

• Radziwill, Princess Catherine, and Rhodes, 110, 146
  • and Rhodes' suspicions of Sir A. Milner, 107
  • conversations with Sir A. Milner, 106, 232
  • Rhodes' characteristic note to, 59
  • talks with Rhodes on Reade's "Martyrdom of Man," 127
  • visits concentration camps, 163
• Rand, the, Downing Street and, 179
  • Dutch illusions as to Britain's intentions, 177
  • flight from, 191 et seq.
  • gold fields of, 90
  • magnates of, 137 el seq., 197
• Reade, Winwood, influence of his
  • "Martyrdom of Man" on Rhodes, 126
• Rhodes, Cecil, agitates for suspension of constitution, 118, 155, 213, 224
  • beginning of his fortune, 21
  • created a Privy Councillor, 43
  • death, 129, 153, 224
  • end of his political career, 47, 50, 57, 73
  • enters political life, 28
  • patriotism of, 10,17, 31, 76, 82, 152, 230
• Rhodes, Herbert (brother of Cecil Rhodes), 20
• Rhodesia, annexation of, 24, 25, 28, 35, 36, 78
  • exploitation of, 198
  • question of its mineral wealth, 177
  • Rhodes as "King" of, 122
• Roberts, Lord, complimentary lunch to, 134
  • Rhodes' abuse of, 147
• Rowntree, Mr., and the concentration camps, 187
• Russia, Wallace's work on, 126

S

• Sandringham, Rhodes at, 126
• Sargent, E.B., 183
• Sauer, Mr., 86, 117, 134, 150, 155,
  • and Rhodes, 73
  • leader of Bond party, 100
• Schoeman, Mr., illegal arrest of, and Lord Kitchener's intervention, 200, 201
• Schoeman, Mr., and Loyalists, 219
• Schreiner, Mr., 38, 86, 133, 150
  • confidence in Rhodes, 32
  • indignation with Rhodes, 50, 73
  • questions Rhodes, 45
  • Rhodes and, 23, 74
• Schreiner, Olive, on annexation of Rhodesia, 36
  • Rhodes and, 33
• Simonstown, camp for prisoners of war at, 172
• Smuts, General, Imperialism of, xii
• Sonnenberg, Mr., and Rhodes, 26
• South Africa (see Africa, South)
• South African League, 86, 88, 97, 99
  • a petition to Sir Gordon Sprigg, 99, 102
  • and Sir A. Milner, 90
• Southern Cross, the, 22
• Sprigg, Sir Gordon, and the South African League, 99
  • diamond and dop taxes, 224
  • Premier of Cape Colony, 99, 121, 132
• Stead, W.T., admiration of Rhodes, 212
  • and Sir A. Milner, 209
• Steyn, President, and Mrs. van Koopman, 40

T

• Transvaal, the, flight of Boer inhabitants, 158
  • gold mines, 1, 3, 17
  • loyalty to England, 129
  • object of Jameson Raid, 53
  • racial qualifications, 137
• Transvaal Republic, intrigues in, 1

U

• Uitenhage, martial law in, 218
• Uitlanders, the, and concentration camps, 163
  • quarrel with, 30
  • their part in the Boer War, 16, 97, 137, 139
• Union of South Africa, 228
  • an accomplished fact, 131, 228
  • magnates' views, 207
  • organisation of, 2
  • Sir A. Milner's part in constitution, 14
  • united effort for, 225

W

• Wall, David de, 99, 101, 146
• Wales, Prince of (Edward VII.), 126
• Wallace, Mackenzie, meets Rhodes, 126
• Wernher, Beit and Company, 97, 197
• Wet, De, 83
• Westminster Gazette, Mrs. Fawcett's reply to Miss Hobhouse in, 181